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13th Annual Young Playwrights' Festival & Gala Premieres New Work By Local Youth
by Julie Musbach - April 12, 2018 Touchstone Theatre proudly presents the thirteenth year of its acclaimed Young Playwrights' Festival. This showcase of new plays written by local elementary, middle, and high school students performs on May 12th at Zoellner Arts Center's Baker Hall. The evening concludes with a post-show gala recept...
Theatre Under The Stars' Program Brings the Magic of Theatre to Students Across the City
by Julie Musbach - March 10, 2017 As part of the Musicals for Young Audiences (MYA) Program, representatives from Theatre Under The Stars (TUTS) recently delivered free copies of Roald Dahl's James and the Giant Peach to students in 41 schools across 13 districts in the greater Houston area including La Porte ISD, Houston ISD, Fort ...
MADELINE'S CHRISTMAS Returns to Horizon Theatre
by A.A. Cristi - October 27, 2016 A beloved holiday tradition, Madeline's Christmas will usher in the most wonderful time of the year at Horizon Theatre, December 3-31! A festive treat for parents and children alike, families are invited to join Madeline and friends for a magical musical adaption of Ludwig Bemelmans' classic childre...
Reading Programs for All Grade Levels Emphasize Importance of 21st...
by Robert Diamond - September 19, 2018 ...
The CMA Foundation's Music Teachers of Excellence Awards Event Set for Tuesday, May 8
by Macon Prickett - April 23, 2018 On Tuesday, May 8, the CMA Foundation will present the third annual Music Teachers of Excellence Awards, honoring 34 music educators from districts across the state of Tennessee, as well as Chicago, Cincinnati, Seattle and Los Angeles, for their innovation and commitment to music education. The invi...
Wisconsin Cheese Named Official State Dairy Product
by Marina Kennedy - June 05, 2017 Wisconsin has long been synonymous with cheese, but the state legislature has made it official Wisconsin cheese is now the state dairy product. Wisconsin cheese joins a list of prominent state symbols including the dairy cow, designated the state's domestic animal in 1971, and milk, Wisconsin...
Fifth Graders To Perform Songs They Wrote About Heroes 4/25 & 26
by A.A. Cristi - April 16, 2018 At a recent Los Angles Master Chorale event, a technician asked the group's Director of the Marketing if the Master Chorale was the same organization that went into schools and taught kids how to write and sing songs. When it was affirmed that it was, he exclaimed: "I was one of those kids!" His fon...
CMA Foundation Honors 2018 Music Teachers of Excellence
by Tori Hartshorn - May 09, 2018 The CMA Foundation honored 34 music educators during the third annual CMA Music Teachers of Excellence ceremony last night, Tuesday, May 8, at Nashville's Marathon Music Works. The invite-only event, hosted by RCA Records Nashville recording artist as well as CMA and CMA Foundation board member Chri...
Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra Prepares For A Year Of Music Education
by Molly Tracy - September 28, 2016 The Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra prepares for another great year of music education! Each year, more than 20,000 kids experience the Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra in their schools, libraries and communities. Through these interactions they grow their musical curiosity, they grow their listening skill...
PBS/Independent Lens to Air Acclaimed Documentary NEWTOWN, 4/3
by Caryn Robbins - February 28, 2017 On December 14, 2012, a disturbed young man committed a horrific mass shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, that took the lives of 20 elementary school children and six educators....
Five Schools In Richmond's East End Receives Musical Instruments
by Molly Tracy - November 01, 2016 Five area schools in Richmond's East End have now received instruments purchased by the funds raised through the RVA East End Festival: The Gift of Music, with three additional schools set to receive their instruments soon. The festival was a community celebration anchored by the Symphony's Big Tent...
Center Theatre Group Selects Five Schools for Inaugural Disney Musicals in Schools Program
by BWW News Desk - December 08, 2017 Center Theatre Group has announced the five elementary schools that have been selected to participate in the inaugural 2017-2018 Disney Musicals in Schools (DMIS) program....
Out Front Theatre Company to Introduce Summer Camp Series for Students of All Ages
by A.A. Cristi - April 11, 2017 Out Front Theatre Company proudly announces the programming for its inaugural summer camp series for student theater enthusiasts, from elementary school through college! The camp series will provide an opportunity for area students to learn and sharpen their theatre skills in a welcoming, fun enviro...
Photo Flash: Barrel of Monkeys Presents Annual CELEBRATION OF AUTHORS
by A.A. Cristi - March 13, 2018 Barrel of Monkeys invites you to join student-authors, their classmates, families and educators for the annual CELEBRATION OF AUTHORS, featuring performances of student-written stories created at each of its partner schools and after-school program during the 2017-18 season. Performed by Barrel of M...
PBS/Independent Lens to Air Acclaimed Documentary NEWTOWN, 4/3
by BWW News Desk - April 03, 2017 On December 14, 2012, a disturbed young man committed a horrific mass shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, that took the lives of 20 elementary school children and six educators....
Hubbard Street Launches DREAMTIX For Chicago Public Schools
by Molly Tracy - March 30, 2017 Hubbard Street Board Chair Sara Albrecht and Kathryn Humphreys, the company's Director of Youth, Education and Community programs, are proud to announce the successful launch of Hubbard Street's new ticket access for Chicago Public School students and guardians, DreamTix, during its Spring Series pe...
Three New MMSD Schools Selected for 'Disney Musicals in Schools'
by Julie Musbach - January 24, 2018 Overture Center for the Arts announced that three new schools have been selected to participate in the 2017/18 Disney Musicals in Schools program. The program is an initiative developed by Disney Theatrical Productions to create sustainable musical theater programs in under-resourced elementary scho...
Kravis Center Receives $100,000 Grant from Disney Musicals in Schools
by BWW News Desk - April 13, 2017 The Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts has been awarded a $100,000 grant from Disney to bring the Disney Musicals in Schools program to Palm Beach County....
Bay Area Children's Theatre Welcomes Five More Schools to Disney Musicals in Schools Program
by BWW News Desk - December 05, 2016 The Bay Area Children's Theatre (BACT) has launched its second year of outreach to local schools under a two-year, $100,000 grant from Disney by selecting five elementary schools in Oakland and Richmond to participate in after-school musical theatre education....
Overture Seeks Musical Theater Teaching Artists For DMIS
by A.A. Cristi - October 29, 2018 Overture Center for the Arts is seeking experienced musical theater choreographers, directors, musical directors, actors, producers and theater education staff to train as teaching artists for Disney Musicals in Schools. The program, currently running at nine Madison Metropolitan School District el...
Photo Flash: Segerstrom Center Salutes Disney Musicals in Schools Student Share Celebration
by A.A. Cristi - March 14, 2017 During the past 17 weeks, students, teachers and professional teaching artists have worked together during after school sessions, learning, rehearsing and performing scenes, songs and dance numbers from some of Disney's beloved musicals. The goal being to create a sustainable theater program in the ...
CBS Orders Eight Additional Episodes of ELEMENTARY Season Six
by Caryn Robbins - November 29, 2017 CBS has ordered eight more episodes of the sixth season of its hit series ELEMENTARY. The detective drama will now air 21 episodes this season, up from the original order of 13....
Omaha Performing Arts To Add Five More Area Elementary Schools To Popular Disney Musicals In Schools Program
by A.A. Cristi - April 26, 2018 Omaha Performing Arts will add five additional public elementary schools in Omaha, Council Bluffs and the surrounding area to the 2018 - 2019 Disney Musicals in Schools program. Omaha Performing Arts will provide schools with resources and support to produce their very own 30 - minute Disney KIDS mu...
Fifth Graders to Perform Songs About Immigration 5/23 & 24
by A.A. Cristi - May 12, 2017 The experience of traveling to a new country and making a home in Colonial America are the topics of songs written by fifth grade students at Betty Plasencia Elementary School in Los Angeles and Huntington Park Elementary School in Huntington Park as part of the Los Angeles Master Chorale's Voices W... |