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March 19, 2010 :: News :: No Comments
MusicianCorps Benefit Concert - Thanks for your support!
On March 18, 2010, three local bands took the stage at Subterranean in Chicago for a benefit concert supporting Urban Gateways and MusicianCorps. A special thanks to the bands - Satellite 66, Paper Airplane Pilots and ManBirdBelly - and all the supporters who came out for the concert! Thanks to all of you, we raised hundreds of dollars that will support music education in Chicago schools!
Check out photos from the concert below!
And to learn more about MusicianCorps, watch this NBC Nightly News story>>
March 11, 2010 :: In The Classroom, News :: No Comments
In the Classroom: Our New Teaching Artists
In the Classroom is a new monthly feature created to take you inside a different Chicago-area classroom, introduce you to the Urban Gateways Teaching Artist who is working there, and share with you the experiences of the teaching artist and their students.
This month, we want you to meet three of Urban Gateways newest teaching artists! Each year, we welcome a handful of new teaching artists to our roster. After a rigorous application and interview process, a select few are asked to participate in professional development, as well as a provisional residency in the fall. Depending on the outcome of those short-term residencies, the teaching artists are then asked to officially join Urban Gateways roster.
We have some incredible new teaching artists this year. Below is a look inside three provisional residencies led by visual artist Jillian Gryzlak, media artist Hondo Lawrence, and media artist Jesse Avina. And definitely check out the photo slideshow of the residencies, as well.
Read more »March 8, 2010 :: Media Mentions :: No Comments
Making music, with a mission - ONLINE EXTRA
NBC Nightly News w/ Brian Williams
March 8, 2010
A continuation of the Making a Difference segment entitled Making music, with a mission about the national MusicianCorps program with testimonials from founder Kiff Gallagher and Chicago MusicianCorps Fellows Vernon Lloyd and Cyndy Fyke, as well as their students.
March 8, 2010 :: Media Mentions :: No Comments
Making music, with a mission
NBC Nightly News w/ Brian Williams
March 8, 2010
This news segment features MusicianCorps - the national “musical Peace Corps” that was piloted in 2009-10 in four cities nationwide including Chicago. Urban Gateways partnered with MusicianCorps to bring six fellows to Chicago and managed the program locally. The piece features Chicago MusicianCorps fellows Cyndy Fike and Vernon Lloyd, and their students.