PROGRAMS
1) Performances: Second Saturday Soul Sessions @ Gilda's Stone Rooster
2) Music Education: Philosophical Statement, Workshops & Residencies
- Weekly music instruction, yearlong, that is sequential and comprehensive and provided to every child in the school.
- Top-notch music teacher, teaching artist, and class teacher training and professional development.
- Integration of music with other skills and subjects across the curriculum and a focus on the common core standards.
- Strong partnerships and principal and school guidance to sustain long-term sustainable programs.
- Ongoing assessment and evaluation.
- All children benefit from having music as part of their regular studies.
- Children benefit most when their music education features the same rigor as other academic subjects, specifically: high-quality teaching and professionalism among music faculty; strong leadership; a comprehensive and sequential curriculum; and accountability for student learning outcomes.
- School leaders and communities who are aware of the value of music education to their children will find a way to implement and institutionalize a well-balanced curriculum that includes music for all children.
THE IMPORTANCE OF MUSIC IN SCHOOLS HERE
MAKE IT FUNKY
Make It Funky’ is an after-school opportunity for middle and high school age musicians in Mashpee to learn about jazz musicianship, working with seasoned musicians and music educators. Students learn the basics of music theory, ear-training, jazz improvisation, and professional performance standards. Program meets weekly during the school year in the Mashpee High School band room.
Workshops & Residencies
SKL offers a variety of workshops and residencies around music performance and education including master performance classes, professional development for music educators, and artist/ performer-in-residence, and lecture demonstrations to community and educational organizations, institutions, and programs. These workshops and residencies are generally custom designed to meet the needs of the needs of the program. Organizations interested in creating or hosting a workshop in cooperation with SKL should contact our General Manager for more information.
Internships & Case Studies
For college students and people just exploring the professional side of the arts and arts management, SKL has a dynamic internship program, offering hands-on training and experiences in arts promotion, marketing and artist representation.
Case studies are often projects that are being curated by one of our roster artists focusing on arts and economic development, such as starting an entertainment or media company for the promotion of their own work, or to cultivate a brand around a collective of artists. Many of the internships have a commission-based compensation system.
Support SKL
1) Membership
2) Sponsorship
3) Donate
4) Volunteer
Soul Lounge is proposed to happen on
the 4th Friday of each month at
a location in Boston TBA
