Workshop Brochure - Horizon Educational Alliance

Karen Zorn (Goshen College
class of 1984) is the President
of Longy School of Music,
Vice President of Bard College
and a founding member
of Take A Stand. Zorn is a
classically trained musician,
educated as a pianist in the United States and Germany.
She served as Associate Provost of Berklee College of
Music and Executive Director of the MacPhail Center
for the Arts in Minneapolis.
Elsje Kibler-Vermaas
Director, Master of Arts in
Teaching Program Longy
School of Music of Bard
College
Elsje Kibler-Vermaas, a
pianist and a graduate of the
Utrecht Conservatory in the
Netherlands, joined Longy
School of Music of Bard
College in 2011. Previously, she served as the Director
of Community Engagement and Education with the
Hartford Symphony Orchestra, where she founded an
El Sistema-inspired orchestra program in partnership
with Hartford Public Schools, as a consultant with the
Thank you to our partners!
Concertgebouw Education Department in Amsterdam,
Netherlands, and as the LA Phil’s manager of school
programs and interim manager of Youth Orchestra LA
(YOLA). Elsje currently oversees the Master of Arts in
Teaching program, an El Sistema-inspired degree program
launched in 2013 in Los Angeles by Bard College, Longy
School of Music of Bard College and the LA Phil.
Juan Felipe Molano
Professor, Longy School of Music of
Bard College
Juan Felipe Molano, a graduate
of the Vienna Conservatory, was
appointed the conductor for the
Youth Orchestra Los Angeles (YOLA)
in 2014, following an international
search audition by the Los Angeles
Philharmonic. Throughout the
course of his career, Molano has led prominent orchestras
in Spain, Italy, Norway, Germany, Slovakia, Austria, Mexico, Colombia, and Brazil. He served as Music Director and
Principal Conductor of the Yucatan Symphony Orchestra in
Mexico from 2003-2008, and then the National Orchestral
Director of Batuta Colombian System of Youth Orchestras
(El Sistema, Colombia) until 2013. Maestro Molano divides
his musical activities between pedagogy, conducting, and
consulting. Currently a Professor at the Longy School of
Music of Bard College, he has also taught at the Yucatan
University of Arts Yucatan (Mexico), National University of
Colombia, Ibague Conservatory, Universidad de Antioquia
and Eafit University (Colombia).
ABOUT LONGY SCHOOL OF MUSIC OF BARD COLLEGE
Longy School of Music of Bard College, founded as Longy
School of Music in 1915 by renowned oboist Georges
Longy, is a degree-granting conservatory located in
Harvard Square in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The school
serves approximately 250 undergraduate and graduate
students from 36 states and 27 countries between its
central Cambridge campus and the Master of Arts in
Teaching (MAT) in Music campus in Los Angeles. Longy’s
mission is to prepare musicians to make a difference in the
world. Longy students serve as mentors in the community,
in public schools, and in El Sistema-inspired programs
throughout the Greater Boston area. Longy is rapidly
gaining international recognition for its efforts to meet a
changing musical landscape head-on, giving its graduates
the skills to perform, the ambition to teach, and the ability
to reach new audiences and new communities beyond
those traditionally associated with classical music.
Horizon Education Alliance
124 East Washington St.
Goshen IN 46528
Horizon Education Alliance exists to strengthen collaboration,
increase innovation, and move everyone from hope to belief that
Elkhart County will be transformed though education.
www.heaindiana.org  574.849.0492
MUSIC FOR SOCIAL CHANGE
Karen Zorn
President, Longy School of Music
of Bard College
¡El Sistema!
Monday, January 12, 2015
Goshen College Music Center
(near corner of College Ave. and 12th Street)
Come spend a day with national thought-leaders looking at the role
music can play in building stronger communities. “El Sistema”
(The System) is a model of community development through
music education that was founded in South America and
is now transforming communities around the world
MUSIC FOR SOCIAL CHANGE WORKSHOP
•1:00 pm Let’s Make Music!
(Please bring your singing voices.)
•1:30 pm Next Steps for Elkhart County (together with
Community Leaders Track)
•2:00 pm Reflection and action: So...how does this
affect tomorrow?
•3:00 pm Dismiss
Choose your track: Community Leader Track or Music
Educator Track. Also, Afterschool Track for educators who
cannot miss school.
Community Leader Track ($40 includes lunch)
•9:30 am Registration (Music Center lobby)
•10:00 am Keynote: Tocar y Luchar: Using music as
a vehicle for social change, Karen Zorn (GC grad ‘84),
President, Longy School of Music of Bard College,
Cambridge MA
•11:00 am Community Conversation:
What needs does Elkhart County have and how
might El Sistema address these needs?
•12:00 Lunch and Conversation with community leaders and music educators
•1:00 pm Making Music!
•1:30 pm Next Steps for Elkhart County
•2:00 pm Dismiss
Music Educator Track ($40 includes lunch) 6 CEUs
•8:45 am Registration (Music Center lobby)
•9:00 am Conversation: Music education in the U.S. – How are we doing? Where are we heading?
Facilitators of conversation: Dr. Christopher Fashun,
Assistant Professor of music at Goshen College;
Dr. John Hill, Assistant Superintendent for Instruction,
Elkhart Community Schools; Elsje Kibler-Vermaas,
Afterschool Track ($25 includes evening meal) 3.5 CEUs
•4:00 pm Sign In and Tune Up
Director, Master’s of Arts in Teaching, Longy School of
Music; Marcia Yost, Chair, Goshen High School Music
Department, and Executive Director, Goshen College
Music Center
•10:00 am Keynote: Tocar y Luchar: Using music as a
vehicle for social change, Karen Zorn (GC grad ‘84),
President, Longy School of Music of Bard College
•11:00 am Engaging Community and Students in Music through El Sistema, Juan Felipe Molano, Conductor of
the Youth Orchestra Los Angeles (YOLA) and Longy
faculty and Elsje Kibler-Vermaas, Director of Master
of Arts in Teaching at Longy School of Music of Bard
College (L.A. campus).
•12:00 Lunch and Conversation with community
leaders and music educators
BONUS TRACK: On Tuesday, January 13, Longy staff will
be at Roosevelt STEAM Academy (K-6 school) in Elkhart,
working with the music educators and the third-grade
instrumental music students in this “el Sistema-inspired”
music program. There is limited space available for approximately six additional observers, and music educators will receive top priority. Hours are tentatively set for
8:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. at Roosevelt.
•4:15 pm Experiencing El Sistema – Part 1
(rehearsal and discussion)*
•5:15 pm Dinner and Conversation with Karen Zorn
(GC grad ‘84), President, Longy School of
Music of Bard College
•6:30 pm Experiencing El Sistema – Part 2
(rehearsal and discussion)*
•7:30 pm Reflection
•7:45 pm Dismiss
*All registrants in the Afterschool Track are asked to bring
an instrument — bring one you play well, or have just
begun! Participants can also choose to play bass drum or
triangle (percussion instruments will be provided), or just
sing along.
All sessions will be held in the Goshen College Music Center,
including Sauder Concert Hall, Rieth Recital Hall and Brembeck
Instrumental Hall.
Register for Event (Deadline: Thursday, January 8)
Name
Organization/School
Addresss
To register for event please complete form below and
mail to Horizon Education Alliance, ATTN: Kristin Hall,
124 East Washington St., Goshen IN 46528. Checks can
be made out to Horizon Education Alliance.
Choose Track:

Community Leader Track $40

Music Educator Track
$40

Afterschool Track*
$25

Music Educator Track + Afterschool Track*
$50
(includes lunch)
(includes lunch)
(includes evening meal)
City/State/Zip
*List instrument for Afterschool Track
Email
Phone
Special deal for music educators: Choose Daytime Music
Educator Track + Afterschool Track and get 9.5 CEUs and
two meals for $50 (includes both meals).

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