VPA Breaking News!
1a. "Miroirs" (Part 1 of 2) Maurice Ravel
1b. "Miroirs" (Part 2 of 2)
2. "Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23" Frederic Chopin
3. "Piano Sonata in C major, No. 60 Hob.XVI:50" Joseph Haydn
4. "Chaconne in D minor" Ferruccio Busoni
San Marcos, CA ¿ California State University San Marcos (CSUSM), in collaboration with the North County Professional Development Federation, the San Diego County Office of Education and ten North San Diego County school districts, will hold a press conference on Thursday, Feb. 9 at 10 a.m. to discuss the groundbreaking results from DREAM (Developing Reading Education with Arts Methods), a four-year arts integration program funded with a nearly $1 million grant through the United States Department of Education Office of Innovation and Improvement.
President Haynes, CSUSM president, will announce that elementary student test scores in reading improved an astonishing 87 points as a result of DREAM¿s initiatives. The program¿s goal was to train 3rd and 4th grade teachers to use visual arts and theater activities to improve students¿ reading and language arts skills.
Begun in June 2009, the program offered one week Summer Institutes coupled with coaching by professional artists throughout the year. Ten school districts have had teachers participate in the project, including Carlsbad, Encinitas, Escondido, Fallbrook, Julian, Oceanside, Ramona, San Marcos, Valley Center Pauma and Vista, representing 141 teachers and approximately 3,000 students. During the press conference, elementary students from the Vista Academy of Visual and Performing Arts will perform one of the theatrical lesson plans to demonstrate how using theater to teach literacy is an effective instructional tool.
Students in classes where teachers integrated theater to teach reading scored much higher on the reading comprehension and inference standardized tests.
The press conference will be held at the North County Regional Education Center at 255 Pico Avenue, San Marcos.
It will be streamed at http://webcast.sdcoe.net/dream020912. This link will not be active until approximately 9 a.m. on Feb. 9.
This recital is a final presentation of Beginning Piano Class. The program ranges from easy melodies like Ode to Joy to virtuosic repertoire like Rachmaninov Prelude. Come support and cheer our piano students at the very first student piano recital on campus!!!!
Wednesday, December 14th
1:30pm, Arts 111
Please join us on Thursday, January 19, at 11:00 a.m. in the Dome as we recognize Judit and all other award recipients at the Annual Faculty and Staff Awards Reception.
Arts and Technology students Lauren Radel, Jermaine Jackson, Jeff Warlick create public service videos for CSUSM parking services!
Check them out:
Carpooling
Sprinter
Biking
Walking
Earth Day Celebration
VPA students rock earth day celebration with recycled art fashion show, dance, music, sculptures, and interactive art projects!!!
Check out the North County Times Article!
VPA Dance Studies professor Karen Schaffman teams with High Tech High North County for a semester long collaborative learning class with college and high school students as they focus on the theme of Earth Day!
Check out the pictures, blogging and videos here!
Theater students in Misanthrope "Make the most of Moliere's words and wit".
Students Present Original Puppet Plays!
As a part of their learning, VPA 321 "Learning Through the Arts" students present original puppet plays to 3d graders from San Marcos! And, the reviews are in: the kids LOVED the performances as they learned about nature, literature, and science.
Mural Class Update!
Check out this video of students in VPA 181 painting the mural, and stop by to stop by and see them in action. They will be painting every Friday from 9am-12pm through the end of the semester at University Village.
VPA Chair Publishes New Book
Merryl Goldberg, Chair of the Department, has published new book: Arts Integration: Teaching Through the Arts in Multicultural Settings published by Allyn and Bacon (available through any bookseller).
6th Annual CSUSM Student Media Festival
Friday, May 13, 7pm, Arts 111
If you would like to submit your work, please click the link below:
Student Media Festival Official Entry Form
VPA's own Judit Hersko
is featured speaker at this semester's Faculty Colloquium dinner:
Judit Hersko, M.F.A. Visual & Performing Arts ~ Pages From the Book of the Unknown Explorer
Date: April 6, 2011
Location: McMahan House
Minor in Music Technology and, Minor in Video and Film Production
Congratulations to the Playwrights, Directors, Cast and Crew of the 2010 New Play Festival for a terrific showing at the Kennedy Center Theatre Festival!
