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SUMMARY:Webinars for Professional Development in the Arts Series 11: Music
 al virtual hangouts: Changing policy and strategy for community engagement
  in a major US Orchestra - Dr. Patrick Schmidt\, University of Western Ont
 ario
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CONTACT:Lucian Stephenson
DESCRIPTION:This talk is part of the 11th series of webinars for Professio
 nal Development in the Arts.\n\nThe New World Symphony calls itself “Ame
 rica’s orchestral academy”. It is led by conductor Michael Tilson Thom
 as\, and for three years\, it sponsors approximately 90 young musicians it
  calls “fellows”. The NWS prides itself in creating innovative opportu
 nities\, structures and formats for the delivery of classical music\, whil
 e also presenting itself as committed to community work. The study here pr
 esented focuses on an initiative named Connect developed by the Community 
 Engagement Office of the NWS. The main participants were 15 fellows and ap
 proximately 40 high-school students who participated in two programs under
  the Connect initiative\, namely NWS Virtual Hangouts—a series of digita
 l meetings and interactions between fellows and high-school students acros
 s the country. The research project attempted to better understand the pro
 cesses\, challenges\, and possible impact of this project upon the fellows
 \, the participating students\, as well as the institution as a whole. Fin
 dings will be organized in four categories for this presentation: 1) Commu
 nity projects\, and the role of institutions in building teaching confiden
 ce among professional musicians\; 2) Community projects and the process of
  establishing pedagogical models/approaches\; 3) Community projects and in
 stitutional challenges balancing stability and growth\; and finally 4) The
  role of community projects in enhancing participatory culture and establi
 shing communities of practice.\n\n*Patrick Schmidt* is chair of music educ
 ation at University of Western Ontario. He served as Associate Professor o
 f Music Education and Associate Director of Florida International Universi
 ty’s School of Music in Miami\, Florida from 2012 to 2015 and at the Wes
 tminster Choir College in Princeton\, NJ from 2001 to 2012. Patrick taught
  middle school general and high school choral for 7 years. His innovative 
 work in critical pedagogy\, urban music education and policy studies is re
 cognized nationally and internationally. He is currently working on a sing
 le-authored book on Policy and Music Education and another co-edited book 
 on international policy perspective with Richard Colwell\, both for Oxford
  University Press.\n
LOCATION:Faculty of Education\, 184 Hills Road\, Cambridge\, CB2 8PQ\, DMB
 \, Room 2S4
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