Teaching Artist Training (TAT) Seattle will gather teaching artists in four artistic disciplines (including dance, theatre,visual arts and music) for a two day training designed to provide a comprehensive classroom toolkit (including Observation,Curriculum Development and Classroom Management techniques.)





Cost: Free
Contact: Scott Koh
Phone: (206) 443-2202 ext 1043
E-Mail: scottk@seattlerep.org

Bring Arts Corps Residencies to your classroom. Teachers and school administrators, are you seeking to engage students more deeply through the arts? Arts Corps offers in-school residencies in every art form for students K-12. Whether you are looking to integrate art into your lessons or to bring new cultural experiences and disciplines to your students, collaborate with our skilled, master-level teaching artists to open up new dimensions for learning.

Cost: Tiered pricing structure: $1,335 to $2,570
Contact: Tina LaPadula
Phone: (206) 722-5440
E-Mail: tina.lapadula@artscorps.org

The biennial professional development conference for classroom teachers, administrators, arts specialists, parents, and arts advocates, offering sessions in Dance, Music, Theater and Visual Arts at all grade levels. Sponsored by Dance Educators Association of Washington, Washington Music Educators Association, Washington Arts Education Association, Washington Association of Theatre Educators, VSA Washington, and OSPI.

Visit www.artstime.org for a scheduled list of presenters and links to our Keynote Guests, Alvin Law & Patrick Dunning.



Cost: Fees vary
Contact: Meg Mahoney
Phone: (206) 252-7648
E-Mail: mrmahoney@seattleschools.org

Why do filmmakers make certain choices in their work? Where do art and practicality meet? Find out in an educator workshop held in conjunction with the fourth annual Science Fiction + Fantasy Short Film Festival. Workshop participants attend the Festival as VIP guests and participate in exclusive discussion sessions with selected film directors and a specialist in teaching film. All participants will receive a DVD that includes festival entries specially chosen for classroom use. 5 Clock hours available.



Cost: $20
Contact: Chelsea Cannon
Phone: (206) 770-2765
E-Mail: celebrateeducators@empsfm.org

What do Woodstock, the mambo and the 1970s Los Angeles punk scene have in common? They are all found in the new distance learning course based on the exhibition "American Sabor: Latinos in U.S. Popular Music". This course, which incorporates music, video and interactive elements, will help teachers learn about the ways Latino musicians have adopted and adapted musical styles, both Latino and mainstream. Teachers can choose among seven modules to design the instruction that best suits their interests. The course also includes classroom ideas and resources, particularly for teachers of music, Spanish and social studies. Up to 27 clock hours are available to Washington state teachers.



Cost: Free
Contact: Jennifer Hammond
Phone: (206) 262-3256
E-Mail: jenniferh@empsfm.org

EMP|SFM'S first online professional development course is free and open to all educators who want to learn more about teaching with oral histories of artists. Inspired by EMP|SFM's extensive collection of oral history interviews with musicians, writers, visual artists, directors, and actors, this course will help you develop an oral history project for your students. This course will also guide you in how to use oral histories across the curriculum, in areas such as reading, writing, or the arts. Educators can earn ten (10) clock hours from Seattle University for this self-paced course.



Cost: Free
Contact: Jennifer Hammond
Phone: (206) 262-3256
E-Mail: jenniferh@empsfm.org

This year's "Eyes on Dance" matinee will feature excerpts from all three acts of George Balanchine's Jewels. Live orchestra, introductions by PNB staff, and stage craft demonstration also included. Pre- or post-performance workshops and online curriculum guide available.

Cost: $6 ($3 tickets available for students that qualify for free/reduced lunch)
Contact: Joanna Hardie
Phone: (206) 441-2413
E-Mail: jhardie@pnb.org

In-school residencies and workshops get students moving and learning through dance. In-school classes are custom-built for each classroom and are designed to support classroom learning and Washington State Arts EALRs.

Cost: $100 per class, discounts available
Contact: Kayti Bouljon
Phone: (206) 441-2432
E-Mail: kayti@pnb.org

Pacific Northwest Ballet fieldtrips offer students to experience a day in the life of a dancer. During their visit, students participate in an introductory dance class, tour the building and costume shop, and observe PNB Company dancers in rehearsal.

Cost: $100 per class
Contact: Rochelle Rapaszky
Phone: (206) 441-9411 x4229
E-Mail: rrapaszky@pnb.org

What does it mean to be American? How have individual and collective identities evolved from the pre-colonial Americas, through the colonial period, through periods of heightened immigration and migration, to the present? This workshop uses primary resources and works of art from the exhibition Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness: American Art from the Yale University Art Gallery to explore these and many other questions related to United States history and material culture, encouraging educators to rethink the ways our country's history is conventionally presented in the classroom.



Workshop participants receive teaching materials, four Washington State clock hours and lunch.

Cost: $20
Contact: Jenn Willson
Phone: 206.654.3146
E-Mail: jennw@seattleartmuseum.org

Learn American history through the visual arts! Using textbook examples of American art, Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness: American Art 1660-1893 from the Yale University Art Gallery, offers an overview of American history and culture, from the beginning of European settlement through the end of the nineteenth century. Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness will enhance any classroom's study of American history.

Cost: Varies
Contact: Erica Applewhite
Phone: (206) 654-3123
E-Mail: tours@seattleartmuseum.org

Garden and Cosmos: The Royal Paintings of Jodhpur is a ground breaking exhibition that includes breathtaking monumental images that flourished in the royal courts of Rajasthan in India during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Most of the paintings featured in this exhibition have never been published and many have been seen only by a select few since their creation. Don't miss this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

Cost: Varies
Contact: Erica Applewhite, Tour Coordinator
Phone: (206) 654-3123
E-Mail: tours@seattleartmuseum.org

Be one of the first to explore the special exhibition Garden and Cosmos: The Royal Paintings of Jodhpur at the Seattle Asian Art Museum. This groundbreaking exhibition includes breathtaking monumental images that flourished in the royal courts of Rajasthan in India during the 18th and 19th centuries. Join SAM for this special evening just for educators! K-12 educators/administrators, college professors and community educators are invited to enjoy art making, live music, a raffle, resources from community and educational organizations, refreshments and light eats.

Cost: Free
Contact: Jenn Willson
Phone: (206) 654.3146
E-Mail: jennw@seattleartmuseum.org

Visit SAM Downtown for a special evening just for educators! Explore American history through the visual arts at the winter special exhibition Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness: American Art from the Yale University Art Gallery. This exhibition will enhance any classroom's study of the history of the United States of America. K-12 educators/administrators, college professors and community educators are invited to enjoy art making, live music, a raffle, curator-led gallery tours, resources from community and educational organizations, refreshments and light eats.

Cost: Free
Contact: Jenn Willson
Phone: (206) 654-3156
E-Mail: jennw@seattleartmuseum.org

This one-day workshop provides an introduction to VTS (Visual Thinking Strategies) with hands-on practice in SAM's downtown galleries. VTS is a student-centered, research-based education method that uses art to build students' capacities to observe, think, listen and communicate. The VTS method is based on 30 years of empirical research that has been field-tested with a wide range of students and audiences across languages and cultures.



This workshop is open to all educators. It will be led by Heidi Arbogast (Art Educator, Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture), Deborah Sepulveda (Frye Art Museum Manager of School and Teacher Programs) and Yoon Kang-O'Higgins (VTS Northwest Regional Director).



Clock hours are offered through Seattle Pacific University (SPU). The workshop fee below does not include the fee for SPU clock hours.

Cost: $40
Contact: Jenn Willson
Phone: 206.654.3146
E-Mail: jennw@seattleartmuseum.org

SCT has long term residencies with many Seattle Schools this year including Lowell and John Hay. We work with you to enrich your already existing curriculum with theatre exercises, activating your students voices, bodies and imaginations!

Cost: $85 per hour; scholarship available, contact Andrea for more information
Contact: Andrea Ichikawa
Phone: (206) 443-0807
E-Mail: andreai@sct.org

SIFF FutureWave coordinates filmmaker visits with both local and world-reknowned cinematic artists (directors, costume designers, composers, etc.) to classrooms and community organizations around Puget Sound. These filmmakers bring real-world application into the classroom, expanding learning outside the traditional school experience and providing role models for students of all ages. We work to pair filmmakers with a variety of classroom disciplines that will be enhanced by their artistic area of expertise.

Cost: Free
Contact: Dustin Kaspar
Phone: (206) 315-0663
E-Mail: dustin.kaspar@siff.net

Teachers are invited to the invitation-only preview performance of Jane Eyre on Thursday, February 12 at 8:00 p.m. Teachers are welcome to bring a friend and/or a small number of students. More information and a study guide to the performance are available at www.seattlemusicaltheatre.org. Please RSVP.

Cost: Free
Contact: Jeremy Ehrlich
E-Mail: jeremy @ seattlemusicaltheatre . org

Seattle Symphony's nationally recognized ACCESS Project (Artistic and Cultural Community Engagment with Seattle Symphony) serves underrepresented communities with support for music education and concert experiences. In these concerts, Seattle Symphony will perform Bach's Concerto for Two Violins featuring student guest artists. Also on the program are selections by Haydn and Bernstein.

Cost: Free
Contact: Thomasina Adams
Phone: (206) 336-6650
E-Mail: thomasina.adams@seattlesymphony.org

Special discount performance for school groups, Friday, Jan 16th @ 11 a.m. Groups of 25 or more $10 (plus facility fee of $2.50); Groups of 16 or more $12 (plus facility fee). For tickets, call Andrew at (206) 622-2733 x17






Contact: Andrew Haines
Phone: (206) 622-2733 x17

Join us for a lecture/demonstration with tap legend Savion Glover! Savion Glover's BARE SOUNDZ is an exuberant celebration of tap dance to sound, and sound to dance. Using tap as song, Glover merges acoustical vibrations including beats from Jazz, Caribbean and other contemporary musical genres. For tickets, email studentprograms@theparamount.com or phone 206-467-5510, ext 1127





Cost: $7 per ticket ($4 reduced price lunch)
Contact: Claire Connell
Phone: 206-467-5510, ext 1127
E-Mail: studentprograms@theparamount.com

Enjoy complimentary wine and hors d'oeuvres, sample Untitled Caf?'s happy-hour fare, tour the galleries, or just relax and mingle with colleagues and museum staff. This year's Educator Evening will include information about school tours and teacher programs, hands-on art activities and demos, and the opportunity to learn about affordable field trip transportation options.

Cost: Free
Phone: (253) 272-4258 x3038
E-Mail: Teacher@TacomaArtMuseum.org

How do artists and writers develop characters, sequence and pace events, and create dramatic tension in their work? What parallels exist between the creative processes of writing and making visual art? Discover authentic connections between verbal literacy and visual art through interactive learning experiences in the galleries and art studio. This class is taught by Beverly Harding Buehler, arts education consultant, mixed media artist, and former Manager of Youth and Family Programs at Seattle Art Museum. Clock hours available.

Cost: $65; members, $50
Contact: Register online at www.TacomaArtMuseum.org/Educators
Phone: (253) 272-4258 x3038
E-Mail: Teacher@TacomaArtMuseum.org

How do you create a three-dimensional, curved sculpture from flat, seemingly square pieces of stone or work with glass as a hot, viscous material? Explore the ways that math and science may be integrated into an arts curriculum using the artwork of Richard Rhodes, Dale Chihuly, and others in exhibition at Tacoma Art Museum. This course is taught by Courtney Vowels, Manager of School and Teacher Programs at Tacoma Art Museum, certified Washington State teacher, and former science educator. Clock hours available.

Cost: $40; members, $30
Contact: Register online at www.TacomaArtMuseum.org/Educators
Phone: (253) 272-4258 x3038
E-Mail: Teacher@TacomaArtMuseum.org

From drama games to acting classes to putting on a production, Taproot Theatre's residencies can range from several weeks to months, or an entire school year. Whether during the school day or after school as an enrichment program, let Taproot's trained teaching artists introduce a whole new world to your students.

Cost: Cost: $100 per hour per teacher; minimum of eight total class hours.
Contact: Sara Willy
Phone: (206) 529-3668
E-Mail: studio@taproottheatre.org

Taproot Theatre presents a student matinee of "Gee's Bend," the critically acclaimed play that captures the rich story of the women of Gee's Bend, Alabama, forming a striking patchword of the African American journey of the past century.

Taproot Theatre Company's student matinee program enhances student education, providing theatre as a tool and springboard for learning, growth and communication.

Cost: $10 per student; 1 complimentary adult ticket issued for every 12 students
Contact: Taproot Theatre's Group Sales
Phone: (206) 781-9708
E-Mail: groups@taproottheatre.org

Taproot Theatre presents a student matinee of "Tuesdays with Morrie," a story that invites you to pull up a chair and join Mitch and his beloved, terminally-ill professor, Morrie, for some of the greatest lessons life can offer.



Taproot Theatre Company's student matinee program enhances student education, providing theatre as a tool and springboard for learning, growth and communication.

Cost: $10 per student; 1 complimentary adult ticket issued for every 12 students
Contact: Taproot Theatre's Group Sales
Phone: (206) 781-9708
E-Mail: groups@taproottheatre.org

Our theatre arts professional will visit your classroom for a workshop that will inspire and excite your students. They will develop basic acting skills and explore non-theatre curriculum using theater as a medium.

Cost: $100 for a 60 minute workshop with up to 35 participants.
Contact: Taproot Theatre's Acting Studio
Phone: (206) 529-3668
E-Mail: studio@taproottheatre.org

We're talkin' downtown, down-home Memphis of the 1950s. Rock'n'roll is taking over the airways, Elvis is a wannabe, and a downright demented deejay named Huey is spinning the music of black and white America together for the first time. With book and Lyrics by Joe DiPietro (I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change) along with composer/ lyricist David Bryan (founding member and keyboardist of Bon Jovi), you'll be delighted to hear Seattle native Chad Kimball, (Broadway's Into the Woods), Montego Glover (Broadway's The Color Purple) bring Memphis to life on The 5th Avenue Theatre stage.



Cost: $20
Contact: Anya Rudnick
Phone: (206) 625-1418
E-Mail: arudnick@5thavenue.org

Hello, Dolly! is based on the play The Matchmaker by Pulitzer prize winning novelist and playwright Thornton Wilder. Best known for his plays "Our Town" and "The Skin of Our Teeth," Thornton Wilder is one of the most beloved and greatest storytellers of the 20th century. This musical adaptation of his play is sure to delight students and audiences of all ages!

Cost: $16 (one free chaperone ticket for every 20 student tickets purchased)
Contact: Anya Rudnick
Phone: (206) 625-1418 x234
E-Mail: arudnick@5thavenue.org

By signing up for our Educator Mailing List, educators can receive notices about upcoming educator discounts for full-length productions at The 5th Avenue Theatre. We offer this discount to thank educators for their hard work as well as provide an affordable connection to the theatre community in Seattle.

Cost: Reduced Price Tickets
Contact: Amanda Morris
Phone: (206) 625-1418
E-Mail: amorris@5thavenue.org

NFFTY 365 provides in-school presentations of youth-made films with the opportunity to meet and learn from local young filmmakers how filmmaking has influenced their lives and how their films have affected others. Students involved in presentations scheduled March - April 2009 will have the opportunity to obtain free or discounted tickets to the 2009 National Film Festival for Talented Youth (NFFTY) - April 24-26.

Cost: Free
Contact: Kathy Reichgerdt
Phone: (206)905-8400 x4
E-Mail: kathy@nffty.org

The UW World Series presents free matinee performances from our World Dance Series for students grades 3-12. These events are unique opportunities to give your students exposure to live performing arts, visit the University of Washington, and create meaningful connections to other core subjects.

Cost: Free
Contact: Elizabeth Duffell
Phone: (206)685-2369
E-Mail: eduffell@u.washington.edu

The Musical Theater Adventures Camp provides young people

with enriching summer experiences that develop their social

and physical skills, cultivate independence and self-confi dence and challenge their imaginations. With classes chosen around the needs and skills levels of the students, the program is highly structured and requires that each camper has the motivation to fully participate.

Cost: 6 weeks for only $750.00
Contact: Christopher Zinovitch
Phone: (206) 938-0963
E-Mail: christopherz@artswest.org

The nationally recognized ArtsWest Theater Conservatory is an intensive 7-week program where students learn theater skills as well as research history, politics, and art history based on the National and Washington State standards. Daily classes in acting, text, movement, and script analysis taught by professional teaching artists and rehearsals of a classic play lead by an experienced artistic team, instill confidence, poise and communication skills for everyday life. Program admittance is by audition only. Auditions are by appointment only.

Cost: $600
Contact: Christopher Zinovitch
Phone: (206) 938-0963
E-Mail: christopherz@artswest.org

The ArtsWest Apprentice Program is a intensive 4 week program where students ages 16-21 learn and improve their theater skills while rehearsing and performing a full-length musical. Program admittance is by audition only.

Cost: $300
Contact: Christopher Zinovitch
Phone: (206) 938-0963
E-Mail: christopherz@artswest.org

Coyote Central produces 20 hour workshops for 5th to 8th graders where talented professionals create hands-on projects and activities in professional workspaces. The students learn sophisticated creative, technical, and problem-solving skills as they become photographers, hot glass artists, welders, cooks and pastry chefs, soapbox derby car builders, furniture makers, cartoon animators, filmmakers, debaters, inventors, actors, painters, singers, rocket scientists, writers, and much more.







Cost: Sliding scale & scholarships: $175 - $245
Contact: Jun Sellers, Registrar
Phone: (206) 323-7276
E-Mail: inf@coyotecentral.org

The Endolyne Children's Choir is a non-audition community choir serving the greater West Seattle area. We work in a fun environment that promotes music appreciation and confidence through performing. All boys and girls in 1st-8th grades who like to sing are welcome. No audition necessary.

Cost: $100-$145 per quarter
Contact: Juliet Nazarino
Phone: (206) 935-5490
E-Mail: info@endolynechoir.org

This hands-on, six-week course, designed for adults and youth 16 or older, focuses on the basics of playing the drums. Tap into your natural drumming ability and get better acquainted with basic beats and fills. You'll be playing along with your favorite songs in no time!

Cost: $135 for EMP|SFM members; $150 for the general public
Contact: Education Department
Phone: 206.770.2765
E-Mail: education@empsfm.org

For students in 7th through 10th grade. Spend your spring break as part of a killer rock band! Rehearse songs, work with your peers, and learn what it takes to be in a successful band. The workshop concludes with a live rock concert in JBL Theater. Discounts and scholarships available!

Cost: $200 members, $215 for non-members
Contact: EMP|SFM Education
Phone: (206) 770-2760
E-Mail: camps@empsfm.org

Music Lessons are designed to supplement school music opportunities. Lessons are personalized, one-on-one instruction with professional, certified teachers, trained in creating a positive experience.

Cost: Sliding scale based on ability to pay
Contact: Michael Alstad
Phone: (206) 526-8443
E-Mail: malstad@mcnw.org

Music of Remembrance's mission is to remember Holocaust musicians and their art. In this program, Seattle native Daniel Asia and New Yorker Steve Reich share the bill. Using the poetry of Paul Pines, Asia's song cycle is imbued with images of family and Judaism, and their intertwining. Reich's landmark work juxtaposes sounds of the American trains he safely rode as a privileged child with images of the German trains that transported helpless people to death camps during the same years.

Cost: Free
Contact: Mina Miller, Artistic Director & President
Phone: (206) 365-7770
E-Mail: info@musicofremembrance.org

The Northwest Boychoir's musical sophistication and rich tonal quality have established its reputation as one of the nation?s premier boychoirs. Its 150 members, ages 6 to 14, come from all corners of the Greater Seattle area representing 27 diverse public and private schools. Northwest Boychoir members learn to be skilled musicians and perform professionally with confidence. No previous singing experience needed. Auditions are held in February and May.

Cost: Tuition Varies, Financial Aid Available
Contact: Northwest Choirs Office
Phone: (206) 524-3234
E-Mail: nwc@northwestchoirs.org

PCNW offers classes and workshops taught by skilled instructors on a quarterly basis - 10-week courses are taken for credit and involve weekly assignments and grades, while workshops are variable in terms of duration and structure.

Cost: Varies
Contact: Erin Sweeny
Phone: (206)720-7222
E-Mail: esweeny@pcnw.org

Hugo Classes for Teens are creative writing workshops for high school students. Working with a professional writer, each class will focus intensively in a specific genre. Students will hone their craft while stretching their writing muscles in a supportive environment. Spring session offerings: The 10 Minute Play, Flash Fiction, Breaking the Rules (Poetry) and Humor Writing.

Cost: $0-$50
Contact: Margot Case
Phone: (206) 322-7030
E-Mail: margotcase@hugohouse.org

Hugo Classes for Kids is a 10-week after-school creative writing workshop for kids in 3rd-8th grades. The theme for spring session is Writing to Save the World. Writers are always saving things, changing things. We write on behalf of things that can't speak -- animals facing extinction, trees being cut down. We record events so that they won't be forgotten -- a city destroyed by a hurricane, a grandparent's life story. In this class we'll practice our powers of persuasion, putting our passion on the page to save, to remember and to create our world.



Cost: $0-$50
Contact: Margot Case
Phone: (206) 322-7030
E-Mail: margotcase@hugohouse.org

Are you a highly opinionated teen who wants to tell us how to run the Museum? TAG (Teen Advisory Group) at SAM wants you! Learn how to plan blow-out ARTattack parties, go behind the scenes in the Museum, work with living artists and meet other cool teens. Community Service Learning Hours. Please email nateh@seattleartmuseum.org or call 206.626.0434 to get an application.

DEADLINE: MONDAY, JANUARY 12, 2009. Please call about extended deadline.



P.S. Mark your calendar you'll be one of the teen masterminds behind the April 10th, 6-9pm ARTattack: American Rebels!

Cost: Free
Contact: Nate Herth
Phone: (206) 626-0434
E-Mail: nateh@seattleartmuseum.org

Talented teens from high schools across Washington State share their ideas about identity, home and more in these award-winning photographs.



The First Floor Corridor is a free public space at the Seattle Art Museum dedicated to the voices and visions of youth, K-12th grade. For more information, please contact 206.654.3209 or CommunityPrograms@seattleartmuseum.org.

Cost: Free
Contact: Katherine Shozawa
Phone: 206.654.3209
E-Mail: CommunityPrograms@seattleartmuseum.org

ARTattack: Teen Night Out

This show-stopping teen-only night comes equipped with a tight DJ set, drop-in art activities and free admission to the SAM Permanent Collection and Special Exhibition galleries. The SAM Teen Advisory Group (TAG) makes sure that ARTattack is a program created by teens for teens.



American Rebels

Friday, April 10, 6-9 p.m.



Cost: Free
Contact: Nate Herth
Phone: (206) 626-0434
E-Mail: nateh@seattleartmuseum.org

Teen Tix is a revolutionary arts access program for teenagers. Any teenager (13-18 years old) can sign up for a freeTeen Tix pass. With their passes, members can attend performances, exhibits and events at any of our 26 participating arts venues for just $5. Our partner venues include many of the Seattle area's preeminent arts-presenting organizations, including Seattle Repertory Theatre, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Experience Music Project, ACT Theatre, Seattle International Film Festival, and Seattle Opera. Through Teen Tix, teenagers are also able to access arts classes and special events, meet artists, write reviews, and more.

Cost: Free membership; $5 tickets
Contact: Pete Rush
Phone: (206) 233-2608
E-Mail: pete.rush@seattle.gov

Each year a number of our patrons donate tickets to students for our Winter Festival at Benaroya Hall. Students may request a ticket through our website or email John Teske at john@seattlechambermusic.org.

Cost: Free
Contact: John Teske
Phone: (206) 283-8710
E-Mail: john@seattlechambermusic.org

The 2009 competition, sponsored by the Seattle Flute Society and Marianne Gedigian and Leonard Garrison, is open to flutists currently studying with a flute instructor. The student must be in grades 6-9 for the Lower Division or grades 10-12 for the Upper Division. Both student & teacher must be members of the SFS. Sixth grade students who would like to apply will need to become full student members of the SFS (Prelude memberships do not qualify.) The membership payment may be made at the time of registration ($20 for student, $30 for teacher). This membership is good from September 2008 through September 2009. First place winners of the 2008 competition are not eligible to compete in 2009 in the same division





Cost: Student $12, SFS Member $14, Non-Member $16
Contact: Mary Minsk
Phone: (253) 537-8367
E-Mail: horsfall@seattleflutesociety.org

Seattle Music Partners provides after-school music lessons to elementary and middle school students in underserved communities. Our mission is to help children learn to play instruments and read music. To attain this goal, we recruit accomplished high school and college-aged musicians to volunteer to work with our students. Lessons are taught on a weekly basis in one-on-one pairings or in small groups, and instruments are loaned when needed. Students perform in several recitals each year, showcasing their new skills and gaining valuable performance experience. In addition, SMP works with area arts organizations to bring nationally known musicians into the schools and to arrange for field trips to music performances.
Contact: Scott Gelband, Ex. Dir.
Phone: (206) 409-2535

Seattle Musical Theatre offers SPS students two Jane Eyre tickets for the price of one. Please mention this offer at the box office when purchasing tickets. More information and a study guide to the performance are available at www.seattlemusicaltheatre.org.

Cost: $12.50
Contact: Box Office
Phone: (206) 363-2809

Seeking teen musicians to perform in More Music @ The Moore on May 8, 2009. The performance features local teen musicians and provides them with the opportunity to make music together, regardless of what style they play. Seeking serious teen musicians of all styles between 14-20 years.



To apply, send a brief bio and a CD sample or electronic such as mp3, MySpace or Youtube by email to mm@themoore.com or mail to: Seattle Theatre Group, Attn: MM@M, 911 Pine Street, Seattle, WA 98101. Submissions due Jan 15th, 2009.





Cost: Free
Contact: Liz Young
Phone: (206) 467-5510, ext 1171
E-Mail: lizy@theparamount.com

Free tickets to the Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestra's Benaroya Hall subscription series are available to instrumental music students and teachers.

Cost: Free
Contact: John Empey
Phone: 206-362-2300
E-Mail: boxoffice@syso.org

Children in grades K-12 are invited to submit a drawing or painting of a woman who inspires them - someone they know or a current or historical or fictional character. The contest is an engaging way to get students to consider how women have and continue to shape the world. Winning school in the four age/grade categories will win $100 plus $100 for the winning student.

Cost: Free
Contact: Pat Griffith
Phone: (206) 285-2452
E-Mail: pgseattle@msn.com

Taproot Theatre's Acting Studio is a year-round instructional program for theatre artists of all ages and experience levels. As we are devoted to the wholeness of the artist, our goal is to create a nurturing environment to help the actor develop his or her unique gifts.





Cost: Varies
Contact: Taproot Theatre's Acting Studio
Phone: (206)781-9705
E-Mail: Studio@taproottheatre.org

If you're a high school student with a passion for performing, you won't want to miss our Fridays at The 5th theater workshops. Each workshop is led by the show's creative team. You'll learn performance techniques, insider secrets, and more. A pizza dinner and a ticket to that evening's performance complete this incredible experience.

Cost: $20
Contact: Anya Rudnick
Phone: (206) 625-1418
E-Mail: arudnick@5thavenue.org

If you're a high school student with a passion for performing, you won't want to miss our Fridays at The 5th theater workshops. Each workshop is led by the show's creative team. You'll learn performance techniques, insider secrets, and more. A pizza dinner and a ticket to that evening's performance complete this incredible experience.

Cost: $20
Contact: Anya Rudnick
Phone: (206) 625-1418
E-Mail: arudnick@5thavenue.org

NFFTY (pronounced nifty) showcases work by filmmakers 22 and under from across the U.S. and the world. It includes film screenings, workshops, youth concerts, & opportunities for young filmmakers to network with each other as well as with industry professionals. It is unique in bringing very young (elementary age) to college age filmmakers together for cross mentoring, and bringing youth-made films to audiences of all ages. Films with environmental, peace, and social justice themes are given special recognition.

Cost: $25 submission fee, fee waivers available, see website
Contact: Kathy Reichgerdt
Phone: (206) 905-8400 x4
E-Mail: kathy@nffty.org

Attention High School Teachers. University District Museum Without Walls, a project of University District Arts and Heritage Committee, is looking for drawings/collages, inspired by the theme of social activism, for our Youth Poster Contest. All submissions will be shown at the opening reception of a temporary outdoor exhibit about social activism in the University District, and the winning drawing/collage will be featured on the exhibit poster and public relations materials. To request all details and forms please email laylastaylor@gmail.com.
Contact: Layla Taylor
Phone: (206) 446-6672
E-Mail: laylastaylor@gmail.com

Sequential series of free photography classes in both black and white film and digital photography. Students work with teaching artists and mentors to develop serious photography skills with which to explore and comment upon their world.

Cost: Free
Contact: Brett Jelinek
Phone: (206) 407-2121
E-Mail: brettj@youthinfocus.org

Each year, the Celtic Arts Foundation presents a program at Benaroya Hall, "The Mastery of Scottish Arts Concert," featuring world champion bagpipers, drummers, fiddlers and dancers from Scotland and Ireland. Here is a chance to bring internationally acclaimed performers to your school for a musical performance and cultural exchange. Our desire is to share the talents of these musicians, and further the appreciation and understanding of Celtic music and culture.

Cost: $500-$750, scholarships available
Contact: Skye Richendrfer
Phone: (360) 416-4934
E-Mail: skye@sos.net

Centrum's programs provide young artists the variety and depth of experience in the arts needed to meet today's learning objectives. Centrum provides a completely hands-on experience outside the traditional classroom.



The model for our elementary and middle school programs is to have artists and scientists, engaged in the most current cultural issues of our times, mentor young people in grades 5-8, as well as the teachers and adult chaperones who accompany them. Teachers who attend as chaperones receive 30 clock hours for a week-long program. Students in grades 9-12 come to Centrum without chaperones.



Centrum is a non-profit, artist-centered organization with a 35-year partnership with the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI).

Cost: $440-$695
Contact: Martha Worthley
Phone: (360) 385-3102
E-Mail: martha@centrum.org

This is a one of a kind opportunity for your students to be enlightened by the magic of dance. Next Stage's veteran dancers bring not just the physical beauty of dance to the stage, but the exceptional quality of performance with which only a mature dancer can ignite the stage. This workshop performance is only one hour in length and will include some participation from your students (no dancing required!). There will also be a question and answer period at the end of the performance.



Cost: $2/student for performances at Dance Fremon!, $3/student for performances at school
Contact: Dominique Gabella and Sylvie Lietart
Phone: (206) 633-0812 ext. #3
E-Mail: info@nextstagedance.org

PNB is currently seeking schools that are interested in participating in DISCOVER DANCE, an intensive dance residency program. Qualified schools and classrooms will participate in 3-week residency pilots with an option to complete a 3-5 month program the following school year.

Cost: Free
Contact: Kayti Bouljon
Phone: 206-441-2432
E-Mail: kayti@pnb.org

Writers in the Schools (WITS), a program of Seattle Arts & Lectures inspires young people to discover and develop their authentic writing and performance voices. Through working with professional, published creative writers, students are empowered to tell their own stories. Writers-in-residence provide a meaningful real-life mentor for every student from the motivated learner to the reluctant writer and for each teacher. The residencies are woven into the school day, thus reaching students who might never elect to attend an after-school program in creative writing. Through WITS, students become authors of their own lives.





Cost: $6,000
Contact: Rebecca Hoogs
Phone: (206) 621-2230, ext. 18
E-Mail: rhoogs@lectures.org

It is time to prepare for this year's Seattle Symphony Arts in Education concerts! These concerts will feature Benjamin Britten's Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra and Vivaldi's Concerto for Four Violins with student soloists. Reservations will be accepted as they are received; once all seats are filled, requests will be placed on a waiting list. Concerts last 45 minutes.



Cost: No cost for tickets
Contact: Thomasina Adams
Phone: (206) 336-6650
E-Mail: thomasina.adams@seattlesymphony.org

In this play for school assemblies about bullying prevention, students will follow along with Alexander, a 5th grader who imagines he's a medieval knight who has to rescue a princess from a dragon. While he's battling make-believe foes, he and the students learn some important lessons about bullying prevention and social skills along the way. This play was guided by Committee for Children's curriculum on bullying prevention.

Cost: $550 for first performance; $250 for second performance (Same play, same day, same location). Classroom visits and workshops are $100 per hour. A travel fee is added for all destinations.
Contact: Josiah Wallace
Phone: (206) 529-3669
E-Mail: touring@taproottheatre.org

Taproot Theatre's Road Company teaches children at schools through the Pacific Northwest important social skills in "Camp Super Friend," a play about forming friendships and appreciating differences. Students will learn about starting a conversation, joining a group, showing respect for others, bullying prevention, teamwork and more.



Cost: $550 for first performance; $250 for second performance (Same play, same day, same location). Classroom visits and workshops are $100 per hour. A travel fee is added for all destinations.
Contact: Josiah Wallace
Phone: (206) 529-3669
E-Mail: touring@taproottheatre.org

Taproot Theatre's Road Company teaches students about the dangers of cyber bullying in "New Girl," a play that looks at the consequences of our actions and the need to treat everyone with kindness and respect. Guided by Committee for Children's violence prevention curriculum, this play examines the various forms of bullying and harassment, both subtle and overt; explores the dangers of cliques; and teaches students to understand understand personal and social responsibility.

Cost: $550 for first performance; $250 for second performance (Same play, same day, same location). Classroom visits and workshops are $100 per hour. A travel fee is added for all destinations.
Contact: Josiah Wallace
Phone: (206) 529-3669
E-Mail: touring@taproottheatre.org

A new musical exploring the story of the Mercer Girls who were recruited by University of Washington President Asa Shinn Mercer and sailed to the Puget Sound area from the East Coast to work as teachers and to increase the population of women in the Washington Territory. The women were full of hope and aspiration, but life in the new city was often difficult. This original musical follows the journey of the Mercer Girls and their experiences in the fast growing town of Seattle.

Cost: $600 for one performance, $800 for two performances
Contact: Amanda Morris
Phone: (206) 625-1418 x744
E-Mail: amorris@5thavenue.org

During the 2008-09 season, artists from the International Chamber Music Series and the World Dance Series, including The Jupiter Quartet, Marian Anderson String Quartet, and Afro-contemporary dancers of Compagnie La Calebasse, are available to visit schools, performing for and interacting with students.

Cost: Free
Contact: Elizabeth Duffell
Phone: (206) 685-2369
E-Mail: eduffell@u.washington.edu

Youth Theatre Northwest is both a theatre and school, providing a wide range of classes and programs designed to further theatrical learning, initiate creative play and stimulate intrapersonal development for children and young adults ages 3-18. We offer school show performances of all of our 7 plays during the school year. We also offer:

Residences, in which the theatre educator explores your curriculum using theatre; After school programs; and

Show to Go, which helps your school produce their own school play

Cost: Price depends on nubmer of students and type of program
Contact: Amanda Lee Williams
Phone: 206-232-4145 ext 106
E-Mail: outreach@youththeatre.org

Join Seattle-based harpist Maxine Eilander, one of the world's leading specialists in Renaissance and Baroque harps, in a performance on three different historical instruments. The concert features works by Mudarra, De Huete, Trabaci, Frescobaldi, C.P.E. Bach, and others.



These performances, about an hour in length, are an enjoyable and affordable way for music lovers of all ages to explore music of all kinds.

Cost: $10 general, $5 seniors/under 25
Contact: Kris Kwapis
Phone: (206) 325-7066
E-Mail: kris@earlymusicguild.org

The Mayor's Office for Senior Citizens invites older adults to attend a workshop to learn new ways to participate in activities that are meaningful and make a difference in the community. Unique and exciting volunteer roles in the arts include ushering, office support, teaching, studio assistance, interpretation, leadership, and more. Our speakers can advise participants of volunteer opportunities with nonprofit arts

organizations throughout Seattle. See our flyer at http://www.seattle.gov/humanservices/seniorsdisabled/mosc/flyer_volunteer_workshop.pdf

Cost: Free
Contact: Patti-lyn Bell
Phone: (206) 684-0639
E-Mail: patricia.bell@seattle.gov

Music of Remembrance's mission is to remember Holocaust musicians and their art. In this program, the melodies of Joseph Achron recall folkloric elements of Russian Jewish life, and Egon Lede?'s atmospheric salon pieces are a final echo of a soon-to-be-lost Central European gentility. David Stock offers a nostalgic reminiscence of shtetl life, while Lori Laitman's song cycle conveys a poet's extraordinary ability to express his humanity even in the Vilna ghetto.

Cost: Free
Contact: Mina Miller, Artistic Director & President
Phone: (206) 365-7770
E-Mail: info@musicofremembrance.org

Music of Remembrance's mission is to remember Holocaust musicians and their art. In this program, Paul Schoenfield?s poignant "Ghetto Songs" features the poetry of the famed "Krakow troubadour" Mordecai Gebirtig who was shot to death in the Krakow Ghetto at age 65. Also, America was a haven for many important artists fleeing the Holocaust. ?migr? musicians, such as composers Ernest Bloch and Erich Korngold, whose works we'll hear, have had influential roles in shaping American musical life.

Cost: Free
Contact: Mina Miller, Artistic Director & President
Phone: (206) 365-7770
E-Mail: info@musicofremembrance.org

Made some sixty years before A Bug's Life and Antz, Hoppity is an early attempt to show life from a bug's perspective. What resulted is a wonderful little musical fable about urban development, made by Max and Dave Fleischer (Popeye, Betty Boop). This is a great history lesson about film and the arts that children will enjoy.

Cost: $6.50/children, $9/adults
Contact: Ryan Davis
Phone: (206) 329-2629
E-Mail: ryan@nwfilmforum.org

Anticipating its fourth year, Children's Film Festival Seattle is pulling out all the stops with its biggest, boldest, and best celebration of international children's cinema yet. This year's festival features a whopping 80 films from 25 countries. In our cozy cinemas, parents and kids will find history lessons, whirlwind trips to faraway lands, sneak peeks at world premieres, and opportunities to chat with filmmakers and producers. Kids will also have the chance to delve deeper into moviemaking through exciting workshops. (Films made during the workshops will premiere on the festival's closing night.) Join us for a fantastic journey through a wide world of moving images! Films will be offered for all ages.

Cost: $6.50/children, $9/adults
Contact: Ryan Davis
Phone: (206) 329-2629
E-Mail: ryan@nwfilmforum.org

Wrap up the lunar New Year celebrations by sharing China's rich culture in this performance filled with delightful acrobatics and humor. 6th generation puppeteer, Yang Xie Zheng, and 2nd generation puppeteer, Dmitri Carter, revive traditional Chinese hand-puppet vignettes of dancers, jugglers, the comical Pigsy character and a foolish monkey's day of fishing!

Cost: regular $7, scholarship $4
Contact: Heather Carter
Phone: (206) 523-2579
E-Mail: info@nwpuppet.org

This Downtown Seattle walking tour is designed for family groups, with children ages 5 and up. The Family Tour is one of several youth programs available with the Seattle Architecture Foundation, and it is our only tour geared towards children. The tour is activity driven and interactive. Tour guides ask questions to promote critical thinking. As families learn about design, they begin to see the city in a new way.





Cost: $5 children and $10 for adults
Contact: Tracy Vicory-Rosenquest
Phone: (206) 667-9184
E-Mail: tracy@seattlearchitecture.org

Family Fun at SAM Downtown

Second Saturday of select months, 10 a.m.- noon

Family Fun lives up to its name. Make art, enjoy special performances and take kid-inspired tours of SAM galleries! Designed for kids 12 and under and their parents/guardians. Free with museum admission. Check themes, activities and Register online at seattleartmuseum.org.



Cost: Free
Contact: Nate Herth
Phone: (206) 626-0434
E-Mail: nateh@seattleartmuseum.org

The 5th Avenue Theatre's Producing Artistic Director, David Armstrong, leads guest speakers and performers through an intriguing mix of song, dance, interviews, video clips, and more. Get acquainted with creative teams and casts of "Hello Dolly" and "Sunday in the Park with George", and learn about the technical wizardry involved. Discover the history and significance of a show, and the social issues surrounding it, sparking your interest in future performances while enriching your knowledge of American musical theater.





Cost: Free
Contact: Lonnie Angle
Phone: (206) 625-1418
E-Mail: devo@5thavenue.org