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Recent News: Music and Sound
April 28, 2010
Invisible Siegfrieds March Down Sunset Boulevard
In celebration of the L.A. Opera's citywide Ring Festival, spotlighting the Opera's Wagner extravaganza, a citizen group called "The Invisible Siegfrieds" recently spent four days marching down Sunset Boulevard.
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April 7, 2010
Artspot Sparks a NOLA Community Sing
New Orleans residents joined artists Kathy Randels and Rebecca Mwase for a community sing at the Gentilly Baptist Church in New Orleans on April 6, 2010.
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March 1, 2010
Si Kahn Leaves Grassroots Leadership
Folksinger-songwriter Si Kahn, an activist with deep roots in the civil-rights movement, is retiring from Grassroots Leadership, a national progressive organization he founded in 1980.
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January 15, 2010
PSU Explores Historic Moments of Change
The Institute for the Arts and Humanities at Pennsylvania State University continues its initiative for scholars, artists, students and community members on moments of great cultural, artistic and political transformation.
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December 19, 2009
Classical Musicians and Community Art
Kelly Hall-Tompkins is a professional violinist who has been playing in New York shelters for five years under the banner of Music Kitchen, says Daniel J. Wakin in the N.Y. Times (12/19/09).
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A Bridge Conversation on Direct and Indirect Approaches to Community Change:
Littleglobe and South West Organizing Project talk about finding a relationship between community-engaged arts and organizing.
By Valerie Martinez, Robby Rodriguez, Molly Sturges and Rosina Roibal
(June 2008)
A Daring Adventure: Artists and teachers partner for school reform:
An in-depth look at an innovative artist-in-the-school program in a Massachusetts middle school. Includes sidebars: Educational Reform: A Quick Glance. The Coalition of Essential Schools; Residency Story: They Won't Dance, Don't Ask Them; 23 Questions from Teachers That Artists Can Help Answer; and A Student Assessment Questionnaire. First published in High Performance #71, Vol. XIX, No. 1, 1996.
By Linda Frye Burnham
(December 1999)
A More Perfect Union:
Review of 2002 performance in Union, S.C.
By Linda Frye Burnham
(February 2003)
Appalachia's Roadside Theater: Celebration of a Community's Culture:
The beginnings of a nationally known company from Appalachia that has closely examined the art of celebrating the community from which it comes. Published in High Performance #64, Vol. XVI, No. 4, 1993.
By Donna Porterfield
(September 2002)
Book Review: Art and Upheaval: Artists on the World Frontlines:
What are the roles that artists can play in the midst of severe violence?
By Craig Zelizer
(July 2008)
Chaos, Art and the Age of Uncertainty:
Integrating the arts into culture. This speech was originally delivered on November 1, 1997 at the annual conference of the National Assembly of State Arts Agencies.
By William Cleveland
(December 1999)
Children's Choir Bridges Racial Divide in Michigan:
Sometimes Martin Luther King's dream doesn't seem so far away after all.
By Larry and Sandy Feldman
(January 2010)
Community Spectacle: A Place of Magic:
The artists, musicians, technicians, lanterneers and visual alchemists of Nana Projects are in it together, and so is their audience. Includes video.
By Molly Ross
(November 2008)
Creating a Model for Institutional and Personal Change with Music Theatre Workshop:
Collaborative playwriting helps incarcerated girls in Chicago heal from abuse. From Community Arts Perspectives, Vol. 1, No. 1.
By Meade Palidofsky
(June 2008)
Cultural Exchange vs. Cultural Tourism:
There are significant questions about the ethics of cultural tourism, and they extend to the ethics of cultural exchange.
By Bau Graves
(February 2010)
Darn It, But Thank You:
Review of "The Whole World Gets Well" by Scrap Mettle Soul, Chicago.
By Linda Frye Burnham
(June 2002)
Everybody Say Hallelujah: the Michigan residency:
"On the Path to Paradise," coverage of the Michigan residency in the Liz Lerman Dance Exchange nationwide "Hallelujah" initiative, 1998-2002.
By Linda Frye Burnham
(January 2002)
First We Make Music: An Introduction to Music and Community Arts:
Overview of community music from the director of the Contintental Harmonies Program of American Composers Forum.
By Patricia A. Shifferd
(March 2002)
Going The Other Way with Scrap Mettle SOUL:
Review of Chicago community performance ensemble's 10th anniversary show about their neighborhood.
By Jennifer Roche
(June 2004)
High Mass in the Church of Art: The "Hallelujah" Finale:
Coverage of the ten-day final gathering in College Park, Maryland, of the Liz Lerman Dance Exchange nationwide "Hallelujah" initiative, 1998-2002.
By Linda Frye Burnham
(March 2003)
Measuring Change in Continental Harmony:
Patricia Shifferd of the American Composers Forum (ACF) and William Cleveland of the Center for the Study of Art and Community devised a method for studying the effects of Continental Harmony, a large ACF music initiative.
By William Cleveland and Patricia A. Shifferd
(June 2001)
Music Crosses Over at the House of Blues:
International House of Blues Foundation and its community programs Blues SchoolHouse and Make an Impression.
By Jennifer Roche
(May 2004)
Nine Eleven, Fear and Hand Me Down Shoes:
Review of "Hand Me Down Shoes" by Community Performance Inc. with the Mennonites in Newport News, Va.
By Linda Frye Burnham
(April 2002)
Promoting Self and Community Empowerment Through Critical Pedagogy in a Community Art Program:
Learning about the consequences of social injustice in Austin's Greater Tomorrow Youth Art Program.
By Christopher O. Adejumo
(October 2008)
Silk Road Theatre Project's Alternative Cultural Education:
Starting a conversation with U.S. students about the cultures of the Silk Road, an ancient network of trade routes connecting China, Asia and the Mediterranean world.
By Carol Ng-He
(February 2009)
Singing on the Mountain: A View of Alternate ROOTS:
An intimate memoir of the Southern arts organization. Published in High Performance #64, Vol. XVI, No. 4, 1993.
By Kenneth C. Raphael
(October 2003)
Swamp Gravy: Northerners tell stories in private and call it therapy. Southerners tell stories in public and call it swapping lies.:
First person account of developing community performance in a small town. Published in High Performance #63, Vol. XVI, No. 3, 1993.
By Richard Owen Geer
(December 1999)
Swappin' Lies in Miller County: The Story of Swamp Gravy:
The making of the landmark community performance piece with, by and for the citizens of Miller County, Georgia, by the artists of Community Performance Inc.
By Linda Frye Burnham
(December 1999)
The Pedagogy of Intangible Heritage: Los Cenzontles and Mexican Folk Music:
Cenzontles is more than an "arts services provider." It's a hub for cultural critique.
By Maribel Alvarez
(May 2006)
Yes in My Front Yard: Participation and the Public Art Process:
An examaination of approaches to the public art process. Published in High Performance #68, Vol. XVII, No. 4, 1994.
By Marie Gee
(December 1999)
Young People's Art Works Toward Social Change: Performing Visions of Utopia:
An analysis of art works created by young people in struggle.
By Sharon Verner Chappell
(October 2008)
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From the Archive...
" The arts community reaches every nook and cranny of our society, so in this regard it has a powerful lesson to share about inclusion. Of course, not every form and genre of art is attractive or of interest to everyone, but the sheer range of music available on a Friday night in any community is a testimonial to diversity and inclusion within a fragmented society."
—Mark Ritchie, quoted by Caron Atlas in
A Bridge Conversation on Politics and Humanity
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