Earn seven ACT 48 hours for attending this professional development opportunity. For more information, contact: Sarah DeMarco at MCG Jazz at 412-322-1773 x. 192 or sdemarco@mcg-btc.org or Dana Casto at the Arts Education Collaborative at412-201-7402 or castod@artsedcollaborative.org.

Please join us for a day of jazz pedagogy and music making designed for K-8 general music, vocal, and instrumental teachers.  Deadline to register is Monday, February 22, 2010.

This workshop will focus on:

• Highlights from 2009 spring residencies

• Early childhood module for jazz preview

• Jazz integrated music curriculum

• Addressing the Pennsylvania Standards for the Arts and Humanities through jazz

• Take home tools for learning and teaching the fundamentals of jazz

• Hands-on opportunities to play and work with some of the top jazz educators in the region