EASE Summer Institute Downloads:

Curriculum – Year 2:
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Curriculum – Year 1:
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Workshop 2 » Click to Download
Workshop 3 » Click to Download


Photo Release Documents
Photo Release Letter Home to Parents » Click to Download
MNMP-DOE Photo Release Form:English – » Click to Download
MNMP-DOE Photo Release Form:Spanish – » Click to Download


Program Overview Documents
Admin Contact » Click to Download
Program Overview » Click to Download
EASE Adaptation Guidelines » Click to Download
EASE Essentials » Click to Download
Lesson Plan Template » Click to Download
Rules+Play=Game » Click to Download
Classroom Set-up Guidelines » Click to Download


Instructional Tools: Go and Stop Cards
Go and Stop Cards » Click to Download

Instructional Tools: Action Cards
Foot Cards » Click to Download
Lap Cards » Click to Download
Clap Cards » Click to Download


Instructional Tools: Loud/Quiet Cards
Loud and Quiet Cards » Click to Download
Loud/Quiet: Stomp » Click to Download
Loud/Quiet: Lap » Click to Download
Loud/Quiet: Clap » Click to Download
Loud/Quiet: Sticks » Click to Download
Loud/Quiet: Finger Cymbal » Click to Download
Loud/Quiet: Eggs » Click to Download
Loud/Quiet: Drum » Click to Download
Loud/Quiet: Castanet » Click to Download


Instructional Tools: Quarter Page Instrument Cards
Castanets: Quarter Page » Click to Download
Finger Cymbals: Quarter Page » Click to Download
Eggs: Quarter Page » Click to Download
Drums: Quarter Page » Click to Download
Sticks: Quarter page » Click to Download
EASE Adaptation Guidelines » Click to Download

“1. Greeting Ritual” » Click to Download

“2. Dancing Ritual” » Click to Download

“3. Chill out music” » Click to Download

“4. EASE Improv CDEGAC” » Click to Download

“5. EASE Blues Improv DFAGC” » Click to Download

EASE Downloads:

Curriculum:
Workshop 1
Workshop 2
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Administrative Information
EASE Program Overview » Click to Download
Admin Contact » Click to Download

Program Overview Documents
EASE Raves » Click to Download
EASE Essentials » Click to Download
Rules+Play=Game » Click to Download
Classroom Set-up Guidelines » Click to Download
Planning Meeting Form » Click to Download
What to Expect From Coaching » Click to Download
Instructional Tools: Go and Stop
Go and Stop Cards » Click to Download

Resources: VSA’s Express Diversity Curriculum
VSA’s Express Diversity Curriculum, Part 1 » Click to Download
VSA’s Express Diversity Curriculum, Part 2 » Click to Download

Instructional Tools: Action Cards
Foot Cards » Click to Download
Lap Cards » Click to Download
Clap Cards » Click to Download

Instructional Tools: Loud/Quiet Cards
Loud and Quiet Cards » Click to Download
Loud/Quiet: Clap » Click to Download
Loud/Quiet: Stomp » Click to Download
Loud/Quiet: Lap » Click to Download
Loud/Quiet: Sticks » Click to Download
Loud/Quiet: Finger Cymbal » Click to Download
Loud/Quiet: Eggs » Click to Download
Loud/Quiet: Drum » Click to Download
Loud/Quiet: Castanet » Click to Download

Instructional Tools: Quarter Page Instrument Cards
Castanets: Quarter Page » Click to Download
Finger Cymbals: Quarter Page » Click to Download
Eggs: Quarter Page » Click to Download
Drums: Quarter Page » Click to Download
Sticks: Quarter page » Click to Download

Audio

“1. Greeting Ritual” » Click to Download

“2. Dancing Ritual” » Click to Download

“3. Chill out music” » Click to Download

“4. EASE Improv CDEGAC” » Click to Download

“5. EASE Blues Improv DFAGC” » Click to Download

EASE Summer Institute

How can you use the arts to engage elementary school children with disabilities?

How can you effectively teach Core Curriculum to elementary students in motivating and exciting ways?

How can you enrich your own teaching and learning practice?



Explore these questions and learn hands-on arts activities that you can immediately integrate into your classroom — with no previous arts training required!

On July 15th to 19th 2013, teachers from across the country joined Everyday Arts For Special Education (EASE) in the Summer Institute, a five-day training (9:00 AM-5:00 PM, daily) exploring the multiple benefits of curriculum-integrated arts instruction for students with disabilities. They discovered the many ways in which basic music, movement, theater and visual arts activities can be used to enhance student learning.

Training focused on effective practice in multi-disciplinary, integrated arts instruction for children with disabilities, and was divided between hands-on arts activities and discussion. Regardless of previous arts training or experience, participants will leave the EASE Summer Institute with the knowledge, resources, and confidence required to begin implementing integrated arts activities in the classroom.

To find out more about the Institute, contact us at [email protected].

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Exciting New Alliance for MNMP

Dear Friends and Supporters,

We have important news to share with you. Last week MNMP entered into a strategic alliance with Urban Arts Partnership, another innovative arts education organization. In the new structure, MNMP has become a wholly owned subsidiary of Urban Arts Partnership, allowing us to continue to deliver our Everyday Arts for Special Education (EASE) program and other arts residencies more efficiently. As you know, MNMP has been a recipient of a number of research grants from the US Department of Education, the most recent and prestigious being a $4.6 million Investing In Innovation (i3) grant in collaboration with NYC’s special education school district 75 for EASE. Joining forces with Urban Arts Partnership helps to ensure that the experience and knowledge we’ve gained from these projects will continue to serve students and teachers for many years to come.

Philip Courtney, Urban Arts Partnership’s Executive Director, says: “This is a strategic expansion of Urban Arts Partnership into a compelling educational field. We are excited to expand our reach to have a broader impact on students with an even broader array of needs and goals. For fifteen years now Manhattan New Music Project has been leading the way in developing innovative strategies for working with students on the autism spectrum and a range of other cognitive and physical disabilities. The early results of the EASE program have been promising and I am excited to work with the MNMP staff on continuing to develop the program.”

Nancy Kleaver, Executive Director at MNMP added: “After meeting with a number of high quality organizations, it was clear that Urban Arts Partnership would be a great partner. UAP has a proven track record of moving struggling students towards academic success. As one of the most forward-thinking and well-established arts education providers in the city, I am confident that an alliance with UAP will strengthen our ability to deliver services to the kids who need them the most.”

MNMP is proud of having preserved founder Paul Nash’s legacy; supporting the creation and performance of new music since 1991. Thank you, composers, musicians, and performance artists who have been a part of the MNMP community. We hope you will stay engaged in MNMP’s educational mission moving forward, supporting the next generation of musicians and artists.

Both organizations are working on integrating their operations, and the MNMP staff will be moving into UAP’s headquarters by the end of this month. We look forward to keeping you posted. If you would like further information about the UAP-MNMP alliance, contact Nancy Kleaver at [email protected].

Until then, happy autumn!
The MNMP Team

Julian Rozzell Jr.

Julian Rozzell Jr. has performed in New York at the Public Theater, New York Theatre Workshop, Theatre for the New City, Soho Rep, and Brooklyn Arts Exchange, among others. Regional credits include: The Piano Lesson (Arden Theatre), No Exit (Imago Theatre), Titus Andronicus (Milwaukee Shakespeare), and Othello (Texas Globe). Julian has also appeared in numerous television programs and commercials. He was featured in the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards commercial, and appears regularly in the HBO series Boardwalk Empire, produced by Martin Scorsese. Julian is a graduate of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London, the Rybinsk Theatre in St. Petersburg, and attended Radford University in Virginia. In addition to acting, Julian is a painter whose artwork has been exhibited at Monkdogz Gallery in Chelsea, Culturefix, Under Minerva, and many others. Julian received the Bruce J. and Sharon Goodman Grant for his painting “Compassion” at the Actors Theatre of Louisville for their black artist retrospective.

Nysheva-Starr

Nysheva-Starr is a graduate of Syracuse University and Queens College with respective degrees in acting and psychology. She is a member of the Actor’s Equity Association and the American Federation for Television and Radio Artists. She has been touring with Houses On The Moon Theater Company for the past eight years in their show Tara’s Crossing. She is also slated to have her directorial debut in February of 2012 with the play Sistahs on Fire.

Noemy Hernandez

Noemy Hernandez was appointed Artistic Director of Calpulli Mexican Dance Company after forming part of the artistic staff for three years as a choreographer and rehearsal director. She holds a B.F.A. in Dance from the University of California, Irvine where she studied under Donald McKayle and taught dance in public schools as an ArtsBridge Scholar. As a choreographer, Ms. Hernandez created works for Latin jazz artist Arturo O’Farril and the Brooklyn Philharmonic. She plans to develop Calpulli as a premiere dance company with a focus on Mexican traditions and Mexican-American cultural expression. She enjoys sharing her knowledge of modern, jazz, ballet, and folkloric dance to enrich the lives of children in NYC and beyond.

Sherry Teitelbaum

Sherry Teitelbaum has spent thirty years in the theater as a director, dramaturg, actress, acting coach, teaching artist and adapter of works for the stage. She co-founded two NYC theater companies: the women’s theater collective, Playing for Keeps and the not-for-profit repertory company, Theater in Action. She has directed over 68 productions Off-Broadway and regionally. Her recent credits include Bijou (Merkin Concert Hall) and Alchemist of Light (New York International Fringe Festival). She has collaborated as director/dramaturg with seven music theater teams on new musicals. Sherry is both a member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society as well as an alumna of the Lincoln Center Theater Directors’ Lab. In 2011, she co-designed and implemented the pilot project of Bridging the Gap, an intergenerational LGBT community-based theater workshop which partnered with SAGE (Services and Advocacy for Gay Lesbian Bisexual and Transgender Elders). Since completing her MA in Applied Theatre at CUNY, Sherry works to generate opportunities for seniors to express themselves through theater.

Alejandra Duque

Alejandra Duque is currently completing her degree in Drama & Theatre Arts at Columbia University. She is passionate about creating new and transcendent theatre that is relevant and personal, connecting to communities and providing them with a forum and art form that allows them to express both their needs and vigor. She has been teaching children and adults of all ages for 8 years and is the founder and director of Theatre That Transcends, an educational and community theatre organization that teaches local, underserved communities how to express themselves and address community issues through the art of theater (www.theatrethattranscends.org). She is also an emerging stage manager and has worked in productions alongside Austin Pendleton, Kristin Linklater, Melanie Joseph, and the Columbia University School of the Arts, among others. Selected credits include: Birthday Triage, Man of Rock (NYMF), Highway Blue, FUREE in Pins and Needles, Medea, El Regalo Perfecto, For the Love of Three Oranges.

Kyla McHale

Kyla McHale is a theatre and movement artist with experience in education, community building, professional acting, mask making and multi-disciplinary art. She has been teaching since 2005; working with organizations such as Marquis Studios, Zshuk Art Initiative, Arden Theatre, EducationWorks, Park Avenue Armory with the Royal Shakespeare Company, LEAP, New York University, and Manhattan New Music Project. She has worked with students of all ages and abilities, recently focusing on ELL and special education. Kyla has performed across the globe and New York City as a physical theatre artist, singer, and dancer. Kyla received her MA in Educational Theatre from NYU.

Pat Russell

Pat Russell is a theater artist whose talents have anchored many collaborative creations both here and abroad, with ensembles such as the Living Theater and the Irondale Ensemble Project. She has performed and facilitated workshops at world-renowned theatre festivals in Europe, Eastern Europe, South America and China as well as creating community based theater here in NYC where she has co-directed and performed with numerous and diverse populations including the bi-annual street theater events of Earth Celebrations. A favorite community based workshop, “A Day in the Life of the City” is a weeklong series resulting in street performances of a unique play created by the participants. Bringing the arts into NYC schools since the 80s, she helped design and implement a theater games pilot program in Brooklyn High Schools for students at risk for which a teacher training pilot program followed. Her residencies have served libraries, family shelters, a wide range of community needs and over 50 schools.

She is certified by the Teaching Artist Training Institute (TATI), a professional development program which reflects best practices in arts education with a concentration in teaching students with autism (Marquis Studios); Special Education Arts Academy (SEAA), a two year professional development training and mentored practicum for teaching artists who work with “special-needs” students (Arts Horizons); and, the “Literature to Life” Teaching Artist Training program (The American Place Theatre). With Manhattan New Music Project she has served as a Professional Development Facilitator for both Communication and Socialization Through the Arts (CASTA) and Everyday Arts for Special Education (EASE). As a Variety Performer and Face Painter she has entertained children of all ages and adults at special events for corporations, museums, tradeshows, product introductions, retail stores, country clubs and private family celebrations. Pat earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Acting at the North Carolina School of the Arts.

Jennifer Houseal

Jennifer Houseal, a singer and theatre artist, has been a Teaching Artist since 2004. She has taught theatre to 1st through 6th graders in NYC public schools, after-school programs and summer camps for organizations such as Making Books Sing, Vital Theatre Company, and the MoMA P.S. 1 Museum. Jennifer has performed in productions of original musicals in NYC, such as The Passion of George W. Bush and Fitz and Walloughs Get It in the End and also completed Manhattan School of Music’s Professional Musical Theatre Workshop in 2006. In addition, Jennifer is a costumer who has worked at Off-Broadway musicals, such as Menopause, the Musical and SHOUT! The Mod Musical and most recently designed the costumes for the Creative Arts Team Youth Theatre’s shows, From Time to Time, and The Power Game. Jennifer has a B.A. in Theatre Arts from Sarah Lawrence College and an M.A. in Applied Theatre from The CUNY School of Professional Studies.

Liliana Araújo

Born in Ceará, in the northeast of Brazil, Liliana Araújo is a singer, dancer and researcher of Brazilian folk dance and music. She has tread upon stages throughout her country in performances of music, theater and dance. A dancer in Grupo Raízes (dança afro), Liliana then joined the Companhia Vatá (Brazilian tap) and Soul Nêgo (performance) in their research of the folkloric traditions of Brazil, focusing primarily on the rich, multi-cultural nordeste. Now in North America, Liliana has continued highlighting and spreading Brazilian culture through performance and education at schools, universities, festivals and cultural centers throughout the USA and Canada: Montreal Jazz Festival, Chicago Human Rhythm Project, Musical Instruments Museum (MIM), Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), American Folk Festival, Hollywood Palladium and Lincoln Center Outdoors. In New York City Liliana has been a teaching artist (dance and music) for Young Audience Arts for Learning, Midori and Friends, Brooklyn Philharmonic, Manhattan New Music Project, CREATE and Symphony Space. Liliana has great respect for the mestres das tradições (master teachers) and pride in the folkloric traditions of her country which she imparts through her work. Liliana currently performs as a solo artist and with Forró da Madame and Nation Beat.
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Oneza Lafontant

C. “Oneza” Lafontant is a cultural activist who uses indigenous music to create interest in history, human rights and social justice issues among youth in public schools throughout the New York area. He has worked for the Education Department of the American Museum of Natural History and Open Classroom Collaborative. Currently he does workshops, residencies and assembly programs through the Caribbean Cultural Center and the Brooklyn Bureau of Community Service. Oneza founded the Haitian folk band KONGO, and is a 2004 recipient of the Union Square Awards.
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Melissa House

Mel House currently teaches acting technique, audition prep, integrated arts, playwriting and playing Shakespeare for TFANA, Red Bull Theater, Children’s Shakespeare Theatre, Say Yes to Education and the Manhattan New Music Project. As an actress, she has worked in NYC and around the globe at Playwrights Horizons, Primary Stages, Atlantic Theatre Company, Red Bull Theater Company, Ohio Theatre, New Georges, Baltimore’s Centerstage, Baltimore Shakespeare Festival, Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre in London and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Mel has been seen on One Life to Live, Rescue Me, and in the films Nicky Newark, 4960, Missy, Plus One, and The Film You Did Not See. She is a founding member of The DrawingBoard—a collective of artists who develop new works by offering table reads, workshops and staged readings. Mel has studied at the William Esper Studio, the Atlantic Theatre School, and is a graduate of the University of Exeter’s School of Drama in the UK.

Niizeki Hiromi

New York based installation artist Niizeki Hiromi (Niizeki is the family name) has exhibited her work both domestically and internationally at many prominent art institutions which include: The National Museum of Art in Johannesburg, South Africa; Highways Performance and Arts, Los Angeles, CA; HERE Arts, New York, NY; Memorial Art Gallery, The University of Rochester, NY; LaForet Museum, Tokyo, Japan.

Her work is widely collected and exists among a number of high profile collections. She has been a featured member of the George Billis Gallery New York stable for a number of years. Her work has received critical review by notable art critics such as: Holland Cotter of the New York Times, Stuart Ferguson of the Wall Street Journal and Jane Ingram Allen for Sculpture magazine. She has participated in a number of premiere Arts Residencies which include Clock Tower Gallery, P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center, and the Studio Program at Children’s Museum of the Arts. Niizeki studied at Musashino Art University in her native Tokyo before moving to New York City in 1988.

As a Teaching Artist, Niizeki taught visual arts to children in Tokyo for 5 years, and has taught in New York since 1991, at the Children’s Museum of the Arts, the Whitney Museum of American Arts, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Hudson River Museum.
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Erin Ronder

Erin Ronder received her M.A. in Educational Theatre from NYU and is currently a Theatre Teaching Artist at The American Place Theatre, The Center for Arts Education, Disney Theatrical Group, The DreamYard Project, TDF- Theatre Development Fund, and Manhattan New Music Project. She is also an Adjunct Professor at CCNY’s Educational Theatre Program. Erin specializes in integrating the arts into the education and lives of students with disabilities. Erin continues to perform on stage and in readings throughout NYC and was last seen as Cynthia in Wild Blue (Access Theatre). Other Off-Broadway NY Theatre: Tragedian in Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (MITF Festival- Outstanding Production of a Play and Outstanding Ensemble Awards), Alice in Next Week on Spring Valley (59E59), Jane in Manhattan Comedy (Abingdon), Narrator in Butterflies Are Free (Theatre Row 42nd St.), The Mother in The Giver (Player’s Theatre). Regional: Athena in The Eumenides (NYU).
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Matt Bogdanow

Matt Bogdanow is a Brooklyn-based musician and educator who has been teaching for over ten years with organizations including Manhattan New Music Project, Marquis Studios, Bronx Charter School for the Arts, School of Rock, Urban Arts Partnership and Kids Creative. He is a graduate of Berklee College of Music as well as the Community-Word Project Teaching Artist Training & Internship Program, and is the author of The Backbone of Drumming; A Systematic Approach to Learning the Drumset. Matt has appeared on over 30 full length albums and played thousands of shows worldwide, collaborating with members of They Might Be Giants, Van Halen, Spin Doctors and Grace Potter. His band Plushgun has been featured in programs such as Real World, Project Runway and MTV Live, as well as earning a Gold record in Germany, winning the MTVU Freshman 5 Video Contest, being named Rock Band Network “T-Mobile Artist-of-the-Month,” and reaching the Billboard Top 50 Hot Single Sales, CMJ Top 200, and Amazon.com Top 25 Electronica Bestsellers List. Matt has been awarded citations for merit and outstanding musicianship by the International Association for Jazz Education, the Clark Terry University of New Hampshire Jazz Festival and the Berklee College of Music Jazz Festival, in addition to serving as a judge for the annual Guitar Center National Drum Competition from 2008-2010. Additionally, he has played drums for theatrical productions of Hedwig & The Angry Inch, Ain’t Misbehavin’, Nurses In New England, The F Word, and most recently the worldwide debut of Mission Drift, which won the 2011 Scotsman Fringe First and Herald Angel Awards, as well as the Edinburgh International Festival Fringe Prize. Matt is currently recording a solo album, composing an original indie-rock musical, and writing the score for an upcoming short film.

Martin Urbach

Drummer/Composer Martin (pronounced mar-TEEN) Urbach juxtaposes his Bolivian and Jewish roots with his experience as an immigrant in the United States to add color to his sophisticated jazz grooves.

Born on August 4th, 1982 in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, Martin discovered the drums at age 12. Shortly after, he began performing in the country’s top music venues and festivals. Upon finishing high school, Martin moved to The U.S.A to study English and music. He holds a bachelors degree in jazz performance from the University of New Orleans and a masters degree in jazz arts from the Manhattan School of Music. In addition to being a passionate performer, Martin is also a kind and spirited educator. He is a Teaching Artist for the Lincoln Center Institute, Urban Arts Partnership, Bash The Trash Environmental Arts Program, The New York Pops and the Jazz Foundation of America. He is also a faculty member at the Manhattan School of Music Summer Camp.

Currently, Martin lives in Brooklyn, NY. Martin divides his time between playing concerts and touring the world as bandleader and sideman, composing music, and teaching drums and music to young children and adults. Martin recently released his first recording entitled ”Free Will”, which showcases his talents as a performer, composer and bandleader. Through performing and teaching, Martin spreads the joy that music brings to his life.
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Susan Natacha Gonzalez

Susan Natacha Gonzalez is an artist, teaching artist and art therapist with 15 years of experience. She has extensive experience in research in special education and has carried out her multi-modal practice in variety of settings. Susan Natacha is a board certified and registered art therapist. She has degrees in Art, Psychology, Art Therapy and Education. She has also augmented her art studies in the US with studies at the University of Salamanca in Spain and the Lorenzo Di Medici Institute for Fine Arts in Florence, Italy. Susan Natacha has presented the topic of art, education, creativity, art therapy, child development and urban poverty in a variety of conferences, on the radio and has responded to interviews for several publications nationally and abroad.

As an artist Susan Natacha utilizes various media and concepts to explore and further understand creative processes and change. She deems the practice of art as an opportunity for the development, understanding and fostering of relationships with other individuals in accordance to space at any given time. She believes we are not isolated in our creative development, growth and process – we are a collective within and out of our bodies.