{"id":521,"date":"2018-08-06T15:48:41","date_gmt":"2018-08-06T19:48:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/shannonpeterson\/?p=521"},"modified":"2018-08-06T15:48:41","modified_gmt":"2018-08-06T19:48:41","slug":"fordson-vocal-students-take-center-stage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/shannonpeterson\/2018\/08\/06\/fordson-vocal-students-take-center-stage\/","title":{"rendered":"Fordson Vocal Students Take Center Stage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On August 2nd, members of Fordson\u2019s choirs joined Choir Director, Matt Laura, at the Michigan School Vocal Music Association Summer Workshop in Lansing. They led a session entitled \u201cBeyond the Canon: Programming Arab Music.\u201d \u00a0The purpose of the session was to demystify and highlight Arab musical and cultural inclusion in a choral program. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Director Laura and students collaborated with Michael Ibrahim, the founder and director of the National Arab Orchestra, to introduce Arab music and culture.\u00a0 \u00a0Students even taught a song to the music teachers in attendance. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The feedback was overwhelmingly positive; the students were treated like celebrities;\u00a0 and were praised for \u201ctrailblazing\u201d a new music connection.\u00a0 \u00a0Above all else, they laid the groundwork for collaborations with high schools and universities throughout Michigan.\u00a0\u00a0<em>Shared by Matt Laura<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/shannonpeterson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1527\/2018\/08\/IMG_8019.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-522\" src=\"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/shannonpeterson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1527\/2018\/08\/IMG_8019-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"9 Fordson students in front of the Michigan Schools Vocal Music Association sign.\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/shannonpeterson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1527\/2018\/08\/IMG_8019-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/shannonpeterson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1527\/2018\/08\/IMG_8019-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/shannonpeterson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1527\/2018\/08\/IMG_8019-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/shannonpeterson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1527\/2018\/08\/IMG_8019-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/shannonpeterson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1527\/2018\/08\/IMG_8006.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-523\" src=\"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/shannonpeterson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1527\/2018\/08\/IMG_8006-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Students in front of screen presenting information.\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/shannonpeterson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1527\/2018\/08\/IMG_8006-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/shannonpeterson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1527\/2018\/08\/IMG_8006-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/shannonpeterson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1527\/2018\/08\/IMG_8006-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/shannonpeterson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1527\/2018\/08\/IMG_8006-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On August 2nd, members of Fordson\u2019s choirs joined Choir Director, Matt Laura, at the Michigan School Vocal Music Association Summer Workshop in Lansing. They led a session entitled \u201cBeyond the Canon: Programming Arab Music.\u201d \u00a0The purpose of the session was &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/shannonpeterson\/2018\/08\/06\/fordson-vocal-students-take-center-stage\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-521","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/shannonpeterson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/521","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/shannonpeterson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/shannonpeterson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/shannonpeterson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/shannonpeterson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=521"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/shannonpeterson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/521\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/shannonpeterson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/shannonpeterson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/shannonpeterson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}