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What is SOUND TRACKS?
The Sound Tracks project, designed for 4th and 5th grade students, assists Chicago’s Public School system to bring better programming through music appreciation to our city’s youth. Sound Tracks seeks to spark a life-long love of music amongst students whose school curriculum has offered little or no musical programming.
Conceived of by Fulcrum Point’s percussionist, Jeff Handley, and developed by Fulcrum Point’s Artistic Director, Stephen Burns, Sound Tracks is groundbreaking interdisciplinary outreach, motivated by a vision to bridge world music and contemporary music, and in so doing, developing a broader audience for new art music.
How does SOUND TRACKS work?
The Sound Tracks concept, inspired by the diversity of world instruments and sounds, uses music as a catalyst for learning about different cultures all around the world.
The project consists of six 50-minute class lessons, taught by Fulcrum Point New Music Project’s musicians and international artists. Music guides the Sound Tracks journey, and with accompanying PowerPoint presentations, the geography, topography, art, architecture, and cultures of each world region are highlighted. Sound Tracks lessons provide a unique context for students to participate in clear conceptual thinking for better cultural understandings.
Individual schools’ teachers become involved with the Sound Tracks project with a collaborative training seminar during which our musicians help teachers fine-tune the needs of each class.
Additional Information about SOUND TRACKS:
Sound Tracks ran as a pilot project during the spring of 2007 at Chicago’s South Loop Elementary School, which was selected with the help of the Chicago Public School Fine Arts Department, having a diverse student body and a strong faculty with the willingness to prepare and participate in the project.
Sound Tracks’ Spring 2008 trains 19 educators for sessions serving over 550 4th and 5th grade students with participation from the following Chicago Public Schools:
A.N. Pritzker Elementary School,
Jean Baptiste Beaubien Elementary School,
Beasley Elementary Magnet Academic Center,
Ted Lenart Regional Gifted Center,
And, Keller Regional Gifted Center
For more information, and to sign up for the Sound Tracks Project, please contact:
Joe Darnaby, Sound Tracks Coordinator
Email: joe@fulcrumpoint.org
Become an Ambassador for Fulcrum Point New Music Project’s outreach programming. To contribute to meet our financial needs, or to volunteer, please contact:
Sophia Wong Boccio, Executive Director
Phone: 312-726-3846
Email: sophia@fulcrumpoint.org
This program is made partially possible by the support of Polk Brothers Foundation and individual donors.
