BALTIMORE \u2013 <\/b>The Fine Arts Office at the Maryland State Department of Education and four partners will present a special two-day professional development training for Maryland music educators and community musicians next week, which will culminate in a community concert titled Donald Lawrence: In Concert on Saturday, October 13.<\/p>\n
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WHO:<\/b> Maryland State Department of Education\u2014Office of Fine Arts<\/p>\n
Maryland State Arts Council<\/p>\n
Alumni of Maryland Schools Arts Programs<\/p>\n
Maryland Music Educators Association<\/p>\n
Baltimore Office of Promotion & the Arts<\/p>\n
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The Maryland State Department of Education\u2014Office of Fine Arts and partners will present Donald Lawrence: In Concert, a two-hour musical celebration with all proceeds benefiting the 2019 Best of Maryland Arts Education Festival.<\/p>\n
The concert culminates a statewide Choral Workshop for Maryland\u2019s music educators and community musicians that will be led by Stellar Award-winning, international gospel artist Donald Lawrence. The workshop aims to authentically build skills and techniques for Maryland music educators to explore music from the American gospel canon and to strengthen linkages between music classrooms and music making in the community.<\/p>\n
The workshop is part of the new Maryland Masterclass Series, a professional development program from the Office of Fine Arts for music, visual arts, dance, theatre, and media arts educators statewide.\u00a0The series brings world-class Master Artists to Maryland for curated professional development sessions that center experiential learning through creating and connecting. \u00a0The Maryland Masterclass Series is part of the Office of Fine Arts of the Maryland State Department of Education\u2019s professional development suite, Maryland Centers for Creative Classrooms (MC3). The Arts Education in Maryland Schools Alliance is the fiscal agent and grant administrator for the Maryland Masterclass Series, an initiative of Maryland Centers for Creative Classrooms.<\/p>\n
ASL Interpreters will be available for the concert. For more information and to purchase tickets visit MDmasterclass.org<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n WHEN: 7 p.m.- 9:30 p.m.<\/b><\/p>\n Saturday, October 13, 2018<\/b><\/p>\n <\/p>\n WHERE: New Psalmist Baptist Church<\/b><\/p>\n 6020 Marian Drive<\/b><\/p>\n Baltimore, MD 21215<\/b><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Planning Committee Members<\/b><\/p>\n Monique Cox, Young Audiences Maryland\/Arts for Learning<\/p>\n Kayenecha Daugherty, Creative Nomads<\/p>\n Karen Frison, Kent County Public Schools<\/p>\n Leon Frison, Kent County Public Schools<\/p>\n Ryan Gholson, Baltimore City Public Schools<\/p>\n Tamba Giles, New Psalmist Baptist Church and Carroll County Public Schools<\/p>\n Jennifer Kauffman, Anne Arundel County Public Schools, Maryland Music Educators Association<\/p>\n Rodney Lee, Dorchester County Public Schools<\/p>\n Thomas Pierre, Prince George\u2019s County Public Schools<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"