 School Concerts this week in Charleston, Parkersburg
Over thirty schools will visit the West Virginia Symphony Orchestra at its home base in Charleston this week to hear Boyz in the Wood. Performing with the WVSO under the direction of Maestro Grant Cooper (who also composed Boyz) are Baritone Steven Stull as the Wolf (a rap artist) who meets Coloratura Soprano Deborah Montgomery, portraying Little Red Riding Hood. Students and teachers from nine counties have registered for the concert, whcih will be presented four times in Charleston over two days. For some students, this will be the first opportunity to hear a full symphony orchestra perform. The orchestra then packs up and heads to Blennerhassett School at the orchestra's second home in Parkerburg to perform for Wood County School third graders. All registered schools received packets of materials including CD-ROMs produced by the WVSO which introduce concepts about the music as well as vocabulary and lessons about wolves so that students may experience deeper immersion into the cross-curricular materials developed several years ago with resources provided by the Segal Davis Foundation. Eastbrook Elementary (Putnam), Brookview Elementary (Boone), Watts Elementary (Kanawha), and Clay Elementary (Clay) have been working as pilot schools through an arts-integration grant by the WV Department of Education Fine Arts Department in conjunction with RESA 3. The education materials provided with this concert allow teachers to meet many of the 21st Century Content Standards and Objectives recently mandated by the West Virgina Department of Education for music, math, science, social studies, language arts and reading, visual art and technology. Link here for details and resources! The program is recommended for public, private and home school students grades 2-8. |
