Learning to Live Music · 2017-11-29 · An Overview of ‘Learning to Live Music’ Berklee City Music® leverages the power of contemporary music to empower youth from underserved

Cape Town Music AcademyStellenbosch University & Berklee City Music

OUTREACH 2017

Berklee City MusicStudent & Teacher

Educational Pro Series &

Performance Intensives

Learning to Live Music

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Cape Town Music Academy, Stellenbosch University & Berklee City Music

OUTREACH 2017

Learning to Live MusicShowcase Concert


T he Cape Town Music Academy

(CTMA) welcomes you to the CTMA, SU & Berklee City Music Outreach 2017.

On behalf of the CTMA Board I would like to extend a warm welcome to Dr Krystal Banfi eld, Dean for Berklee City Music and her excep tionally talented team of educators from Berklee College of Music in Boston. They have been amazing in their embrace of our “reach out” to them and we know that Outreach 2017 is the beginning of a long and fruitful relationship.

Without Felicia Lesch, head of Stellen-bosch University Unit for Community Music this programme would not have been possible. Felicia embodies all that we hold dear and she stands at the center of this wonderful initiative.

To the learners, students and mentors participating - make the most of this oppor-tunity, take it all in, remember to always give something back and most of all to have fun!

A huge debt of gratitude goes to Sonja Roux and the Trustees of the Woema Trust without their spirit of generosity this programme would not have been possible.

To the success of the fi rst of many to come!

Nico McLachlanDirector

CTMA

Cape Town Music Academy

Creating opportunities for artists

T he Cape Town Music Academy (CTMA) is a not for profi t company that seeks to

create opportunities for local, established and emerging musicians and related artists.

The objective of the CTMA is to conduct a public benefi t activity which creates programmes and projects for the promotion of the work of local musicians, and the development of career opportunities in the South African music industry.

The CTMA primarily focuses on contemporary music and strives to provide support by creating performance and recording opportunities, educational and skills development and international exchange programmes.

The CTMA takes pride in the fact that Outreach 2017 will not only benefi t the emerging local musical talents, but also provide established musicians the chance to become certifi ed Berklee PULSE tutors and to plough back their talent, skills and experience to the budding body of young musicians aspiring to pursue a career in music.

With the CTMA, SU & Berklee City Music Outreach 2017 being the pilot, the CTMA looks forward to the prospect of a sustainable partnership with Berklee and SU,

to implement ongoing exchanges between our musicians and tutors and theirs.

Vicky DavisProgramme Manager

CTMA

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A Warm Welcome!


An Overview of ‘Learning to Live Music’

Berklee City Music® leverages the power of contemporary music to empower youth from underserved communities to develop musically, academically, socially, and

emotionally. Founded over 20 years ago by Berklee College of Music, the organization provides 1.4 million students access to a variety of programs, partners and initiatives, and to the innovative PULSE® online music teaching resource.

By using culturally relevant music as a vehicle for holistic youth development, Berklee City Music helps young people fl ourish as students, musicians, and—perhaps most importantly—confi dent and well-rounded individuals ready to shape the world.

Built on years of success in using contemporary popular music as the pivot that transforms lives, Berklee City Music will lead the high school learners, university students, teachers and mentors participating in Outreach 17, in an eight-day professional development intensive.

“Learning to Live Music,” is designed to expand each participant’s knowledge base and vision for use of their authentic voice through music cultural infusion, improvisation, study in music literacy and technology, performance and career applications in music.

Focus is also placed on the mentors – professional musicians who are also educators - to engage them in strategies to bolster their own teaching programs, personal development as a musician and tutor, and ability to work with youths. They will have the option to be introduced to Berklee’s “training the trainer” model and can then continue to complete the certifi cate program for the Berklee PULSE Music Method and receive instruction in PULSE.

Berklee City Music’s holistic approach is achieved by fully immersing students and teachers in their music making to inspire the student voice/self-identity with professional

Berklee City Music

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The Unit for Community Music, headed by Felicia Lesch, is a project where the musical training implemented by community groups is supplemented through Community

Interaction (CI) initiatives. The vision of the Unit for Community Music is to provide a music programme that caters for those who have little or no access to formal music education. Community musicians can enhance their music literacy skills, and students who wish to continue with higher education can advance their musical and academic competencies, which increases their chance of gaining access to tertiary music study.

The Certifi cate Programmes in Music Literacy (CP) is the largest outreach activity in the SU music department. Under Felicia’s direction, the CP has grown to include satellite campuses such as the Army Base in Youngsfi eld, Wynberg, and several signifi cant community partnerships were also established including the Rural Arts Network (RAN) in Grabouw, Mitchells Plain Academy of Music and the Arts (MPAMA), the Athlone Academy of Music, and the Ronnie Samaai Music Education Project.

Iin 2009 Felicia founded the Stellenbosch University Jazz Band (SUJB). Their list of highlights include being the overall winner of the National Ensemble Competition in 2012; performing annually at the Cape Town Jazz Festival at the Baxter theatre and US Woordfees.

Felicia was awarded the Rector’s Award for Excellence in 2010 and 2014, and in 2009, she was part of a team which conceptualised and implemented the Higher Certifi cate and

Diploma in Practical Music. Both programmes were designed to create access to the university for students from communities served by the Certifi cate Programme.

Felicia is passionate about music as a vehicle for social change and remains deeply committed to those ideals.

purpose through an exploration of music’s social cultural context, providing instructors with access to contemporary popular music pedagogies and methods, and establishing site trainers for sustained instruction using PULSE as an instructional tool for continued depth and growth.

This intensive professional development series of workshops, observations, study and practice culminates into an opportunity for refl ection and a community wide performance.

SU Unit for Community Music


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High School Learners Students and Mentors

MONDAY 12 JUNE TUESDAY 13 JUNE

9:00 –10:30

Orientation andplacements

9:00 –10:30

Opening Session OnImprovisation & form,authentic voice

10:30 –10:45

Break 10:30 –10:45

Break

10:45 –12:15

ENSEMBLE&TEACHERWORKSHOP:Broad perspectives:creative youthdevelopment, culturalcontext, PULSE, ParticipantObservations, TECHoverview, Career Overview

10:45 –12:15

Labs /Musicianship&TEACHERWORKSHOP:(T1)Mentoring and theTeaching Artist (T2)PULSE CertificateTraining

12:15 –13:00

Lunch 12:15 –13:00

Lunch

13:00 –15:30

Ensemble / ParticipantObservations

13:00 –15:30


15:30 –15:45

Break 15:30 –15:45

Break

15:45 –17:15

STUDENT ELECTIVES:Production (T1) Analysis/CRITICAL LISTENING (T2)Private Lessons/coaching&TEACHERWORKSHOP:PULSE virtual seminar

15:45 –17:15

STUDENT ELECTIVES:(T1) DAW/MIDI (T2)Private Lessons/coaching&TEACHERWORKSHOP:PULSE virtual seminar

17:15 Dismissal 17:15 Dismissal

17:30 –18:30

Dinner@KatjiepieringRestaurant, BotanicalGardens

19:00 –22:00

JAM SESSION

SATURDAY 10 JUNE

07:30 –08:00

Registration

08:00 –09:00

Orientation –performance &overview

09:00 –10:00

Students &Teachers reportto designatedrooms for study& practice

10:00 –10:15

Tea Break

10:15 –12:15

Resume study &Practice

12:15 –13:00

Lunch

13:00 –14:30

Students &Teachers reportto designatedrooms for study& practice

14:30 –14:45

Break

14:45 –15:45

Students &Teachersprepare tosound check

15:45 –16:00

Doors open toaudience

16:00 –17:00

CONCERT

17:00 –17:15

Teachers &Cliniciansdiscussions,reviewobservations

17:15 Dismissal


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INFO

facebook.com/learningtolivemusic17

@learntolivemus

INQUIRIESLuna Paige+27 82 859 [email protected]

Denise Barnes+27 76 116 [email protected]

Pierre Nelson CTMA+27 72 266 4745

VENUESU Conservatoire37 Victoria Road StellenboschENTRANCE ON NEETHLING STREET

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Students and Mentors

WEDNESDAY 14 JUNE THURSDAY 15 JUNE

9:00 –10:30

Open Session: Music &Culture, Choosing yourmusicMotown, YOURmusic

9:00 –10:30

Open Session: Music &Career

10:30 –10:45

Break 10:30 –10:45

Break

10:45 –12:15

Labs /Musicianship&TEACHERWORKSHOP: (T1)Mentoring and theTeaching Artist (T2) PULSECertificate Training/trainthe trainer

10:45 –12:15

DRESS REHEARSAL&TEACHERWORKSHOP:(T1) TECH recordings(T2) Assessment &evaluation part 2;Resource integration

12:15 –13:00

Lunch 12:15 –13:00

Lunch

13:00 –15:30


13:00 –15:30

Sound Check /Participant observations

15:30 –15:45

Break 15:30 –15:45

Break

15:45 –17:15

STUDENT ELECTIVES: (T1)HIP HOP AND VOCALTECHNOLOGIES (T2)Private Lessons/coaching&TEACHERWORKSHOP:PULSE documentation;Assessment & evaluationpart 1 virtual seminar

15:45 –17:15

Break to change clothesfor evening concert&TEACHERWORKSHOP:Participant ObservationFocus Group/PanelDiscussion with 5 guestclinicians

17:15 Dismissal 17:15 Dismissal

17:30 –18:30

Dinner@KatjiepieringRestaurant, BotanicalGardens

18:30 Foyer doors open

20:00 CONCERT


Krystal Prime Banfi eld, Ed.D.

Krystal Prime Banfi eld is a passionately committed arts educator, youth arts advocate and concert singer with

over 30 years of experience as an executive in administration in higher education, nonprofi t arts management, and in music instruction.

Over the span of her career she has scaled creative academic initiatives for communities, to include the implementation of hybrid educational programs and the development of published traditional and technology-based curricula.

Krystal has been dedicated to community music and cultural awareness, education and accelerated learning models for urban youth, working with teachers and educators to profoundly contribute to the development of young people and has received regional and national awards for community service

She holds a bachelor’s degree in music education from Howard University, Washington, D.C.; a master of music from Indiana University-Bloomington; and a doctorate in education from University of St. Thomas-Minneapolis.

Dr. Banfi eld currently serves as Dean of Berklee City Music®, which engages inner-city youth from Boston and in North America, the Caribbean Sea, and South America. Dr. Banfi eld also serves as part of the senior leadership for Berklee College of Music.

Prince Charles Alexander

As lead singer and multi-instrumentalist of the inter-nationally successful “Prince Charles and the City Beat

Band” in the 80’s, Charles Alexander’s unique brand, next generation p-funk was instrumental in propelling rap music to the forefront in the USA.

Charles moved on to become a multi-platinum producer, mixing and recording engineer for Mary J Blige, the Notorious B.I.G., Puff Daddy, Usher, Boyz II Men, Brandy, Babyface, Sting and Aretha Franklin. He received 40 RIAA Platinum and Gold certifi cations, 3 Grammys wins and 7 nominations, and a Victoire de la Musique.

A professor in Music Production & Engineering at Berklee and instructor at NYU’s Clive Davis Department of Recorded Music, teaching Music Production, he also taught Audio Technology at the Institute of Audio Research in NYC and

Berklee College of Music Tutors

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lectured at the City College of New York, Pace University, the University of Oslo and the School of Audio Engineering.

He is a member of the Producers and Engineers Wing of the Grammy Committee Board of Governors, the Audio Engineering Society (AES) and the Musician’s Union Local 802 in NYC. His company Ark Angel Music, Inc. focuses on developing young emerging talent. Charles is set to release new music, a book and fi lm projects soon.

Ronald Mahdi

Associate professor at Berklee College of Music, RO Aamir Mahdi, is a bassist, recording artist and clinician. He

performed with artists such as Chet Baker, Bill Pierce, Donald Brown, Kevin Eubanks, Jeff Watts, Roy Hargrove, James Williams, Milt Jackson, Lennie White, Art Farmer, George Coleman, Little Jimmy Scott, Kenwood Dennard, Ronnie Gill, Ralph Peterson Jr. and Stanley Jordan. He has toured Europe, Asia, Central America and the USA with Roy Hayes, Donald Byrd, Nnenna Freelon and Teodross Avery. He has recorded extensively, including recordings by Jay Branford, Consuelo Candelaria, Ron Gill, Louise Grasmere, Ferdinando Argenti, Daryl Lowery, Yoron Israel and Walter Beasley. His own recording will be released shortly.

David Alexis

Having shared stages with Jennifer Holiday, Willie Nelson and Bobby Brown, this Boston native sings with soul and

sensibility beyond his years.At the age of 14, David Alexis was a backing vocalist

for “3 Mo’ Tenors”, has performed in shows like Little Shop of Horrors, and Boston’s famous Black Nativity, and at prestigious venues like Madison Square Garden.

David was the arranger and ensemble leader for groups such as City Music All-stars and has performed for the Boston Celtics, Laura Bush, and Quincy Jones.

He completed his undergraduate studies at Berklee and was awarded a full-tuition scholarship based on merit and academic achievement. He has held teaching posts at many community based organizations and institutions and completed a Master of Public Administration for the purpose of making the performing arts an integral element to cultural infrastructure.

David is currently assistant professor in the Harmony Department of Berklee. Through his experience he exhibits highly refi ned practices of higher education and arts programming and embodies empowerment through music.

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Maxim Lubarsky

Maxim Lubarsky, a native of Odessa in the Ukraine, is a virtuoso at the piano who blends together various

musical styles. Classically trained, Maxim soon developed a passion for

jazz and received a Berklee scholarship to further his studies, as well as the Technics endowed scholarship.

Maxim has performed and recorded with the renowned Dave Liebman, Tiger Akiyoshi and Gabrielle Goodman. He was a feature at Bean-Town Jazz Festival, Cambridge Music Festival and Spoletto Festival, as well as the ArtsNaples World Festival and Diacetum Festival in Italy and the Usadba Jazz Festival in Russia.

As assistant professor at the Piano Department of Berklee College of Music, Maxim has given master classes in Russia and China. He continues a vivid international performing, recording and education career and leads the Maxim Lubarsky Group.

Chris Rivelli

Boston based drummer Chris Rivelli’s 20-year career is a model of versatility, in the classroom and on stage. He is

a long-time staff instructor for Berklee’s City Music and the Boston Arts Academy Music Faculty. He teaches at the High School Academy and Preparatory Academy, and co-leads Faculty Outreach All Star Big Band. Focused on private drum set and percussion lessons, leading ensembles, and concert and summit planning, dozens of his students have received full scholarships at Berklee. Together with his wife Molly Jo, he also founded MJ’s Music School in Waltham, Massachusetts.

He has toured internationally with multiple Grammy nominees including Roomful of Blues, Duke Robillard, and Janiva Magness and performed at Montreal Jazz Festival, Lincoln Center and the Ottawa Blues Festival.

With an honors degree in Music Performance from Berklee, he worked with notable educators like George Garzone, Bill Pierce, Dave Samuels and Kenwood Dennard, and studied with legendary jazz drummer Alan Dawson. In 2014 and 2017 he received the Berklee Urban Service Awards and in 2012 and 2013, the Blues Audience Magazine Reader’s Poll Drummer of the Year Award.

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The Trustees of the Woema TrustSonja Roux, Director, CTMAAlbert Geldenhuys, Director CTMA Nico McLachlan, Director CTMALuvuyo Kakaza, Director CTMA

Abs van Rooyen, ClemenGold Lezanne van Zyl, ClemenGoldJacques Cilliers, Zandvliet WinesCarel van Heerden, Paul Bothner MusicJaco Goosen, Paul Bothner MusicDawn & Derek Woolridge, Musician’s MediaHano Smit, HAudioRyan Stevens, Barcraft (Premium Cocktails) Heloïse Davis, HMD Design Luna Paige, Iluminar ProductionsDenise Barnes, Iluminar ProductionsBabalwa MeintjiesSchalk Joubert

Berklee College of MusicRoger H. Brown, President

Larry Simpson, Ph.D., Provost

Lee Whitmore, Ed.D., Vice President for Education Outreach and Social Entrepreneurship

Krystal Prime Banfi eld, Ed.D., Dean for Berklee City Music

Cyrus Rojas, Assistant Director of Operations

Jean Connaughton, Marketing and Communications ManagerMaria Resendes, Executive Administrative AssistantPrince Charles Alexander, ProfessorRonald Mahdi, Associate ProfessorDavid Alexis, Assistant Professor Maxim Lubarsky, Assistant ProfessorChristopher Rivelli, Staff Instructor

Berklee PULSE Music Method:John Bigus, PULSE Development ManagerRegina Nixon, Executive Director, Phoenix ConservatoryNicholas Koechel, PULSE Outreach

Stellenbosch UniversityDr Pieter Grobler, Head of SU Music DepartmentProf Stephanus Muller DOMUSFelicia Lesch, Head of Community Music

Certifi cate Programme PersonnelInge EngelbrechtSarah-Ann DavidsCommunity Partners

Facility Management: Nicky FransmanPhilip VermeulenMarie-Louise Du PlessisLenore Bredekamp

Conservatoire Production Team:Fiona GrayerBrent Reynolds

Thank You !


#ClemenGoldCares

Proud sponsor of “Learning to Live Music” Outreach 2017

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