Choral Arts Society Quartet: Charles Cerf (bass), Susan Manola (soprano), David Caleb (tenor), Artistic Director Norman Scribner, Lizabeth Fludzinski (alto)

The CASW vocal quartet teaches artsACCESS students the foundation of musical groups including the four vocal types (soprano alto, tenor, bass) and four ways of forming a musical ensemble (solo, duet, trio, quartet).

Lizabeth Flood, singer

Ms. Flood teaches students aspects of music composition such as scales, song writing and performance. In addition, students are

introduced to the world of jazz through scat.

Joe Kennedy, World Music

Instrumentalist

In artsACCESS classrooms, Mr. Kennedy

makes the connection between the past and

present and suggests the role that music

plays in the history of the Native American

and African culture.

Angela Mullins, flute

Ms. Mullins draws connections between music and written language. Students are asked to think about how music helps to tell a story. Older students focus on flutes from around the world and learn about how geography, history and culture, affect music.

Devonna Rowe, soprano

Ms. Rowe introduces African folk songs and stories to artsACCESS classrooms in an effort to teach the relationship between music, patterns and sequences

Joanne Schmoll, soprano

In the classroom, Ms. Schmoll explores the relationship between music and drama. In addition, older grades explore how music has effected a variety of different people including American women and African Americans.

David Simmons, baritone

Mr. Simmons explores traditional folk songs  of the United States and how music is a part of all cultures. In addition to his contribution to the artsACCESS classroom, Mr. Simmons authored the sixth grade artsACCESS curriculum in the summer

of 2004.  

Sylvia Swi, singer/composer

Sylvia explores the connection between music and math and how math can be used in chants and songs.

Umoja String Quartet: Lerna May-Frandsen (quartet leader, violin), Edward Drennon (violin), Julius Wirth (viola), Henry Mays (cello)

In the artsACCESS classroom,

students learn about different genres of music including blues, ragtime and swing music.