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| Hillsboro Elementary School students explore their musical talents during guitar and keyboard classes offered by Pocahontas Music |
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| Pianafiddle, pianist Lynn Wright and violinist Adam DeGraff, will conduct a workshop with Pocahontas Music’s 3rd, 4th and 5th grade students at Hillsboro Elementary school in Hillsboro, West Virginia. Funded by the National Endowment of the Arts through Pocahontas County Free Libraries, Pianafiddle and the students will explore an improvisational 4-day workshop starting May 26 using traditional, unwritten and spontaneous music. They will teach the students what Pianafiddle does best, the art of improvisation. The students will discover form and technique with collaboration. Pianafiddle and the Pocahontas Music students will culminate this experience with a FREE outdoor concert Friday May 29th @ 6PM on the "Great Lawn" of the Pearl Buck House. |
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| Pocahontas Music - established two years ago and operated by two volunteers, founder Lucinda Tyler and teacher Lois Airgood - was awarded a $16,885 grant from the West Virginia Humanities Council along with Pocahontas County Drama, Fairs and Festivals, Pocahontas County Convention and Visitors Bureau and The Pocahontas County Arts Council, in support of "Teaching the Origin of Appalachia Music through a four-month Workshop." |
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| Pocahontas Music sponsors Appalachian Music Workshop for Hillsboro Elementary's 3rd, 4th and 5th graders, featuring Kate Long, Robin Kessinger and Kirk Judd and culminating with a May 8th Performance on the Great Lawn at Pearl S. Buck Birthplace. |
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Heather Niday reports on the Appalachian Music Workshop at Hillsboro Elementary School.
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| In this article from the Pocahontas Times, Hillsboro Elementary School Principal Leonard Paranac praises Pocahontas Music. |
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| Pocahontas Music makes the front page of the Pocahontas Times once again, featuring a picture from the Pocahontas Music Winter Performance at Hillsboro Elementary School. |
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| The Pocahontas Times reports on Hillsboro students attending the Wheeling Symphony performance in Elkins, WV. |
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The Pocahontas Times front page features the Pocahontas County Arts Council contributing keyboards to Pocahontas Music.
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Heather Niday reports on the recital given by Hillsboro Elementary's third grade class - "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star, Variations on a Theme." They were accompanied by many of the guest musicians who participated in the Pilot Program.
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| Pocahontas County's Hillsboro Elementary school third graders are completing a pilot program in music. They will celebrate what they have learned with a recital at the school Thursday 17 May at 2PM. |
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| Walking down the halls of the county’s elementary schools, Lucinda Tyler found herself struck by the silence. |
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A group of musicians and music enthusiasts are bringing classical music training to 3rd graders at Hillsboro Elementary School. It's a pilot program; classes begin February 2nd. David Holtzman reports.
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