There are a handful of slots left for students aged 11-18 years old. If you know anyone who may be interested, email [email protected] immediately to reserve a space.
Harlem Speaks Education Initiative is a jazz history program that The Jazz Museum in Harlem, in partnership with The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, created in 2005 to introduce students to the vibrancy of jazz and the achievements of its practitioners. Students from Frederick Douglass Academy, Bread and Roses, Urban Assembly Academy of History and Citizenship for Young Men and The Thurgood Marshall Academy participated. Students learned through interviews with Harlem Speaks honorees including Joe Wilder, Grady Tate and Melba Joyce. The Museum plans to expand this important educational program to high schools throughout the City as funding becomes available.
New Session: Spring 2007
L O C A T I O N :
Museum of the City of New York
1220 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10029
T I M E: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
D A T E S :
MARCH 3, 17, 24, 31
APRIL 21, 28
F I N A L E:
MAY 5
Email [email protected] or call (212) 348-8300 to sign up.
In this course, students learn about the vibrancy of jazz and the magnitude of the achievements of its practitioners. Through the method of oral histories, students gather and preserve historical information through recorded interviews with the participants. Students make connections by gaining a larger understanding of the role of music and musicians by learning about the music of famous jazz musicians, different styles of jazz and by tracing the history by means of interviewing honorees, musicians and others connected to jazz, through independent and group research, deepening their historical and cultural understanding of music.
Instructors: Loren Schoenberg and Gregory Thomas
For more information contact Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services.
