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OUTREACH: ARTISTS IN THE SCHOOLS
Birch Creek independently sustains an outreach program that reaches between 200 to 400 Door County public school students annually. Birch Creek faculty members visit high school and middle school instrumental music classrooms and conduct half-day seminars. They perform and demonstrate basic to advanced techniques based on the levels of the students. The willingness of our summer faculty members and public school music teachers to partner together has made this educational outreach program a success.
Teachers: Click to download Wisconsin Model Academic Standards for Birch Creek's Jazz Outreach Program (PDF). Contact us if you would like to ask one of our jazz artists a question about your school jazz program. |
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November 2008
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In 2008, Birch Creek’s Artists in the Schools brought jazz faculty members Jeff Campbell, Program Director and bass, Reggie Thomas, piano, and Rick Haydon, guitar, back to Door County school districts, building upon prior years' workshops in jazz workshops incorporating the blues, scatting, improvising, and rhythm internalization.
Birch Creek continues to support the increasing nationwide effort to bring music programs, performers and clinicians into public schools. Jazz has been the focus of Artists in the Schools outreach in 2006, 2007, and again in 2008. Campbell, Thomas and Haydon provided assistance to students and educators.
Artists groove with Sevastopol 4th and 5th grade students.
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JEFF CAMPBELL [right] (Program Director; Academy Band Director; Bass), Rochester, N.Y. Mr. Campbell is an associate professor of jazz studies and contemporary media at the Eastman School of Music. He performs with the Rochester Philharmonic, jazz pianist Marian McPartland, and Trio East.
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| REGGIE THOMAS [center] is a jazz piano performer and educator (shown on bass guitar at the Sturgeon Bay clinic). Thomas is professor of jazz studies at Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville; a clinician and judge for the Essentially Ellington component of Jazz at Lincoln Center. He has been on the Birch Creek faculty since 1987. |
| RICK HAYDON [left] is a jazz guitar performer and educator who serves on the faculty of Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville. Haydon is also a faculty member of the Band Directors Academy for Jazz at Lincoln Center. He has been on the Birch Creek faculty since 2000. |
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STURGEON BAY HIGH SCHOOL Sturgeon Bay - Band Director - Heidi Hintz
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| The Sturgeon Bay High School Band is overseen by Reggie (on tuba) in the back row. |
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SOUTHERN DOOR HIGH SCHOOL Brussels - Band Director - Kristine Heyer |
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Southern Door High School Band Rhythm Students work with Jeff (standing), Rick (on guitar), and Reggie (not pictured).
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SEVASTOPOL SCHOOLS Sturgeon Bay - Cheryl Pfister, Elementary Music Teacher & Mark Seelhorst, high school band director |
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| Jeff, Reggie, and Rick introduce themselves to the Sevastopol High School Band as Mr. Seelhorst (standing second from left) listens. |
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These three jazz artists add their names to a growing list of Birch Creek faculty members who have served as rich resources for Door County public schools without cost to the schools.
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Launched in 2001-2002 with the support of private gifts and a grant from the Peninsula Arts Association and the Wisconsin Arts Board, Artists in the Schools was underwritten in 2008 through a grant from an anonymous donor. The program continues to bring nationally-recognized musicians into Door County schools for hands-on workshops.
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