[MASTA Board] Fwd: MASTA Grant Proposal - Teachers Orchestra

[Glawe, Jonathan]

Hello All,

I also didn't see an attachment, but here is what I can say about Scott
Laird.

Scott is one of the kindest, most thoughtful music educators I have ever
come across. His knowledge in the field is vast-- from conducting to
pedagogy to music repertoire selection to classroom management. He is truly
a gem. When I heard he was conducting our Middle School All State, I
immediately called him and asked to chat for a while when he was in town,
because I always leave conversations with him inspired and with new ideas
for the classroom.

I also carved out about 2 hours of my conference to sit and watch him work
this year, and I witnessed a lot of great learning in the room. Bringing
him to Michigan again in my opinion would be a fantastic idea, but we
should try to get him to do a few other sessions as well within the deal.
It would be worth it.

If it doesn't happen next year, I would encourage us consider it for
another year in the near future.

My two cents!

Warmly,

Jonathan Glawe
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Director of Orchestras / Guitar/ Humanities Lecturer-Music
Pioneer High School / 601 W. Stadium Blvd/ Ann Arbor, MI 48103
glawej at aaps.k12.mi.us  / 734-994-2189 ext 3 <http://www.phsorchestra.com/>
www.phsorchestra.com
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MASTA Notes Editor-  http://astamichigan.org
K-12 Curriculum Committee for National ASTA;  2016-2018
https://www.astastrings.org



On Tue, Mar 13, 2018 at 10:39 PM, Dan Scott <dscott1996 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I don't see the attachment, but who typically pays the fee for the
> conductor?
> Dan
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Mar 13, 2018, at 6:29 PM, janis peterson <janispeterson at hotmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> Dear MASTA Board:
> Below is a proposal from Joel Schut for a special grant to fund Scott
> Laird’s return to the MMC as teacher orchestra conductor and clinician.
> He’s asking for $1500 from MASTA.
> Let’s Reply All with comments and motions.  I will call for an email vote
> this weekend.
> Thanks for all you do - Janis
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
> *From:* Joel Schut <joel.schut at gmail.com>
> *Date:* March 13, 2018 at 1:28:09 PM EDT
> *To:* janis peterson <janispeterson at hotmail.com>
> *Subject:* *Re: MASTA Grant Proposal - Teachers Orchestra*
>
> Thanks Janis!
>
> On Tue, Mar 13, 2018 at 12:15 PM, janis peterson <
> janispeterson at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> So sorry...I was supposed to talk about this last week...and didn’t!  I’m
>> on a ferry to Fort Sumter(!) right now...I promise to act this evening and
>> will get back to you tonight!  Thanks- janis
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> On Mar 13, 2018, at 8:30 AM, Joel Schut <joel.schut at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Janis,
>>
>> Hope you are well! Just wanted to check in to ensure that you received
>> the previous email with an attached grant proposal. Is this something you
>> feel the board might consider? Do you need anything submitted in another
>> format or a different approach to be considered? Thanks for any thoughts
>> you may have.
>>
>> Best,
>> Joel
>>
>> On Fri, Mar 2, 2018 at 10:11 AM, Joel Schut <joel.schut at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Dear Janis,
>>>
>>> I hope you are well. Attached is a proposal for a "special grant" with
>>> MASTA. I have spoken with Abby Alwin about the grants available and
>>> unfortunately this project doesn't fall cleanly into either of the
>>> categories yet greatly encompasses elements of both. Can you please let me
>>> know if you feel this is something MASTA would consider voting on?
>>>
>>> Thank you!
>>> Joel Schut
>>>
>>
>>
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