Gateway to the Arts
6101 Penn Avenue, Suite 301
Pittsburgh, PA 15206
telephone 412.362.6982
fax 412.362.6986
gatewaytothearts.org
Knowing the importance of quality teaching, Gateway is focused on providing professional development for our teaching artists in our arts integration models. Paid training is provided for both the Western Pennsylvania Wolf Trap program and the Gateway Arts in Education Partnership. The Dialogues and the Teaching Artist Idea Exchange series provide additional options for Gateway teaching artists to learn best practices from leaders in the field and each other.
On Saturday, June 19, at 3 pm Gateway to the Arts will launch its first ever Family Performance Series at the tent in Schenley Plaza in Oakland with a showcase by performing artists Delta Blue. The newest ensemble to be added to our roster, Delta Blue invites children and parents to dance the cakewalk, tap, sing and twist along with them, as they perform classic tunes that highlight the history of African-American music and dance. The set is the same performance program that is touring to schools.
On Friday March 26, Gateway to the Arts awarded the second Root American Music Award, named after musicologist and former Gateway Board President Deane Root, to Boyce Campus Middle College High School teacher, Joanne Krett. The award recognizes an exceptional teacher who has participated in the Center for American Music at the University of Pittsburgh's Voices Across Time program, designed to assist teachers from different disciplines in incorporating American music into their curricula. Krett, an English teacher, uses music and lyrics as primary learning material, as a tool to connect to the humanities overall and to engage her students more deeply in the curriculum.
In addition to this recognition, Joanne and her students also received a free performance program by the acoustic blues duo Wiggins and Harris sponsored by Gateway in cooperation with Calliope: Pittsburgh Folk Music Society.