THE COPPIN VOCAL ENSEMBLE
YOU ARE INVITED TO A FREE NOON TIME MUSIC
PRESENTATION BY THE COPPIN VOCAL ENSEMBLE,
UNDER THE DIRECTION OF PROFESSOR CHARLES T.
HAYES, ON FRIDAY, MAY 6TH IN THE JAMES WELDON
JOHNSON AUDITORIUM LOWER LEVEL ROOM 019.
BRING YOUR LUNCH AND LIGHT REFRESHMENTS WILL
BE OFFERED. IT IS FREE, SO BRING A FRIEND.
CALL PROF. HAYES FOR MORE INFORMATION
410-951-3352.
SEE YOU THERE!
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THE GRASS IS GREENER
Organization: Artistic Elite Inc
Address: PO Box zip 19800
Contact Person: Shannon Gunter Discipline: Urban Arts
Project Title: The Grass is Greener
Project Dates: 6/12- 8/12 Estimated # to benefit from project: 200
Location of Project: Coppin State University in conjunction with the Hippodrome
Project Description:
The Grass is Greener is a project geared towards Baltimore City youths ages 6-18 that will provide instruction in all areas of the arts; such as Art, Dance, Theater, and Music. Students will be placed in thier appropriate age groups, 6-8, 9-11, 12-14, and 15-18 with 50 students in each group. This summer long project gives Baltimore City youths from troubled or low income families the opportunity to understand and embrace the concept that one doesn’t have to attend an expensive arts school in order to express their individual talents in a positive manner. During this project students will learn the fundamentals, properties, and the development of their particular talent; under the instruction and guidance of 16 teachers/artist of their specific area discipline; 4 teachers to a group, one of each discipline. The project will result in four mini productions, one for each age group; and will be concluded by one major production.
The goal of The Grass is Greener is to enlighten Baltimore’s talented youths and artist. This project will benefit the patrons and community by:
• One professional artist per group
• Five advance level students will serve as apprentices to the artist
and teaching aids to students
• All students will participate in the major show at the Hippodrome
which will run a week long; creating exposure to the students as
well as the program
The Grass is Greener, is a project of Artistic Elite Group Inc. Artistic Elite’s mission is to incorporate and revive the arts in our community and culture by providing free proper training and opportunities for talent development and performance.
This project is being conducted by four artist/teachers:
Shannon Gunter, founder and artistic director of Artistic Elite Inc., musician and Artist; recipient of numerous accolades, NAACP Act- so and more
LaTasha Woods, Vocal coach, Director and Section leader
Patrick Davis Jr. Musician and teacher; member of “Coppin State Band”
Rishawn Coles, free lance Dancer/Actor, appeared on “The Wire”
The grant will be a 90/10 split with 4,000 spent on teaching salaries and 1,000 on marketing and promoting. The final production will be held at The Hippodrome which seats 2,286. Students for the project will be chosen by the Arts teachers of Baltimore City Public Schools and surrounding areas. Students chosen must audition to be in this free program. All aspects of this project and final performance will be displayed on major social and television networks. Tickets will be sold for the final performance. All participants will be given one free ticket and an option for one other ticket half price. The remainder of the tickets will be sold for $40 each. This will give the project 77,000, which some of course will be paid to the Hippodrome while the remainder will be used to transform this project to a sustainable program.
Budget
Expenses
Salaries 4,000
Promotion 1,000
Income
Cash from budget/ savings 1,000
Other Grants 2,000
BCAC Grant 2,000
