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Lower School hosts musicians during “Fall for the Arts” week
Oct 18, 2004 8:00 AM
By Tannika King - Faculty
Fall is in the air, and Darlington Lower School remains excited about the "Fall for the Arts" activities that took place Oct. 17 through 22.
The Lower School hosted musician, designer and master craftsman Bond Anderson as its Artist-in-Residence Monday through Wednesday.
“Designing and building musical instruments for backyards, school grounds, parks and museums; performing as a flutist; programming music for computers and synthesizers; and working with kids and adults constructing their own musical instruments and sound sculptures are all facets of Bond Anderson’s career as a musician,” said Diane Lumpkin, Lower School assistant principal. “All students in grades three through five made PVC flutes with Mr. Anderson.”
Sponsored by the Georgia Council for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts, Anderson has been an Artist-in-Education for the past 17 years. An accomplished flutist with the Albany Symphony Orchestra, Anderson was a member of the music faculty of the Governor’s Honors program for 10 years, the last four serving as departmental chairman.
Anderson’s company, Sound Play, is one of only a handful of companies in America that design and produce musical playgrounds, with projects in 47 of the 50 United States. His musical playscape at Nevils Elementary School in Nevils, Ga., won the 1998 Georgia School Bell Award for innovative programming. In 1992, portable versions of his outdoor musical instruments were part of the Olympic Flag Transfer Tour.
Anderson’s recent works include a musical playscape in Atlanta’s Wesley Coan Park and another built with alternative school students of the EXALT program in Thomasville, Ga. Locally, he is responsible for the musical playground at Johnson Elementary School, built in the early 90s.
“Sound Play’s outdoor musical instruments and playscapes are finely tuned instruments constructed from materials available in most hardware stores and lumber yards,” said Anderson. “Readily available in our culture, these materials reflect the global practice of using indigenous materials for the construction of musical instruments and also help to expand our awareness of object and function when we see familiar material used in a new or unusual way.”
On Thursday, the School hosted Bryan Bowers, a major artist on the traditional music circuit, who entertained the students in pre-kindergarten through second grade.
“He has redefined the autoharp and is also well known as a singer-songwriter,” said Lumpkin. “Bryan has a dynamic, outgoing personality and an uncanny ability to enchant a crowd in practically any situation.”
Bowers’ creativity and talent have won him induction into Frets Magazine’s First Gallery of the Greats after five years of winning the stringed instrument, open category of the magazine’s readers’ poll. In 1993, he was inducted into the Autoharp Hall of Fame.
According to Lumpkin, these events are made possible through the purchase of videos/DVDs of School musicals and events and a generous donation from the Fine Arts Booster Club.
For more information, please contact Lumpkin at dlumpkin@darlingtonschool.org.
The Lower School hosted musician, designer and master craftsman Bond Anderson as its Artist-in-Residence Monday through Wednesday.
“Designing and building musical instruments for backyards, school grounds, parks and museums; performing as a flutist; programming music for computers and synthesizers; and working with kids and adults constructing their own musical instruments and sound sculptures are all facets of Bond Anderson’s career as a musician,” said Diane Lumpkin, Lower School assistant principal. “All students in grades three through five made PVC flutes with Mr. Anderson.”
Sponsored by the Georgia Council for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts, Anderson has been an Artist-in-Education for the past 17 years. An accomplished flutist with the Albany Symphony Orchestra, Anderson was a member of the music faculty of the Governor’s Honors program for 10 years, the last four serving as departmental chairman.
Anderson’s company, Sound Play, is one of only a handful of companies in America that design and produce musical playgrounds, with projects in 47 of the 50 United States. His musical playscape at Nevils Elementary School in Nevils, Ga., won the 1998 Georgia School Bell Award for innovative programming. In 1992, portable versions of his outdoor musical instruments were part of the Olympic Flag Transfer Tour.
Anderson’s recent works include a musical playscape in Atlanta’s Wesley Coan Park and another built with alternative school students of the EXALT program in Thomasville, Ga. Locally, he is responsible for the musical playground at Johnson Elementary School, built in the early 90s.
“Sound Play’s outdoor musical instruments and playscapes are finely tuned instruments constructed from materials available in most hardware stores and lumber yards,” said Anderson. “Readily available in our culture, these materials reflect the global practice of using indigenous materials for the construction of musical instruments and also help to expand our awareness of object and function when we see familiar material used in a new or unusual way.”
On Thursday, the School hosted Bryan Bowers, a major artist on the traditional music circuit, who entertained the students in pre-kindergarten through second grade.
“He has redefined the autoharp and is also well known as a singer-songwriter,” said Lumpkin. “Bryan has a dynamic, outgoing personality and an uncanny ability to enchant a crowd in practically any situation.”
Bowers’ creativity and talent have won him induction into Frets Magazine’s First Gallery of the Greats after five years of winning the stringed instrument, open category of the magazine’s readers’ poll. In 1993, he was inducted into the Autoharp Hall of Fame.
According to Lumpkin, these events are made possible through the purchase of videos/DVDs of School musicals and events and a generous donation from the Fine Arts Booster Club.
For more information, please contact Lumpkin at dlumpkin@darlingtonschool.org.
