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CAMILLE THURMAN: THE ORIGIN OF THE BLUES

STUDENT GUIDE

PERFORMANCE / DEMONSTRATION

School show: February 1

So, What’s Going On?

She’s got the blues…

For Camille Thurman, the blues aren’t just singing about your problems—although they can be. For Thurman, the blues are a conversation, an exploration…the language of jazz music.

The blues is the oldest American art form, originally created by enslaved Africans in the Deep South. The blues was sung in the cotton fields and in chain gangs as a way of passing time when experiencing hard physical labor. Its originators used the blues as a way of communicating, sharing stories, and expressing emotions including joy, pain, sorrow, loss, hope, and a longing for freedom. After slavery was abolished, many ex-slaves migrated to the north to escape segregation, racism, and to access better jobs, housing, and opportunities.

New technological innovations, such as the steamboat and train, allowed for masses of people to travel from southern rural areas to the big northern and western cities. As African Americans migrated north, the music evolved, too. These transplanted blues transformed into urban music—with the introduction of drums and electric guitar—resulting in the morphing of the blues into different regional styles, including Mississippi Delta Blues, Chicago Blues, Memphis Blues, Kansas City Blues, St. Louis Blues, Texas Blues, and Piedmont Blues.

Blues was often built off “riffs," also sometimes referred to as “call and response,” and commonly included the voice, hands, feet, guitar, harmonica, and piano (bass and drums were later incorporated). Artists such as Bessie Smith, Joe Williams, W.C. Handy, Louis Armstrong, Big Momma Thornton, Robert Johnson, Muddy Waters, Howlin’ Wolf, B.B. King, Koko Taylor, Count Basie, and Charlie Parker all became known as innovators of the blues and were key to establishing the various types of blues for different regions.

Watch and listen as Camille Thurman introduces and explores the blues:

Cool, huh?

In this event, Camille Thurman will provide an interactive demonstration, explaining the background of the blues and its presence in today’s music. Through her selections, she’ll show how society and culture influence music and how the blues has spread throughout the country.

Ready to hear some blues?

Here’s a list of some of the music you may hear at the performance:

“Got My Mojo Workin’” by Muddy Waters

“St. Louis Blues” by Bessie and W.C. Handy

“Every Day I Have the Blues” by Joe Williams and the Count Basie Orchestra

“You Ain’t Nothin’ But a Hound Dog” by Big Mama Thornton

“Why Am I Treated So Bad” by Robert Johnson

“Cross Road Blues” by Robert Johnson

“Freight Train” by Elizabeth Cotton

“Stormy Monday” by B.B. King

Who’s Who

In the jazz world, Camille Thurman is a triple threat—a soulful singer who has mastered flute and tenor saxophone, and written award-winning compositions. Though her voice is compared to that of jazz legend Ella Fitzgerald, she is equally respected for her technical mastery of jazz saxophone.

A recreational singer since she was small, Thurman was inspired by the music of Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, and Chaka Khan as a child. Though she began playing flute at age 12, she didn’t truly consider herself a musician until a family member gifted her a saxophone at age 15. She would sing and “scat”—improvised singing where the voice imitates an instrument with nonsense syllables—her sax solos to learn them, quickly being recognized for her talent and going on to study music with some of the foremost jazz teachers in the country.

Thurman’s four octave vocal range, a phenomenon among singers, captures audiences. Only a few singers boast such a broad range, the circle including pop singers like Ariana Grande, Mariah Carey, and Christina Aguilera. Meanwhile, her lush, velvety tones on the tenor sax have earned the respect of jazz musicians and audiences alike. Equal parts instrumentalist and singer, Thurman hopes her music helps expand people’s ideas about jazz musicians, especially female instrumentalists. She has performed with musicians from Wynton Marsalis to Alicia Keys to Erykah Badu, and has received countless awards, including the Lincoln Center Award for Outstanding Young Artists.

For this Kennedy Center program, Camille Thurman will perform with The Darrell Green Trio, which includes Green on drums, Devin Starks on bass, and Keith Brown on piano.

Check This Out…

Listen for how Thurman switches between her voice and the sax. What techniques are similar between the two (hint: think improvisation)?

The blues most often take on what is called a 12-bar pattern, referring to the number of “bars” or measures in each phrase of a song. Each 12-bar phrase follows an AAB pattern, with each section containing 4 of the 12 beats, like this: A 1-2-3-4 (Problem - Well I woke up this morning, feeling oh so sad) A 5-6-7-8 (Problem - Well I woke up this morning, feeling oh so sad) B 9-10-11-12 (Statement - But once I started singin’ now I’m feeling really glad) Listen for 12-bar patterns throughout the music, as well as the call and response-style lyrics that are a hallmark of blues.

Watch Thurman sing the 12-bar blues:

Like all blues artists, Thurman brings her own experiences and emotions to her rendition of the blues. Does listening to her sing and play the blues help you feel connected to her?

The Language of Jazz and Blues

Here are some key jazz terms to know and to listen for during the performance:

Articulation: Performance techniques used by musicians that determine the style or sound of the music by specifying how individual notes are to be played within a section or entire piece of music.

Blues: An African American musical art form involving expression and storytelling through “call and response.” The blues is a feeling or way of expressing one’s emotions through sound. The blues is about overcoming adversity—facing a problem in life and overcoming it with a solution.

Call and Response: A musical approach in which a melodic or rhythmic phrase is exchanged between two parts; also called “question/statement” or “answer/solution.”

Harmony: Two or more notes played together that create a compatible or pleasant sound.

Improvisation: Creating music or song spontaneously or embellishing a pre-existing melody; a technique that requires great musical skill and creativity.

Jazz Standards: Popular musical compositions, mostly created between the 1920s and 1960s for Broadway musicals and films. They’re called “standards” because they’re so widely known and performed, they’ve become a permanent part of the jazz music repertoire, also known as the “Great American Songbook.”

Melody: The tune of a piece of music created by a series of notes; most often recognizable as the main tune you hum or sing along with in a musical work.

Rhythm: A strong, repeated pattern of sound.

Riff: A short, repeated musical phrase.

Soloing: When a musician improvises by elaborating on the music’s melody and harmony in their own personal style.

The Great Migration: The movement of six million African Americans from the rural south to urban northeast, mid-west, and west between 1915 and 1960. The majority of African Americans migrated to cities such as Chicago, Detroit, Pittsburgh, New York, Kansas City, and Detroit.

For more on the Great Migration and the Kennedy Center’s production of Blues Journey, check out: http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/multimedia/series/AudioStories/blues-journey

Think About This…

The blues evolved from spirituals, work songs, chants, and other musical forms that represent the experiences of slaves, ex-slaves, and descendants of slaves. Considering this, how do the blues tell the story of America?

Along similar lines, the blues uses music and lyrics to tell the story of the composer’s deepest sorrows and highest joys. How does the music you listen to or play today represent your life? If it doesn’t, where might you look to find music that does?

Watch the late B.B. King discuss why anyone can sing the blues:

Technology and innovation (like the steamboat and train) changed and evolved the blues, spreading it throughout big cities in America. Consider how technology and innovation have affected modern music in just the last few decades. (Hints: How music can be recorded on your iPhone. Or how music can be delivered via iTunes, Spotify, Pandora, etc.)

Just for fun! Follow the instructions on the graphic below to reveal your “blues” name. Compare names with a classmate, friend, or family member.

Take Action: Singin’ the Blues

Camille Thurman takes elements from her life and carefully incorporates them into jazz/blues to create unique compositions. Here’s a challenge: Think of a personal situation that you’re comfortable writing about and create a blues lyric about it. Here’s the format:

Problem/Statement Problem/Statement Solution

You can use this simple example for inspiration:

My dog ate my ice-cream, feeling really sad today My dog ate my ice-cream, feeling really sad today But my mom brought me another cone, and I’m feeling happy again

You might even try adding a simply melody to your text to make it a complete blues composition. Share your words or even consider taking a video of yourself performing the blues and share it with friends and family.

And here’s some help--a backing track they could sing over:

EXPLORE MORE

Go even deeper with the Camille Thurman Performance Extras.

Alright, you’re ready to hear Camille Thurman.

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Writer: Tori Friedrich

Content Editor: Lisa Resnick

Logistics Coordination: Katherine Huseman

Producer and Program Manager: Tiffany A. Bryant

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David M. Rubenstein Chairman

Deborah F. Rutter President

Mario R. Rossero Senior Vice President Education

Discovery Artists in the KC Jazz Club are supported by The Buffy and William Cafritz Family Foundation and The King-White Family Foundation and Dr. J. Douglas White.

Major support for educational programs at the Kennedy Center is provided by David M. Rubenstein through the Rubenstein Arts Access Program.

Kennedy Center education and related artistic programming is made possible through the generosity of the National Committee for the Performing Arts.

© 2019 The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

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USA/VENEZUELA/SERBIA/KENYA/SINGAPORE/ARMENIA: Band of Sisters: Music Action Women Collective Captures the Global Sound of Women’s Hard-Won Triumphs

Band of Sisters: Music Action Women Collective Captures the Global Sound of Women’s Hard-Won Triumphs

Around the world, women are fighting bold uphill battles, insisting on their artistic integrity and leadership in music and in their societies. They are fighting to be artists, not women musicians or female composers. Along the way, they are transforming their communities--and making some diverse, kick-ass music.

Music Action Lab invited a handful of these women, hailing from Philly to Yerevan to Singapore, to form a band and create music together. After a residency in San Francisco that incorporated social activism training, entrepreneurial support, and musical engagement, these six artists recorded Music Action Women Collective: The EP (release date: September 20, 2019).

Drawing on electronic and club music, Latin alt-trad, jazz, contemporary classical, and their own idiosyncratic influences, this collective of six wildly talented musicians crafted compositions that showcase their power and perspective. Some (“Nazeni”) suggest traditional song structures, some explore profoundly poetic territory (“Lullaby,” an ode to a yet-to-be-born daughter). Some are seriously groove based (the super funky “Breathe,” the Balkan blast of “Rules Change”), some run free (the wild sway of “Hide”). The compositions all highlight women’s varied and nuanced perspectives.

Unlike many international exchanges, this project put musical chemistry first, building a band, not ticking off geographic or other boxes. This approach yielded a wonderfully cohesive group that avoids the pitfalls of many cross-cultural mashups, creating instead a sonic sandbox where the participants could experiment, learn, and inspire one another.

“The community we made with this project is just a seed, a tiny point,” reflects Serbian saxophonist, composer, band leader, and music therapist Jasna Joviċeviċ, “but if nourished carefully, it could grow into the place where we find shelter, a place to rest for the next giant step, and help us become stronger every time.” 

“This project was a life-changing experience,” explains singer, songwriter, and pianist Sevana Tchakerian, who leads several ensembles and education initiatives from her base in Armenia. “I had the luxury to find myself with a diversified and motivated all-female cohort of professional musicians, from around the world, for two whole weeks. Being able to create music and work on the challenges of being a female musician in a male-dominated industry has been a catalyst to reorient my professional, artistic and personal life.”

About the Collective

From five continents, the Collective members specialize in a range of styles and genres. They include:

Liz Draper (USA/ bass) -- A classically and jazz-trained versatile bassist, Liz has performed, recorded, and toured internationally with such groups as the Grammy Award-winning Okee Dokee Brothers and Soul Asylum. She has led a diverse range of projects, including Black Blondie, an all-female alternative R&B group featured on the same stage as Questlove and Amy Winehouse, the all-female Carpscale Orkester, and Up The Mountain Down The Mountain, an acoustic chamber doom folk metal project.

Barb Duncan, Muzikaldunk “The MD” (US / Drums) -- Drummer, producer, and educator Muzikaldunk is a Philadelphia-born and -raised musician who has worked as a concert and session drummer, produced music for up-and-coming artists and taught young musicians how to perfect their craft. A community advocate and activist, she is developing a rehearsal and audio/visual studio in West Philly for experienced and novice creators to have a safe space to work, network and build. She is also a member of the alternative rock band JJX and regularly performs with The Remixologist and The Sea Tease. In 2018 Muzikaldunk was honored with the HIT LIKE A GIRL Technology Breakthrough Award of 2018. She also released her first instrumental album “GOLD-MIND”.

Maria Fernanda Gonzalez (Venezuela / Bandola llanera) -- Maria Fernanda is a Barquisimeto-based multi-instrumentalist and journalist. After years of studying cuatro, mandolin and violin, Maria decided to take up the bandola llanera, an obscure Venezuelan instrument with few well-known female performers. She has performed internationally at Festival of Música llanera the Silbón (Venezuela), the festival Girara de Oro (Colombia), the 32nd Music Office Curitiba (Brazil), The International Jazz Festival Barquisimeto (Venezuela) and Folklorico Summer Festivals (Portugal and Spain). She recently toured Greece, Turkey, Cyprus, France, and Italy, performing joropos, a traditional music of the high plains of Venezuela. She teaches master classes on the bandola llanera and is working on codifying and writing a new universal teaching method for the instrument.

Jasna Joviċeviċ  (Serbia / Saxophones, Woodwinds, Percussion) -- Jasna is a saxophone, bass clarinet, flute, and spacedrum player and composer from Serbia. Jasna received her Bachelor’s degree from Franc Liszt Music Academy in Budapest, Hungary, and Master’s degree in composition from York University in Toronto. She has also studied music in Serbia, Brazil, US, and Austria, won grants to artist residency programs worldwide, and performed her work around Europe and North America at various international competitions and festivals. A music educator and therapist, Jasna also is the founder and leader of the all-female “New Spark Jazz Orchestra,” featuring Balkan women in jazz. She has recorded several solo albums (“Flow Vertical,” “Invented Reality” and “The Sound of Birds”) and contributed to more than a dozen other recording projects.

Claire Marie Lim (Singapore / Electronics, vocals) -- Claire is a music technologist and interdisciplinary artist specializing in audio production, writing, and technology, and has worked with organizations such as Beats By Girlz, SisterSMATR, Girls Rock Campaign, and Women in Music. She is a proud DJ for Alphabet Rockers, a Grammy-nominated group that spreads messages of social justice and empowerment to children and youth via hip hop music and dance.

Kasiva Mutua, Music Director (Kenya) -- An alumna of Giant Steps’ Music Action Lab 2.0, Kasiva Mutua is an acclaimed percussionist and advocate of women's rights. A percussionist since childhood, Kasiva is known for her seamless abilities to fuse African music with modern styles crossing hip-hop, reggae, and jazz. Kasiva has deep experience in musical collaborations, such as Coke Studio Africa, The Nile Project, 1Beat, and Xjazz. Kasiva has worked with such musicians as Kirk Whalum (US), Oliver Mtukudzi (Zimbabwe), Suzanna Owiyo (Kenya), Dina El Wedidi (Egypt), Kidum (Burundi) and reggae artist Anthony B (Jamaica).

Sevana Tchakerian (Armenia / Vocals, keys, accordion, flute) -- Sevana is a French-Armenian musician, songwriter, educator and tour manager.  In 2012, she co-founded the Collectif Medz Bazar, a multi-ethnic band creating traditional and original songs melding Middle-Eastern and Balkan folk, hip-hop, chanson, cabaret, jazz, and Latin influences. In 2015, Sevana moved to Armenia to initiate Tsap-Tsapik, an inclusive music program aiming at rural educational development and pedagogical innovation. She is working to publish the first preschool music education curriculum in Armenian. She has created Dayl’Ayl Production, a tour management agency to promote Armenian musical talent internationally.

About the Project

The inaugural edition of Music Action Women, a social impact-driven music residency bringing together outstanding female artists committed to advancing the causes of women through music, was held in early 2019 in partnership with the University of San Francisco and in its Performing Arts for Social Justice program, the Fellows enjoyed a dynamic schedule combining interactive learning workshops and rehearsals facilitated by domain experts, hosted in the historic Presentation Theater.

Music Action Women was produced by Giant Steps, a music-meets-social action initiative.

About Giant Steps

Founded in 2016, Giant Steps Music creates innovative musical approaches to social justice and social impact. Its flagship program is the Music Action Lab, a residency for musicians across the world to come together, learn from each other, and create original music advancing global social issues and empowering them to be changemakers in their communities. To date, Giant Steps has worked with 24 artists across 5 continents and 14 countries. Its acclaimed albums, which have been featured in the Huffington Post, PBS, Pop Matters, and Jazz Weekly, include Foundation and What If.

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June 4, 2021

NHSAEF Presents 14th Annual Arts Awards 

Pittsboro, NC—The Northwood High School Arts Education Foundation (NHSAEF) presented scholarships to outstanding students in recognition of their achievements in the visual and performing arts. The $1000 scholarships were made along with an annual departmental award. 

Elizabeth Cremeans received the award for Instrumental Music. A music student since middle school, she has been part of a successful band program throughout her high school career. She was soloist in the 2018 Marching Band competition program, as well as flute section leader, and founder of the flute ensemble. She will attend the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities.

The Theatre Arts award was presented to Layla Ruppert. Ruppert has taken extensive coursework in both Theatre and Dance. A member of the National Honor Society for Dance Arts and International Thespian Honor Society, she served as Drama Club secretary, president, and performed in NHS plays and musicals. She will study theatre, dance, and nutrition at Rutgers. 

Ella Sullivan received the award for Visual Arts. She has taken the complete sequence of visual arts coursework, AP 2D Studio Art, and Photography. As a member of Northwood’s National Art Honor Society chapter, she served as publicist and leadership chair. Sullivan served as co-editor of the NHS newspaper, the Omniscient, and interned with Chatham Magazine’s Shannon Media. She plans to study journalism at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

NHSAEF presented an Interdisciplinary scholarship to Rebekah Mann for her notable achievements in both dance and instrumental music. She was a Dance Ensemble member, a four-year member of the NHS Dance Team, in addition to performing with the Marching Band for three years. Mann will attend Appalachian State University. 

The Arts Education Departmental Award was presented to Layla Ruppert for her achievements in Arts Education during her high school career. The recipient of this annual award is selected by the entire NHS Arts faculty. 

NHSAEF extends its sincere thanks to this year’s selection committee: Antonio Austin, Cally Curtis, and Sayward Grindley.

Antonio Austin was raised in Pittsboro, NC and is a 2010 graduate of Northwood High School, where he performed with NHS choral ensembles. He is also an alumnus of Elon University (Bachelor of Arts) and Valdosta State University (Master of Education). Antonio just completed his first-year as a PhD Student in the Department of History at Howard University with a United States History major and Public History minor.

Cally Curtis is a visual artist and new member of the Chatham Artists Guild. Her paintings have been exhibited by local galleries in Atlanta, GA as well as at the Apex Museum in Atlanta, the Presbytery of Greater Atlanta, Columbia Seminary, and several private businesses. Her work has also been commissioned by The Michael C. Carlos Museum at Emory, the Museum of Design, Atlanta and others. Prior to turning to the Arts full-time, Cally was a creative director and writer with top 4A advertising agencies from Little Rock to Atlanta to Los Angeles. Her portfolio includes numerous national and international awards. Cally grew up in Zimbabwe, Southern Africa and moved to the US for her college education. She is a cum laude graduate of the University of Georgia and holds a BFA in Fine Art/Art Education, with a minor in Journalism.

Sayward Grindley is the Dance and Visual Arts Consultant at NCDPI. Sayward has been on the Dance Faculty at Elon University, Meredith College, ECU, and Appalachian State University. At ECU, she was the Interim Dance Education Coordinator overseeing student teaching and K-12 certification. Sayward held Education and Management positions with Carolina Ballet and Sarasota Ballet, danced professionally and toured with Sarasota Contemporary Dance, and in several musical theatre productions. She holds a MFA in Choreography from Jacksonville University-White Oak and a dual BFA in Dance Performance and Dance Education with K-12 certification from East Carolina University. Sayward is also a visual artist and interested in integrating multiple art forms in creative ways. 

NHSAEF supports and promotes Northwood Arts Education. Teacher grants provide resources for the ongoing work of the department, the Carlin Camp Fund supports students’ summer arts activities, and annual college scholarships recognize achievements in visual and performing arts. Since its inception in 2007, NHSAEF has presented almost $80,000 in scholarships and grants.

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The Canadian Opera Company Ensemble Studio, Canada’s arch training affairs for adolescent opera professionals, welcomes four new artists for the 2019/2020 season: tenor Matthew Cairns, bass-baritone Vartan Gabrielian, mezzo-soprano Jamie Groote, and Alex Soloway as a pianist and intern coach. The four will accompany The Ensemble Studio in August 2019 and become allotment of a affairs that has launched the careers of over 230 Canadian opera professionals.

This accomplished November, Cairns, Gabrielian, and Groote won the top prizes at the 2018 Centre Stage Ensemble Studio Competition, area adolescent artists additionally vied for accepting into The Ensemble Studio program. Cairns won Aboriginal Prize and the new CBC Music Adolescent Artist Development Prize, while Gabrielian and Groote claimed the Second and Third Prizes, respectively. Soloway has performed beyond North America and Europe and afresh served as amateur collaborative pianist at the Lachine International Articulate Academy and the Highlands Opera Studio.

Next year’s Ensemble Studio appearance a avant-garde ambit of choir and aesthetic personalities, says Nina Dragani , Director of the COC Academy. With such a aerial akin of aptitude and artistic energy, it will be actual agitative to watch them analyze and advance every angle of their artistry. I anticipate it’s activity to be a abundant year.

Graduating from The Ensemble Studio in May 2019 are baritone Samuel Chan, acute Lauren Eberwein, mezzo-soprano Simone McIntosh, and pianist and intern drillmaster St phane Mayer. All four can be heard at accessible concerts in this season’s Free Concert Series in the Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre, presented by TD Bank Group. Both new and abiding associates will again be featured in the aperture concert of the 19/20 Free Concert Series: Meet the Adolescent Artists, accident September 2019.

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Members of The Ensemble Studio accept a alloy of avant-garde abstraction and applied experience. The multi-year affairs involves understudying and assuming mainstage roles, accelerated articulate coaching, accent and acting studies, and career abilities development, as able-bodied as accord in masterclasses with internationally acclaimed opera professionals. In addition, The Ensemble Studio artists accomplish several concerts anniversary year, participate in COC Education and Outreach initiatives, and accomplish in the COC’s family-oriented initiative, Opera for Adolescent Audiences. Former associates accommodate Ben Heppner, Isabel Bayrakdarian, John Fanning, Wendy Nielsen, Joseph Kaiser, David Pomeroy, Allyson McHardy, and Krisztina Szab .

Together with the COC Orchestra Academy, Company-in-Residence program, and new Composer-in-Residence program, The Ensemble Studio is allotment of the COC Academy, a first-of-its-kind, absolute post-graduate training assemblage for opera professionals in Canada. The COC Academy aims to advance a active association of Canadian artists and artistic professionals from singers to instrumentalists to administrators and accommodate participants with the skills, experiences, and assets to advance in a all-around opera environment.

ABOUT THE NEW MEMBERS

Matthew Cairns Tenor

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Toronto-based tenor Matthew Cairns accustomed his Bachelor of Music in articulation achievement from the University of Toronto (UofT), area he is currently advancing his master’s amount in operatic performance. His credits accommodate Sam Kaplan in Street Scene; John P. Wintergreen in Of Thee I Sing and Sam Sharkey/German Lumberjack in Paul Bunyan (UofT Opera); Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni (Centre for Opera Studies in Italy [COSI]/UofT Opera); Gherardo in Gianni Schicchi (COSI); Marcelo/Daniel in Miracle Flight 571, Colonel Fairfax in Yeomen of the Guard, General Krebs in F hrerbunker, and Francesco in The Gondoliers (COSI Connection). Recently, he sang the role of Detlef in The Student Prince at the Chautauqua Institute Articulation Program, area he placed aboriginal in its Sigma Alpha Iota Competition. As a concert soloist, he has performed with the Niagara Symphony Orchestra, COSI Connection, and the Arts and Letters Club. Cairns can be apparent in the COC’s 19/20 division as The Prince of Persia in Turandot, the Gamekeeper in Rusalka, and the Messenger in Aida.

Vartan Gabrielian Bass-baritone

Toronto-born bass-baritone Vartan Gabrielian is advancing a master’s amount in articulate achievement at the Curtis Institute of Music, area his credits accommodate the appellation role in Sweeney Todd, Prince Gremin in Eugene Onegin, Doc in A Quiet Place, Groves in Doctor Atomic, Collatinus in The Rape of Lucretia, Bartolo in The Marriage of Figaro, and Colline in La Boh me. He has additionally appeared as Sparafucile in Rigoletto (Op ra de Montr al/New Jersey State Opera), Sarastro in The Magic Flute (Chautauqua Summer Festival), and a Cappadocian in Salome (Detroit Symphony Orchestra). In 2018, Gabrielian was a Santa Fe Opera Apprentice, as able-bodied as the almsman of a Metropolitan Opera National Council Encouragement Award. In 2019, he makes his role admission as Leporello in Don Giovanni with Curtis Opera Theatre. Gabrielian will additionally accomplish in the COC’s 19/20 division as the Hunter in Rusalka and the Officer in The Barber of Seville.

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Miss Clark County marks 70 years

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In May 1949, Mary Elizabeth Tedford of Camas was crowned the first Miss Clark County before an audience of 1,200 people.

That was “an exciting, strange time in my life,” wrote today’s Mary E. Hardy, now in her 90s and living in Reno, Nev., which is where she was contacted by executive director Sheri Backous of the Miss Clark County Scholarship Organization and invited to the latest Miss Clark County pageant, set for Saturday.

Fifteen young women will compete for two titles: Miss Clark County (high school seniors through age 25) and Miss Clark County’s Outstanding Teen (ages 13 through 17).

The original Miss Clark County can’t make it, but the letter she sent Backous outlines a lifetime of professional success and service to others. After she graduated and got married, Mary E. (Tedford) Hardy became a popular grade-school and special-education teacher and adviser who steered her students toward charitable work. After she retired, she became a hospice volunteer and president of her local women’s club, which operated a so-called “community store” that actually functioned as a charitable supply pantry for needy hunters and fishermen in Montana.

“A great many of our alumni have continued in charity and nonprofit professions,” said Backous, who is also associate principal at Gaiser Middle School. “A lot of doctors, a lot of educators. A lot own their own businesses. Miss Clark County helped them take steps forward to seek their dreams.”

One of them was Backous’ youngest daughter, Kelly, who surprised her mom by announcing that she wanted to try for Miss Clark County and won the title twice, in 2005 and 2007. Sheri Backous pitched in as a volunteering parent and board member; then, in 2015, she was asked by the Miss Washington organization to take over the Miss Clark County operation and head up an entirely new volunteer board. 

“Our mission is to help young ladies achieve their scholastic and career goals” through mentoring and skill-building in areas like public speaking, resume writing, and “poise and elegance, of course,” Backous said. “They are just a delight to work with. It doesn’t matter if they win the crown, they build so many skills through this program.

“Women need to be empowered,” she said. “Despite the push for equality, there’s still some inequality in our society. Miss Clark County helps empower young women to do their very best.” The organization also includes a noncompetitive, all-mentoring Princess Program for girls ages 6 through 12.

Evolution

Seventy years ago, when Tedford was a 20-year-old college student at Willamette University, studying art and drama, she won the Miss Clark County title by scoring the most points across four categories, as awarded by a panel of judges.

Two of the categories were talent and personality. Tedford sang a popular song and answered questions about herself. The other two categories were “appearance”: in an evening gown and a bathing suit. The former was described as “demonstrating the art of graceful walking, use of limbs and general poise”; while the latter, more cryptically, “was to determine how the girl handled herself under a variety of circumstances.” That’s according to a newspaper account of the 1949 pageant.

Times have changed — or have they? Women displaying their bodies in evening wear, “lifestyle and fitness” outfits and, yes, swimsuits, remain a part of the Miss Clark County competition this year. Why is that?

“Miss America was started in 1921 as a swimsuit competition,” Backous said, but it’s evolved over the years to include less of what’s on the outside and more of what’s on the inside — via interviews, talent shows and commitments to community service. It continues to evolve today, she said. In 2018, for the first time, the Miss America Pageant proceeded without the always controversial swimsuit parade. That’s a thing of the past now as Miss America strives to be “more inclusive to all women,” she said.

For some reason, though, that reform is still working its way down the chain, Backous said. This years’ Miss Washington competition has also jettisoned swimsuits — even while asking the county-based Miss organizations to continue with the old format, including swimsuits, for one more year.

Puzzling, Backous said, but almost gone. This is the final year swimsuits will be part of the Miss Clark County competition, she promised. “Talent and interview have always been the two major portions” anyway, she said.

But general appearance still plays a certain role, she said, and that’s appropriate. “Physical fitness is important. You want to look your best, you want to be your best when you’re facing the judges.”

1.0 and 2.0

It’s astonishing to Backous that 1,200 people turned out for the first Miss Clark County pageant in 1949. Annual attendance in recent years has been around 300, she said. “Society has changed. People are so busy,” she said. But she’s hopeful that the evolved “Pageant 2.0” will generate new interest, she said.

Tedford, the winner of Pageant 1.0, was too “overcome to say anything” except “wonderful,” according to the press in 1949; she won prizes such as clothing and accessories, a new hairdo and a wristwatch. She was chauffeured to the Miss Washington competition in Seattle in a fancy 1949 Nash by the manager of the local Nash dealership. “The driver’s wife acted as chaperone,” the press carefully pointed out. In the end, that year’s Miss Washington competition went to Miss Cowlitz County, Libby Aldrich of Kelso.

There are many opportunities to win scholarships and other prizes this year — from the championship titles themselves to awards like Miss Congeniality and the Miracle Maker Award. This year’s total of scholarships and prizes adds up to more than $35,000.

This year’s program will also feature introductions and a slide presentation about Miss Clark County alumnae, Backous said.

Contestants

MISS CLARK COUNTY

The 2019 Miss Clark County contestants are listed below with age, school/plan, talent and platform.

Gloria Boieriu: 19, WSU, vocal, “Give Kids the Pencil.”

Anna Countryman: 18, Warner Pacific, tap dance, “The Impact of Arts in Education.”

Mia Crocker: 18, Air Force, vocal, “Becoming a Life Enthusiast.”

McKenzie Hammond: 20, graduate of WSU, contemporary dance, “We’re All in this Together: Environmental Awareness.”

Kailey Herren: 22, Warner Pacific, vocal, “Love Your Neighbor as Yourself.”

Abbie Kondel: 21, Brigham Young University, power tap, “Be Smart, Don’t Start: Drug and Alcohol Awareness.”

Vanessa Munson: 18, international affairs, salsa dance, “Hunger Hurts: Feeding America.”

Annie Straight: 19, Clark College, jazz dance, “Shared Hope International.”

MISS CLARK COUNTY OUTSTANDING TEEN

The 2019 Miss Clark County Outstanding Teen contestants are:

Emma Boonabi: 15, Mountain View High School, vocal/guitar, “Importance of Arts in Education.”

Adriana Fachiol: 15, CAM Academy, flute, “Importance of Music Programs in Schools.”

Sandra Fachiol: 16, Battle Ground High School and Clark College, vocal and piano, “Just Like You: Fighting Mental Health Stigmas.”

Morgan Greco: 13, Odyssey Middle School, opera, “Teens Accepting Teens: You Do You.”

Frankie Palandrani: 16, Skyview High School, piano, “Strength of Athletics in Young Women’s Lives.”

Norah Skogen: 14, iTech Preparatory School, monologue, “Pick Me: Supporting the Humane Society.”

AnnMarie Vickery: 16, King’s Way Christian High School, dance, “Standing Strong, Overcoming Obstacles.”

IF YOU GO

What: 70th annual Miss Clark County pageant and celebration.

When: 3 p.m. Feb. 9.

Where: Fort Vancouver High School, 5700 E. 18th St.

Tickets: $20.

On the web: MissClarkCountyWA.org

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Active Vision, Rich Harvest The 4th Senior Citizens Learning Dedication Awards Ceremony

To honor the advocates of senior citizens learning for their wholehearted and selfless dedication, the Ministry of Education will hold the biennial ceremony of “The 4th Senior Citizens Learning Dedication Awards” in the auditorium on B1of National Central Library to encourage individuals and groups that have actively provided senior citizens learning service. 63 individuals and 12 groups will be awarded this year. The 75 recipients out of 113 were chosen under rigorous review. This year marks the 10th year of promotion of senior citizens learning by the Ministry of Education. The awards ceremony, therefore, is themed after “Active Vision, Rich Harvest” with exhibitions featuring the special deeds of the recipients outside the venue.

For the individual awards, 18 people will be awarded for voluntary devotion, 24 for excellent teaching, and 21 for outstaning leadership. They are from all walks of life with high spirits in service and dedication worthy of admiration. The average age of the 18 recipients for voluntary devotion is 60. From the Senior Citizens Learning Center in Zhongzheng Dist., Keelung City, Mr. Jinji Chen (age 64) was a volunteer firefighter and lifeguard when young. After diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, he volunteered in the center and found his meaning and value of life.  

The 24 recipients for excellent teaching this year are lecturers with profession in diverse backgrounds such as information, art, physical fitness, and health knowledge. The 21 recipients for outstanding leadership come from schools, civilian groups, and township offices. They are the driving force behind the senior citizens learning program. The 12 awarded groups stand out from the 368 senior citizens learning centers nationwide. The Senior Learning Demonstration Center of Chiayi County, the Senior Citizen Centers of Tuku Township, Yunlin County, of Shoufeng Township, Hualien County, and of Jincheng Township, Kinmen County will be awarded the highest honor respectively. The Senior Citizens Learning Demonstration Center of Chiayi County (in Shuishang Township) has nurtured a senior learning service team to enable the learners to give back what they have learned to the society. For instance, their flute class performed in nursing homes; they held charity bazaars with handmade crafts and performed puppetry. Through the awards ceremony, the Ministry of Education also aims to encourage and appreciate 14 spontaneous senior leaders, who have dedicated themselves to providing teaching activities in rural areas for the senior citizens, disabled or inconveniently located, so that they can learn close to home and community.                  

Taiwan became an aging society in March, 2018. The population over 65 years old has reached 14.05%. Based on the study about behavioral change of senior citizens after learning by professor Li-hui Lin of National Chung Cheng University, “willingness for voluntary service” was placed number 2. The study suggested that the senior citizens were able to reach out and expand the connection of interpersonal relationship. They were willing to feed back what they had learned to the society. According to the Ministry of Education, with the help of the leaders, lecturers, groups and volunteers from senior citizens learning centers, universities, and domains nationwide, retired senior citizens are thus able to keep learning and contribute to society. Learning empowers the mid-aged and senior citizens to be happy, energetic, and dignified. Welcome every senior citizen to join this learning program. Please see more information on the Ministry of Education’s “Senior Citizens Learning Network.”  

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School of Music Jazz Ensembles Featured in JazzTimes magazine

Miles Osland, Professor of Saxophone and Director of Jazz Studies, has established jazz ensembles that could, “compete with any fully professional jazz orchestra anywhere in the world. They're that good." (Lynn Rene Bayley, The Art Music Lounge). In the 2018 November issue of JazzTimes Jazz Education Guide, the UK Jazz Ensemble and UK Mega-Sax Ensemble are featured in a review by Ken Franckling of their latest albums On the Road and Stinkin’ 3.0 respectively. 

Ken Franckling has this to say about their latest work: 

The University of Kentucky’s various jazz bands have a distinctive musical swagger, offering explosive energy from their many horns and surprises at every turn, along with a zest for tongue-in-cheek material. These projects only reinforce that fact.

On the Road opens with eight tracks that the 2017 ensemble recorded in preparation for its appearance at the 50th annual Elmhurst College Jazz Festival. The other five were recorded just before the 2011 band went to Europe for Montreaux and North Sea Jazz festival appearances. The opener, “When Ya Gotta Go, Ya Gotta Go!,” is a tenor battle for saxophonists Johnathan Barrett and Angela Ortega, while Bill Holman’s “Film at Eleven” and Rick Hersch’s “Metroliner” feature high energy and well-crafted delicacy. Matt Catingub’s “Blues and the Abcessed Tooth” provides more of the same, as well as a whimsical title. Subtleties abound on “Caravan,” featuring Ortega on vocals and graduate assistant Ian Cruz on clarinet. The session’s most intriguing moments come during Barrett’s extended bassoon solo on “The Peacocks” and Cruz’s EWI feature on his arrangement of Russell Ferrante’s vintage Yellowjackets tune “Goin’ Home.”

Classic and a few contemporary big-band charts dominate the 2011 tracks: Frank Foster’s “Blues in Hoss’ Flat,” Hirsch’s “Catch Me If You Can,” Gordon Goodwin’s strutting “The Phat Pack,” Holman’s “Any Dude’ll do,” and Don Menza’s burning “Time Check.” “The Phat Pack” features contrasting sax solos from Dieter Rice on tenor and Cruz on baritone. Faculty member Raleigh Dailey wrote and plays guest piano on a mysterious gem called “Sta.king the Dread Moray Eel.” Credit the rhythm section;s plodding pace if this one had you looking over your shoulder at times.

Stinkin’ 3.0 is the third in a series of recordings by UK’s Mega-Sax ensembles, who were once told by a festival judge, “You guys don’t need no stinkin’ rhythm section,” hence the title - though the album could just as easily have be called The Joy of Sax, for that’s what emerges here on tracks featuring anywhere from four to nine saxophonists. Four cuts feature percussion, but the rest are all sax, with intricate arrangements and soulful solos. A quartet with Cruz (soprano and alto), Ortega (alto), Kirby Davis (tenor), and Jared Sells (baritone) is featured on a beautiful exploration of “Lush Life,” as well as Mile Mower’s “Ford Fiasco” and spirited “Kentucky Roastup” - Mower, who lead the defunct sax quartet Itchy Fingers, has been frequent contributor to UK jazz director Miles Osland’s Mega-Sax projects.

Guests Jeff Coffin, Jeff Driskill, and Tony Dagradi brought several original tunes for the Mega-Sax bands to explore. Coffin’s “Tall and Lanky” - arranged by Cruz, who earned his doctorate at UK last year and directed Mega-Sax 2 - is a feature for Coffin (tenor) and Davis (alto). Driskill’s pieces include the laid-back “Blues and the Bent Side Key,” teasing “Straight Jacket,” and the premiere of his “A Change in the Gospel.” Dagradi’s “SohanaShaKirpal” is the session’s most robust track, with eight reed players and two percussionists supporting his plaintive tenor solo. He also contributed Stinkin’ 3.0′s up-tempo closer, “Sweet Faced Lie.”

Miles Osland has distinguished himself as an educator, recording and performing artist, author, arranger and composer. Currently the Director of Jazz Studies and Professor of Saxophone at the University of Kentucky, he has appeared throughout North and South America, Europe, and Asia as a guest conductor, performer and clinician for Selmer Saxophones and Bay Woodwind mouthpieces. His compositions and arrangements, available through Walrus Music, have been recognized and supported by fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Kentucky Arts Council, and by numerous other arts foundations.

Professor Osland holds a Master’s degree from Eastman School of Music and his major teachers have included: Ramon Ricker & Gary Foster (saxophone), Charles Bay (clarinet) and Jim Walker (flute).

The UK Jazz Ensemble is an active group on the road that has toured the Mid-West and South including performances in Chicago, Cincinnati, Dayton, Columbus, Louisville, Notre Dame, Tennessee, Georgia, and invitational performances at the International Association of Jazz Educators Conference and the Midwest International Band and Orchestra Clinic. In 2011 UKJE and the Osland/Dailey Jazztet toured France, Switzerland and the Netherlands, performing at the world’s most prestigious jazz festivals.

The band is also very busy in the recording studio. Five recordings from the Jazz Studies department have been recommended for Grammy nominations and received four-star reviews from DOWNBEAT magazine.

To quote one review:

“...The UKJE characterizes the best of today’s college band output.”

JazzTimes says:

“You wouldn’t believe these are students! Not only is their sheer technical virtuosity amazing, but they also play authentically and expressively.”

JazzIz states:

“Precision in the ranks, superb soloists, and dramatic use of dynamics make this unit one of the best of its style.”

The UKJE has twice been awarded the Outstanding Jazz Ensemble certificate at the Annual Notre Dame Collegiate Jazz Festival and multiple times at the Elmhurst Jazz Festival. Two combos from the jazz studies program, the UK JazzCats & the UK Mega-Sax I, have received numerous outstanding ratings at the Elmhurst College Jazz Festival. Dozens of students have also been awarded the Outstanding Performer certificate at the festival. The Jazz Ensemble has also received the prestigious DeeBee award in the category of Best Jazz Instrumental Studio Orchestra from DOWNBEAT magazine.

The band has been featured with many national touring artists including: Bill Watrous, David Liebman, Tom Harrell, Doc Severinsen, Louie Bellson, Clark Terry, Mel Torme, Diane Schuur, Phil Woods, Randy Brecker, Bobby Shew, Bob Mintzer, Jamey Aebersold, and many others.

The UK Mega-Sax ensemble was established by Professor Miles Osland in 1989.

Its creation was inspired by his experience as a member of the SuperSax group led by Lanny Morgan, a founding member of the original “Supersax,” at the Los Angeles Jazz Workshop, and Saxology directed by Ramon Ricker at Eastman School of Music.

The program at the University of Kentucky consists of Mega-Sax ensembles performing in quartets and quintets, with and without a rhythm section. It is Professor Osland’s intent to increase the awareness of this musical genre through live performances and recordings by Mega-Sax.The top Mega-Sax group has already made great strides towards this goal with featured performances at the Elmhurst (IL) Jazz Festival, the New England (MA) Saxophone Symposium, and a standing room only concert at CAV Nite Club in Providence, Rhode Island. The group has also been featured with Greg Abate at the Blue Wisp Jazz Club in Cincinnati, Ohio and performed in concert with Sony Latin recording artist Ed Calle.

The ensembles’ debut recording, We Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Rhythm Section, was chosen to be featured on the Jazz South Radio Show, which is broadcast on over 250 NPR stations across the globe. The CD was also recommended for a Grammy nomination by Sea Breeze Vista Records and received a “four-star” review from Downbeat magazine. The group is a three-time winner of the prestigious Downbeat Student Music Awards in both classical and jazz categories.

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MEET OUR 2019 BURSARY WINNERS

Last week Tileyard Education had the pleasure of announcing this year’s Bursary winners. Autonomy Music Group, Music Gurus, Focusrite, Tileyard Music, and Key Production all presented students with their own unique awards.

Autonomy Music Group, run and founded by David Rowell and Richard Engler presented MA Music Business students, Dan Hopkins, who has been studying creative music technology for five years, and Stephanie Stroker with mentorship bursaries.

During and after university, Dan formed his business skills by working with a small events company as well as working closely with the owner of a coffee shop. He was able to learn the ins and outs of what it takes to run a successful business. Stephanie has an impressive background. She studied business at a university in Spain and worked in the marketing department at one of Amsterdam’s biggest concert halls. This experience encouraged her to further her education in music business at Tileyard.

Richard Engler has worked with both music and high-profile brands for the past twenty years including Coca-Cola. His music experience includes a time at Sony working “with catalogue and frontline releases from the Clash to The Rolling Stones”. Throughout his musical career, he has worked with Snoop Dogg, AC/DC, Robbie Williams, and Paul Oakenfold. In 2007 he joined his now partner David Rowell to form Autonomy.

David Rowell has a 20-year marketing background and has worked for James Grant Management and Chrysalis. Through Chrysalis, David began working with Echo Label and “looked after the careers of Feeder, Moloko, Ray Lamontagne, Nerina Pallot, and more. In 2007, with Richard, started Autonomy Music Group and by 2008 had added a recording, management, and publishing sync division. In 2010 David and Richard became co-owners of the Communion Music Group.

Music Gurus CEO, Tom Rogers, presented their award, unlimited access to all of their courses for life, to MA Commercial Music Production student, Alessandro Favero and MA Commercial Songwriting and Production student, Olga Michaud.

Alessandro is a music engineer, mixer, and producer who was looking to further in education at Tileyard. He has experience has a musician as well as studying business at university.

Singer, Olga Michaud, is relatively new to the songwriting world but was previously enrolled in courses to further her skills. She has come to Tileyard with passion and drive to perfect her skills.

MusicGurus describe themselves as “your on-demand music tutor”. It is an online education system that offers various courses and tutoring for musicians. The courses range in price from free to around two hundred pounds. The courses are extremely versatile and cover almost every aspect of the music industry, including beginner lessons in how to play the flute.

MA Commercial Songwriting and Production student, Christina John, was gifted £2500  by Focusrite founder, Richard Johnson, to go towards her Tileyard Education tuition.

Songwriter and topliner Christina John, has had a passion for music her entire life. She has collaborated with many artists and producers as well as directing a music video for one of her released songs.  Focusrite “makes audio interfaces” and enriches “peoples’ lives through music”. Focusrite prides itself on making “the best audio interfaces in the world” because your sound “should be ready to go when you are, never skipping a beat and should be easy to use”.

Tileyard Music presented their “Future Leaders” £2500 bursary award to MA Music Business student, Catarina Pereira.  Catarina is a singer and songwriter and is the lead singer of her own band, Derange. She runs their social media account and has amassed an impressive following.

Tileyard Music is run and founded by Michael Harwood and Charlie Arme, both of whom have extremely impressive musical background.  Michael comes from a songwriting and production background. He’s written for Ella Eyre, Natasha Bedingfield, Kylie Minogue, Bryan Adams and more. Recently, he co-wrote Kygo’s ‘Stole the Show’ which has gone platinum and gold in 9 countries.

Charlie has worked in A&R since he graduated from LIPA in 2007. He started at Relentless Records and moved over to Virgin Records less than a year later. While he was with Virgin he signed a rock act who achieved three gold albums whilst signed to the label. Charlie manages the award-winning Ella Eyre as well as Sigala and since forming Tileyard Music with his fellow partners in 2012, has amassed 1.5billion streams on Spotify to date.

    Esther Cole, who is an MA Music Business student, was the recipient of £2500 from Key Production to go towards her tuition. While studying her BA at University, Esther decided that music was her true passion and transferred her degree from youth work to music. She also organises music workshops as a creative way to shed light on social issues. She came to Tileyard hoping to learn how to “fund, market, and sell [her] own music”.

Whether it is “vinyl pressing, CD manufacturing, DVD replication or special packaging, Key’s peerless project management service underpins our unrivalled commitment to consistently deliver…beautiful realized product for the music and media industries”.  

Karen Emanual is the CEO of Key Production. After starting as a receptionist at Rough Trade Distribution she worked her way into the Production department “by the fortuitous running away abroad without any warning of one of the members of staff”. She then began Key “in the back of Jungle Records with a telephone and typewriter”.

Each company has generously donated time and resources to helping these outstanding students flourish over the next year. We still have one more announcement to come from Spitfire Audio, who will be supporting one student with a full scholarship. Announcement coming on 31 October.

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The Best (and Last) Dog Bowl You’ll Ever Buy

I had a “light bulb” moment recently about the cleanest, most comfortable and healthy way to feed my dogs – one of those “Ah duh!” moments where you hit your forehead with the bottom of your palm and say, “Why didn’t I think of this sooner?!”

Like me, you may be one of those dog owners whose house (and basement) are full of many different styles and types of dog beds your dog doesn’t really like – and just as many types of rejected dog bowls, too. It’s my belief that many dogs would lodge a complaint about their feeding bowl if you put up a Suggestion Box.

Do You have a Pug or Bulldog? If you have one of the bracephalic breeds – a Boxer, English Bulldog, Pug or Puggle, French Bulldog or an Affenpinscher – those short-snorted dogs have additional challenges in trying to get their flat little faces into deep bowls with high sides. And my dog bowl solution suits them best of all!

The Long List of Discarded Bowls Do you have bowls which are gathering dust under a cabinet because your dog wasn’t all that comfortable using it – or you weren’t?

The too-light aluminum bowls that skitter around (and the dog’s collar tags jangle against it bothering you and him) (plus it turns out a lot of stainless bowls were made unsafely in China and have some sort of toxicity)?

Or the heavy ceramic bowls you need two hands to lift once filled, plus they are shaped like a casserole baking dish, with an inner shape that bears no resemblance to how a dog’s snout and mouth function, so she has to travel all around the bowl to get at the food stuck in the crevice…or just give up?

Or a plastic bowl that has gotten scratched over time and now you cannot reliably get it really clean because bacteria lingers in the scratched surface?

Or one of the many variations on raised feeders in decorative platforms – only to discover that raised feeders can actually be dangerous to proper digestion because it interferes with the way a dog naturally eats, putting her head down to the ground, the way a horse and many other animals naturally eat.

So What’s The Magic Solution? You may laugh when I tell you what I figured out – because it seems too easy and obvious. Buy an ordinary glass pie pan! It can be Pyrex or another brand; it can have a plain edge or a fluted one. Every supermarket or kitchen store sells them and it will cost under $10. Get a size that is appropriate to the size of your dog – anything from small (intended for making individual quiches or tarts) to the large circumference for big pooches like my Weimaraners. And glass pie pans are indestructible: I have a soapstone sink and even if the dish slips it doesn’t break. You can see perfectly when they are clean – and every so often they pop right into the dish washer where their agreeable shape fits nicely. Your dog will find the pie pan’s flat surface lovely for comfortably slurping up food, and if your dog is a wolf-it-down type, the spread out surface actually can slow them down.

My Dogs’ Dinner Maisie and Wanda each get a smorgasbord for their meals. The basis of their diet starts with a scoop (or 1 1/12) of their Halo kibble (they appreciate the earth and animal friendly new recipes!) and then there is a scoop of low fat cottage cheese (or sometimes it is scrambled eggs instead) and a spoonful either of home-cooked ground turkey or chicken, string beans and oats (as you see here) or for their second meal of the day I use a big spoon of canned Halo food – the salmon (wild caught), chicken (cage free) or (hormone-free) beef.

Get yourself a glass pie plate and it will be the last “dog bowl” you ever need to buy!

Tracie Hotchner is a nationally acclaimed pet wellness advocate, who wrote THE DOG BIBLE: Everything Your Dog Wants You to Know and THE CAT BIBLE: Everything Your Cat Expects You to Know. She is recognized as the premiere voice for pets and their people on pet talk radio. She continues to produce and host her own Gracie® Award winning NPR show DOG TALK®  (and Kitties, Too!) from Peconic Public Broadcasting in the Hamptons after 9 consecutive years and over 500 shows. She produced and hosted her own live, call-in show CAT CHAT® on the Martha Stewart channel of Sirius/XM for over 7 years until the channel was canceled, when Tracie created her own Radio Pet Lady Network where she produces and co-hosts CAT CHAT® along with 10 other pet talk radio podcasts with top veterinarians and pet experts.

Tracie also is the Founder and Director of the annual NY Dog Film Festival, a philanthropic celebration of the love between dogs and their people. Short canine-themed documentary, animated and narrative films from around the world create a shared audience experience that inspires, educates and entertains. With a New York City premiere every October, the Festival then travels around the country, partnering in each location with an outstanding animal welfare organization that brings adoptable dogs to the theater and receives half the proceeds of the ticket sales. Halo was a Founding Sponsor in 2015 and donated 10,000 meals to the beneficiary shelters in every destination around the country in 2016.

Tracie lives in Bennington, Vermont – where the Radio Pet Lady Network studio is based – and where her 12 acres are well-used by her 2-girl pack of lovely, lively rescued Weimaraners, Maisie and Wanda.

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NHSAEF Presents 10th Annual Arts Awards

The Carlin Summer Camp Fund was established in 2013 to support summer arts experiences for current NHS students. It is named in honor of longtime Northwood theatre arts instructor and department chair, Dr. Lori Carlin. It was during her 17-year tenure that NHS created chapters of honor societies in each arts discipline, renovated the arts wing, established NHSAEF, and received two Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts School of Excellence Awards.  This year’s recipient excels in theatre and music, appearing in both fall plays and spring musicals. He is a member of the award-winning Pitch Please ensemble and is a two-time finalist at the Triangle Rising Star awards. Connor Lewis will use the camp scholarship when he attends UNC’s Playmakers Summer Youth Conservatory for this year’s production of Bye, Bye Birdie. In the fall, he’ll be transfering to UNCSA for his senior year to study theatre.

The Northwood High School Arts Education Foundation (NHSAEF) presented the 10th Annual NHSAEF College Scholarships to outstanding students in recognition of their achievements in the visual and performing arts. The $1000 scholarships were presented May 30 at NHS Arts Awards Night. 

For achievements in both music and theatre, NHSAEF presented an interdisciplinary scholarship to Carmyn Johnson. She is a member of the Thespian Honor Society, appeared in Wedding Singer, Hairspray, and Queening Alice. She received the NCASA award for best female vocalist in 2015 as part of Pitch Please and has been part of the Chatham All-County Chorus for the past two years. This fall she’ll attend UNC-Charlotte.

Shannon Patterson is the recipient of this year’s award for Dance. A four-year member of the dance department, she is a member of the auditioned Dance Ensemble and the National Honor Society for Dance Arts.  She has danced in three spring musicals. This fall she will attend Appalachian State University to study dance.

Emily Allen has been selected for the Vocal Music scholarship. Emily is a four-year member of the choral music department and the visual arts department. She has been a member of Chatham’s All-County Chorus for the past three years. She will attend Wake Technical Community College this fall and plans to study animation at SVA in New York.

Natalie Huggins received the award for Visual Arts. In addition to honors art classwork, Natalie has taken dance and band classes, served as Jr. and Sr. class secretary, is captain of the tennis team, and HOSA president. She will attend UNC-Chapel Hill.

The award for Theatre Arts was presented to Christopher Cotten, a long-time member of the NHS drama department both on and backstage. Chris currently serves as president of the International Thespian Society.  He will study education at Appalachian State University.

For achievements in Instrumental Music, this year’s scholarship was presented to Marcanthony Iacono. He is member of Tri-M Music Honor Society, NHS Marching Band, Concert Band, Jazz Band and  a pit musician for the annual spring musicals. This fall he’ll attend NCSU.

This year’s selection committee includes

Thomas E. Link. A lifelong resident of Orange County, NC, Tom studied piano for eight years, received BFA/Painting, AB Minor/Journalism, and MA/Economics degrees from UNC Chapel Hill, and has studied professional voice performance.  He has exhibited his paintings in more than 75 one-man shows across America, performed in more than 20 operas and vocal concerts with regional companies, and currently continues his professional singing career with various local and regional companies.

Amy Loch.  Choral Director at Northwood High School from 2005–2007,  Amy has a Bachelor’s in Music Education and a minor in Dance from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She has taught choral music for 13 years in Nebraska, North Carolina, and California. She has been a member of the Duke Chapel Choir, Durham Vocal Arts Ensemble, Sacramento Choral Society, and the Santa Monica Concert Choir.

Nicholás Benevides. A 2012 graduate of NHS where he was active in band and theatre, Nick received his BFA in Technical Theatre Design and Production from UNC-G. He has since worked in theatres in Indiana, Michigan, Vermont, and this summer at the Utah Festival Opera & Musical Theatre. In August, he will begin a carpentry position with the Gulfshore Playhouse in southern FL.

The NorthwoodArts Senior Departmental Award, voted on by the entire Arts Education Department Faculty, was presented to Shannon Patterson. In addition to her achievements in Dance, she has been involved in this year’s One Home production, studied flute for seven years, participated in Concert Band, and served as squad leader in Marching Band. The faculty remarked, “She balanced all of her activities at NHS with grace and excellence—excelling at all she set her mind to.”

NHSAEF supports and promotes the Northwood arts education program. Teacher grants provide resources for the ongoing work of the department, the Carlin Camp Fund supports students’ summer arts activities, and annual college scholarships recognize achievements in visual and performing arts. Since its inception in 2007, NHSAEF has presented more than $45,000 in scholarship funds to Northwood High School student artists.

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Natalia Jewłoszewicz - Dziedzic Outstanding Educators Award Flute

Natalia Jewłoszewicz – Dziedzic Outstanding Educators Award Flute

Natalia Jewłoszewicz – Dziedzic is a flautist and teacher from Poland.       She has been teaching flute at the G. Bacewicz National Music School in Koszalin for over 30 years. Her passion for teaching has helped her educate many flute players who have now  graduated Music Academies and Universities across Europe and have established their careers as teachers and performers in the orchestras in…