Madera Vox receives grant from Partners for Arts Education to facilitate collaborative planning & to develop lesson plans for pilot residency

We are thrilled to announce that Madera Vox was selected to be the recipient of a $2, 250 Technical Assistance Grant (TAP) from Partners for Arts Education to facilitate collaborative planning with teachers and administration and to develop effective and meaningful lesson plans for a mini pilot residency at Sargent Elementary School in Beacon. Highly regarded Arts-in-Education facilitator Floyd Rumohr and Beacon-based Creative Dance Theater Director and teaching artist Marleen Pennison will be engaged to guide teaching artists from Madera Vox in shaping a cross-curricular arts education experience for 4th graders using the performance of "Black Bear's Hudson Valley Tale" as the source material. It is anticipated that Madera Vox will replicate the program throughout the district and beyond throughout the Hudson Valley. "Black Bear's Hudson Valley Tale" was written by acclaimed Hudson Valley children's author Iza Trapani, with original music composed by Madera Vox's David Gluck. The premiere of this "musical story-telling" piece is Saturday, October 10 at the CENTER for Performing Arts in Rhinebeck.