ANNOUNCING THE 2010-11 FAME FORT WAYNE PHILHARMONIC

COMPOSITION PROJECT! 

Again this year, several selected Northeast Indiana area Fourth Grade FAMEous student composers will collaborate with FAME’s Composer-In-Residence, David Crowe to create a music composition to be performed by The Fort Wayne Philharmonic and the Fort Wayne Ballet Youth Company, at the Celebration Of Youth Concert, at the FAME Northeast Festival, On Sunday, March 13, 2011, at 3:00 P.M., in the Anthony Wayne Ballroom, at the Grand Wayne Center, in Fort Wayne. 

During project sessions from 4:00-6:00 P.M., on Oct. 4, 5, and 6, 2010, at Haley Elementary School, in Fort Wayne, the student composer/s will meet for composition sessions with Wendy Bloom, FAME Project Coordinator, to compose, perform, and notate their very own musical signature compositions. Then, on Oct. 12, 13 and 14, 2010 (same time and place except until 6:30 P.M. on Oct. 14), they will meet for “composium” sessions with FAME Composer-In-Residence, David Crowe, where they will review their musical signature compositions and creatively collaborate about how their musical ideas will be orchestrated into a final project composition inspired by themes from FAME’s 2010-11 cultural focus, Creating and Dreaming in the Land of the Northern Lights.

 FAME and the Phil’s collaboration with the Fort Wayne Ballet will continue this year, as once again, the composition will be enhanced with choreographed dance movement by the Fort Wayne Ballet Youth Company dancers. During the “composium” session on Oct. 14, Joellen Wojtowicz, director of the Fort Wayne Ballet Youth Company will creatively communicate with the student composers about how their musical ideas for the composition will impact and inspire dance movements that the Youth Company ballet students will create and perform for the project.

 Mr. Crowe will score the finished composition for symphonic orchestra, then, on Sat., March 12, 2011, at 10:00 A.M., in the Anthony Wayne Ballroom, at the Grand Wayne Center, the student composers and their parents will attend the composition’s official rehearsal, where Mr. Crowe will conduct a final “composium” session (at 9:00 A.M.) with them to analyze their musical ideas in the finished composition. The project will culminate with a 1:45 P.M. mini-rehearsal and the composition’s premiere performance by the Fort Wayne Philharmonic and the Fort Wayne Ballet Youth Company, at the Fort Wayne Philharmonic Celebration of Youth Concert, on Sunday, March 13, 2011, at 3:00 P.M., in the Anthony Wayne Ballroom, at the Grand Wayne Center, in Fort Wayne.

The student composers will access a project portfolio to complete various reflection assignments to help stimulate creative input and facilitate feedback for assessment during the music composition, rehearsal, and performance process. 

FAME, the Fort Wayne Philharmonic, and the Fort Wayne Ballet are once again pleased to offer this once in a lifetime experience in music composition to area to area Fourth Grade students!

 Wendy Bloom

Project Coordinator

2010-11 FAME FW PHILHARMONIC COMPOSITION PROJECT DATES:

Mon., Oct. 4, 4:00-6:00 P.M.           Composition Session at Haley Elementary Schoo

Tues., Oct. 5, 4:00-6:00 P.M.          Composition Session at Haley Elementary School

Wed., Oct. 6, 4:00-6:00 P.M.           Composition Session at Haley Elementary School

Tues., Oct. 12, 4:00-6:00 P.M.        Composium Session with Composer-In Residence, David Crowe  

Wed., Oct. 13, 4:00-6:00 P.M.         Composium Session with Composer-In-Residence, David Crowe

Thurs., Oct. 14, 4:00-6:30 P.M.       Composium Session with Composer-In Residence, David Crowe Joellen Wojtowicz, Fort Wayne Ballet Youth Company Director (6:00-6:30 P.M.) 

 Sat., Feb. 26, 1:00-2:00 P.M.         FAMEous Composers Collaboration Session with Joellen Wojtowicz and the Fort Wayne Ballet Youth Company dancers, Fort Wayne Ballet Center 

Sat., March 12, 10:00 A.M.             Official Rehearsal, Final “Composium” at 9:00 A.M.), Anthony Wayne Ballroom, Grand WayneCenter                                                   

Sunday, March 13, 1:45 P.M.        Mini-Rehearsal, Anthony Wayne Ballroom, Grand Wayne Center 

Sunday, March 13, 3:00 P.M.        Premiere Performance at the Fort Wayne Philharmonic Celebration of Youth Concert, Anthony Wayne Ballroom, Grand Wayne Center 

DRIVING DIRECTIONS:

Haley Elementary School is at 2201 Maplecrest Rd., Fort. Wayne, one block south of E. State St., just west of Georgetown Square Shopping Center. Turn right off Maplecrest Rd. into the school parking lot. Access the school using door #1.

The Fort Wayne Ballet Center is at 324 Penn Ave., off N. Clinton St.

The Grand Wayne Center is on Jefferson Blvd., across from the Embassy Centre, Fort. Wayne. Parking is available in the parking garage or in several lots nearby.