Classroom Collaborations
Artist residencies are sequential workshops that create powerful, in-depth learning experiences for students. Designed to heighten the impact of a school performance, to provide specialized instruction in the arts or to explore unifying ideas and academic curriculum in an exciting, interdisciplinary manner, a residency is customized to fit your needs. Sparking imagination, self-expression, pride and motivation in students, the emphasis of a residency is in the process. Gateway teaching artists work with educators to design the program around specific curricular goals and work with students to guide creative exploration that weaves art experiences into curricular activities.
Residencies can be designed to be pre- or post-visits to be added to a performance program. For more information contact Heidi at 412.362.6982 or email. |
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Join Liz Berlin- performer, recording artist, entrepreneur, educator- as she guides students through a study of songwriting, recording, performance and the music industry from the inside out. After years honing her skills in the music business, Liz shares her unique insights with aspiring musicians. The workshop culminates with a CD of a collaborative song and a student performance. Residency offerings include: Elementary Songwriting (2-5), Middle School Songwriting & Recording (6-8), High School Songwriting & Recording (9-12). After many years with her band, Rusted Root, Liz Berlin has put her experience and success to good use in her other ventures—Mr. Smalls Theatre, Recording Studios, Skateparks and Creative.Life.Support where she’s been teaching and mentoring young musicians and students through the development of Community Songwriting & Recording Classes, Real.Life.Music & Skate Camp and the Mr. Smalls College Internship Program.
Jeff Berman's residencies range from developing rhythm ensembles and improvisation skills with existing school bands to creating bucket-drumming ensembles with community groups to developing language skills with pre-K students by focusing on the relationship between the rhythm of language and the rhythm of music. He uses historical and cultural connections to encourage engagement and personal relevance to the process, while emphasizing active listening to develop individual and group artistry. Jeff is a multi-instrumentalist, composer, improviser, and recording artist whose genre-bending collaborations reflect his global musical vision.
Songwriter-recording artist Tom Breiding shares his experiences as a former staff writer for a major publishing company on Music Row in Nashville to his current experience as a touring artist and album producer. Tom engages students in open conversation about a wide range of topics that include: approaches to the songwriting process, studio engineering and record production, innovative recording techniques, tracking and editing on ProTools software, artist press and radio promotion, touring strategies, and performance techniques. This program is especially effective for schools hosting a radio station or advanced media center, and students who are interested in a career in the music industry. A touring performer with nine album releases, Tom is currently marketing his latest record, the highly acclaimed Unbroken Circle, which has received radio airplay on Americana stations in every corner of the country. Tom is also a Calliope teaching artist and co-producer of Calliope's When We Shine, a Pittsburgh 250 project.