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Fall 2004
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The
Summer Music Camp |
For musically
talented students, summer ends on a high note
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 The
Summer Music Camp at Manhattan School of Music
was developed in 1999 in partnership with The
ASCAP Foundation, The Manhattan School of Music
and the New York City Department of Education.
The Camp serves musically talented New York City
public school students, grades 5 through 8, from
throughout the five boroughs by providing intensive,
free-of-charge, musical training and performance
experience. The 2004 camp began on Tuesday, July
6 and ended Friday, August 6, and was in operation
from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Breakfast and lunch, as
well as daily transportation was provided for
all campers.
The camp was divided into morning and afternoon classes. The morning classes were required while the afternoon classes were electives. Students chose two electives, each lasting an hour. The morning classes were a mixture of small group sessions of theory, composition and instrumental practice, and large group instrumental sessions such as orchestra or symphonic band. All students also took a chorus class. Each student received a weekly hour-long private lesson. For some students this was their first experience with private lessons.
All campers were provided with performance opportunities through ensembles such as orchestra, band, two jazz bands, Latin band, five choruses, musical theater ensemble, numerous chamber ensembles, flute choir, clarinet choir, and brass ensemble. An Afternoon Student Concert Series took place on Thursday and Friday afternoons throughout the camp’s duration and culminated in two final afternoon concert programs presented on Thursday, August 5th and Friday, August 6th in John C. Borden Auditorium at Manhattan School of Music. All concerts were free and open to the public.
The ASCAP Foundation received a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts to support the Camp. In addition, the 2004 Manhattan School of Music Summer Music Camp was sponsored by the New York City Department of Education and The ASCAP Foundation with additional funding from the Music for Youth Foundation and a special grant from the Altman Foundation. |
The Hudsucker Proxy
Pictured are the creators of The Hudsucker Proxy by composer Stephen Weiner (third row, right side) and lyricist Glenn Slater (second row, left side), which was presented this summer at the Perry-Mansfield Performing Arts School and Camp New Noises Festival with support from The Richard Adler/ASCAP Foundation Musical Theater Development Program. Also pictured are director Tom Kosis (third row, second from right) and musical director Andrew Levine (back row, center). |
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Guitar teacher,
Jeff Entin teaches Fresh Air Fund Campers
some new chords.
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The ASCAP Foundation Summer
Guitar Project
Music makes a splash at
Fresh Air Fund camps for inner city children
Summer 2004 marked the sixth year
of the collaborative partnership between The ASCAP
Foundation and The Fresh Air Fund, a nationally
recognized non-profit organization which operates
five camps in Fishkill, New York. Each summer,
3,000 inner-city children enjoy camping programs
free of charge at The Fresh Air Fund Camps. Over
the course of the six-year collaboration, The
ASCAP Foundation has donated a variety of musical
instruments to The Fresh Air Fund Camps, including:
conga drums, keyboards, guitars, recorders, snare
drums and percussion instruments. In addition
we have arranged for composers and musicians to
visit the camp and interact with the students.
The goal is to expose the campers to a variety
of musical genres and experiences that will enhance
their creative development and their camp experience.
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"I like it when songwriters and musicians
come to camp. They teach us and tell us
about ways we can make music our career.
They make it fun and interesting at the
same time they give us ideas on ways to
use music that I never thought about before.
I always hear something important when they
talk to us."
Rafael
- Age 12 - Fresh Air Fund Camper |
In 2002, at the request of the
camp directors, The ASCAP Foundation launched
The Summer Guitar Project at the Fresh Air Fund
Anita Bliss Coler (ABC) Camp, which is for girls
ages 9-13. We provided guitars and an instructor
so that the campers could take guitar lessons
and begin to write their own songs. The Summer
Guitar Project at the Anita Bliss Coler Camp was
so successful that in 2003 The ASCAP Foundation
was asked to expand the program to the Fresh Air
Fund Camp Mariah, which includes boys and girls
ages 12-14.
This past summer, a third camp
was added to the project so that 9-12 year-old
boys attending Camp Hayden-Marks Memorial could
benefit from The Summer Guitar Project.
In summer 2004 over 250 campers
took guitar lessons and worked with songwriters
as part of The ASCAP Foundation Summer Guitar
Project at the Fresh Air Fund Camp. For many campers
this was their first opportunity to learn an instrument
and work with a music teacher. Our thanks go to
Stacy Labriola and Jeff Entin who taught the campers.
We look forward to our continuing
partnership with the Fresh Air Fund and to reaching
more campers next year! |
Greg Chun, recipient of the 2004 ASCAP Foundation Harold Arlen Film & TV Award.
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Awards and Scholarships
After the close of the 16th Annual ASCAP Television and Film Scoring Workshop in Los Angeles, it was announced that participant Greg Chun was the recipient of the inaugural ASCAP Foundation Harold Arlen Film & TV Award. Greg, a native of Chicago and a Stanford University graduate, was chosen by a selection committee of industry professionals and ASCAP staff involved with the workshop based on his excellence and professionalism, musical ability and career potential.
Chuck Larkin and Cheri Coons, recipients of the 2004 ASCAP Foundation Harold Arlen Musical Theater Award.
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In addition, the inaugural ASCAP Foundation Harold Arlen Musical Theatre Award recipients were recently announced. The award recipients participated in The ASCAP Foundation Disney Musical Theatre Workshops which took place in Chicago and Los Angeles.
Chuck Larkin, composer and Cheri Coons, lyricist/librettist were selected from The Chicago Workshop. A staged reading of their work, River’s End, was performed this summer at the Eugene O’Neill Music Theater Conference in Connecticut.
ASCAP's Kevin Coogan with composer Eric Whitacre, workshop artistic director Stephen Schwartz, David Noroña, lyricist and ASCAP's Michael Kerker.
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David Noroña, lrycist and Eric Whitacre, composer were selected from The Los Angeles Workshop. Their original musical, Paradise Lost, was performed at Northridge College in California this spring.
In addition to monetary awards, all recipients of The ASCAP Foundation Harold Arlen Awards will receive a complete set of The Harold Arlen Songbook courtesy of Sam Arlen and the Hal Leonard Corporation.
ASCAP's Kevin Coogan, Richard Bellis, Ted Masur, Shelby Daniel and ASCAP's Mike Todd.
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The 2004 Steve Kaplan Scholarship
The inaugural ASCAP Foundation Steve Kaplan TV and Film Studies Scholarship was presented to Ted Masur at the 16th Annual ASCAP Television and Film Scoring Workshop in Los Angeles that concluded on July 29, 2004. The award was presented to Ted by composer and workshop instructor Richard Bellis and ASCAP writer/vocalist and widow of Steve Kaplan, Shelby Daniel. Ted earned a B.A. from Yale University, an M.M. from Indiana University and was selected based on excellence and professionalism, musical ability and career potential.
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