WHEELS Music: February 2015

Saturday, February 28, 2015

Today middle and high school WHEELS students auditioned for the Summer Arts Institute at Frank Sinatra School of the Arts!

We are very proud of the students in 6th-11th grade that performed (some for the first time) at our middle school awards assembly on February 12th!

Sunday, February 8, 2015

Yesterday WHEELS students and families went to Carnegie Hall to see the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra with violinist Anne Akiko Meyers! We are grateful to Access Orpheus for making this possible.

¡La clave es la llave!

Washington Heights Expeditionary Learning School (WHEELS) opened in 2006 with a small music program that has grown to include over 450 Pre-K through 12th grade students in band and general music classes. Our program evolved through collaboration between students and teachers with interests in Latin and jazz music. Latin and jazz music are ideal starting points for our studies because of our school’s location in New York City, which has been central in the development of Latin and jazz music in the US. In the spirit of the cooperative sensibility found in the way Latin and jazz musicians play, students coach each other and engage in collaborative projects. A key element of music we play is improvisation, which requires lifting one’s own voice and negotiating with the voices of others.

Check back often for updates!

Graham Johnson, Music Teacher

g.johnson@wheelsnyc.org

Casey MacFarlane, Music Teacher

c.macfarlane@wheelsnyc.org