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Inside the Teacher’s Classroom

Posted by: on: April 17, 2009

Hello Friends,

      Next Friday, I will be participating in an event at  the Black Box theater at Adelphi University.  I feel honored to be have been selected along with another New York teacher.  If you find that your calendar is not filled in next Friday, please join me at Adelphi University where I will be sharing my journey in education with the Adelphi college students.  Kindly RSVP below. This is a wonderful new program and the beginning of a great new way teachers can share their expertise with incoming teachers.  My thanks to Professor Diana Fiege for her professionalism, warm spirit and positive energy!
Smiles,
Christine
 
Friday April 24th
 
Ruth S. Ammon School of Education Alumni
C.O.A.C.H. Inside the Teacher’s Classroom
Black Box Theatre
Performing Arts Center
Garden City Campus

5:30 PM – 7:30 PM

Join two alumni hosts from the Ruth S. Ammon School of Education,as they take us inside the journey they have traveled to become the educators they are today.
C.O.A.C.H. hosts are currently elementary and secondary level educators.

RSVP by April 17, 2009
Office of Alumni Relations
Phone: 516.877.3470

 

The Jazz Foundation of America is Doing Angel Work for Musicians and Children

Posted by: on: March 2, 2009

Sonny Simmons talking to The Kids for Coltrane about the music in their lives.

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Jazz legend Sonny Simmons performing for The Kids for Coltrane. “This is the best day of my life,” shouted one of students.  I want to thank Wendy Oxenhorn and her team at The Jazz Foundation of America for bringing this gift of music to our students.

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Joining Sonny Simmons was the Michael Marcus Quartet. The musicians came back the next day to perform for the school. The students certainly enjoyed this enriching experience.

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JAZZ SYMPOSIUM NYC 2008

Posted by: on: March 2, 2009

A.B. Spellman (author, poet, critic) , Dr. David Baker (Jazz Master), and Dr. Billy Taylor (Jazz Master) speaking about the future of jazz. I was in the audience and found the discussion illuminating and emotional. As an audience member, I had the opportunity to speak at the end…and I spoke about the importance of raising the profile of jazz in America and honoring the brilliant musicians who gave us “America’s music.”

 

Dana Gioia, Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts inviting the guests to participate in a lively conversation on the future of jazz, jazz education, and jazz audiences.

Langston Hughes Auditorium Oct. 2008
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
515 Malcolm X Boulevard
New York, NY

This symposium launched the 2009 NEA Jazz Masters celebration,
taking place in partnership with Jazz at Lincoln Center.


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