• Expanding Beyond Guitar at Hudson High School

• • Art for Progress
  • Artist Community
  • Community Art
  • Education Program
  • Music
  • New York
  • Non Profit
  • NYC
  • Video
• 8 years ago
• Art for Progress’ after school music enrichment program at Hudson High School for Learning Technologies was especially inspiring this spring semester because of a dynamic group of multi-talented, and eager students. The program was reinstated this spring thanks to the efforts of principal Nancy Amling. The program had been inactive for the fall semester because a lack of funding, Ms. Amling was influenced in her decision to restart the program by an exceptional young student and musician named Terelle. Terelle’s enthusiasm and hunger for new knowledge were the ultimate catalyst for the formation of the program. Tarelle wanted to learn about how music works beyond the shapes he was learning on the guitar. Hudson HS currently offers a beginning guitar class as a part of the school’s regular curriculum. The class is focused on the mechanics of playing the instrument, but like most beginning guitar classes, it did not address the underlying music theory necessary for students who to build their skills beyond the basic guitar vocabulary. The group of students that comprise the AFP after school program at Hudson range from 9th-12th graders, and are led by Terelle.  He expressed a desire to learn some more universal musical concepts in order to set up a foundation upon which to develop their musicality. They were made up of aspiring singers, guitarists, pianists, and bass players of varying levels of experience. We explored the construction of scales, chord building and common[...]
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• Haven: A Summer Retreat for Artists & Friends, Part II

• • Art for Progress
• 8 years ago
• Art for Progress & NOosphere Arts present Haven: A Summer Retreat for Artists and Friends, Part II Saturday, July 16th, 7PM at Mothership USA, $5, BYOB 252 Green Street, 2L, Rooftop, Greenpoint, Brooklyn Summer is here, and if you can’t be at the beach or away for the weekend, what’s better than a summer rooftop party? Last year, Frank & Sol decided to throw a fun party for artists and friends at Sol’s artist studio, rooftop in Brooklyn, and it turned out to be one of the best parties of the summer! So, we’ve decided to make this an annual event, and we are so very pleased to once again invite you to join us for a magical night of art & music to celebrate life, creativity and happiness. LIVE MUSIC:  Kick Ass Rock n Roll from NYC’s Hundred Hounds,  Rootsy Americana/Folk from Brooklyn’s Bad Faces, Soaring Vocals and Eclectic Sounds from blythe is a mermaid DJ’s:  Brian Burnside (deepa)  Gatto (AFP) Performance Art:  Autumn Kioti, Loren Crabbe Physical Theater: Hilary Chaplain Video Installations:  Filmmaker, Daniel Maldonado, Artist Jeanne Wilkinson We invite you to beta-test ArtFundit, a new website designed to help promote artists, their artwork and voice within the artist community. Visit the kiosk at our event for more information and how you can participate.
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