CGE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT INITIATIVE
Project Manager: Carrie Koffman
Project Manager: Carrie Koffman
Listen to Roshanne Etezady talk about this project!
Project Manager: Carrie Koffman
Project Advisor: Noa Even
CGE Community Engagement Initiative
(formerly the CSW Community Engagement Initiative)
We have commissioned a new composition for middle school band with alto saxophone soloist. The solo part will include a level of virtuosity that is playable by professional saxophonists or advanced college students. The composer is Roshanne Etezady, composition faculty member at the University of Michigan. NASA will pay the commissioning fee. Only women+, transgender, and nonbinary NASA members will be eligible to perform the piece for the first two years. NASA members of all genders will be eligible to perform the piece in the third and fourth year. All NASA members are eligible to receive the piece for free as long as they arrange for a young band to perform the piece with them. The work will be completed by September 1, 2021, with the option to revise if necessary due to COVID-19.
We need your participation to make this work!
Background:
In the Spring of 2019, every NASA Regional Conference hosted a “CSW Presents . . .” presentation and discussion. Feedback was gathered and compiled from all presenters in all regions. One point that was made by members attending in every location was that young girls don’t seem to have any trouble beginning saxophone study, but they tend to quit relatively early on. Members in all regions suggested finding ways to reach out to younger students, ideally in middle school, with the hope of decreasing the dropout rate of girls.
We have commissioned a new composition, for middle school band with advanced soloist, as follows:
1. The band instrumentation and writing will be such that it can be playable by an average middle school band (grade 2.5-3). A more advanced band of any level can play it as well, but the preference is to reach middle school aged students.
2. The solo part will include a level of virtuosity that is playable by professional saxophonists or advanced college students (such as graduate students or advanced undergraduate students). The solo part will be written for alto saxophone.
3. The piece will be 4-6 minutes in duration.
4. The composer will be Roshanne Etezady, https://www.roshanne.com, composition faculty member at the University of Michigan.
5. The work will be completed and delivered by September 1, 2021.
6. NASA will pay the commissioning fee.
7. In return for the commissioning fee, all current NASA members will be eligible to receive the piece for free under the following conditions:
a. Only women+, transgender and nonbinary NASA members will be eligible to receive the piece and perform as soloists for the first two years. All performances taking place within this initial window of two years will be considered world premieres. Participating band directors need not be women+, gender nonbinary, or NASA members.
b. Members of all genders will be eligible to receive the piece in the third and fourth years.
c. Members must arrange for a band to perform the piece with them in order to receive the work. In the case of graduate students or advanced undergrads, the most likely place to secure the performance may be with their own former middle school band. However, members are free to pursue any connections they may have to schools, including but not limited to: schools where they are student teaching or where they student taught, schools where friends and classmates are student teaching or have student taught, schools where friends and classmates have secured jobs, schools that regularly take student teachers, schools where NASA members may have private students, schools where their professors have connections, “cold calling” band directors, etc. More experienced NASA members can reach out multiple times for multiple performances. A perusal score will be available to share with potential band directors in advance.
Intended Benefits:
This initiative has the potential to be wide-reaching in multiple ways.
1. First of all, for many years, NASA has tried unsuccessfully to reach out to prospective younger members of all genders. This project could put NASA members of all genders in hundreds of school classrooms reaching thousands of younger saxophonists.
2. Secondly, women+, transgender and nonbinary soloists will initially be put in featured soloist positions, allowing younger students of all genders to see and hear that indeed, women+ and gender nonbinary people can and do play the saxophone. In this way, perhaps more girls and nonbinary students will be inspired to continue playing the saxophone into high school and beyond.
3. Third, it’s just good music education, giving our entire membership the opportunity to bring live, strong aural models into classrooms all over North America. This is another point for which NASA has advocated over the years – the creation of more community engagement.
4. In summary, everyone involved benefits: pre-college students of all genders, band directors of all genders, communities and families, NASA members of all genders, and the trajectory of the saxophone overall.
The CGE and NASA are giving a gift to our membership, through a project that represents the philosophy of our organization, in an exciting and inclusive way that will hopefully generate a great deal of publicity as well as great art to be shared with kids. Everyone wins. Action through the formation of a work of art on a large scale like this will be a powerful statement.
As the completion date of the composition gets closer, check back here for details about how to secure a perusal score, how to report your performance(s), and for publicity to share with your communities.
If you have any questions in the meantime, please contact Carrie Koffman at koffman@hartford.edu.
Want to know more about Roshanne and her music?
Project Advisor: Noa Even
CGE Community Engagement Initiative
(formerly the CSW Community Engagement Initiative)
We have commissioned a new composition for middle school band with alto saxophone soloist. The solo part will include a level of virtuosity that is playable by professional saxophonists or advanced college students. The composer is Roshanne Etezady, composition faculty member at the University of Michigan. NASA will pay the commissioning fee. Only women+, transgender, and nonbinary NASA members will be eligible to perform the piece for the first two years. NASA members of all genders will be eligible to perform the piece in the third and fourth year. All NASA members are eligible to receive the piece for free as long as they arrange for a young band to perform the piece with them. The work will be completed by September 1, 2021, with the option to revise if necessary due to COVID-19.
We need your participation to make this work!
Background:
In the Spring of 2019, every NASA Regional Conference hosted a “CSW Presents . . .” presentation and discussion. Feedback was gathered and compiled from all presenters in all regions. One point that was made by members attending in every location was that young girls don’t seem to have any trouble beginning saxophone study, but they tend to quit relatively early on. Members in all regions suggested finding ways to reach out to younger students, ideally in middle school, with the hope of decreasing the dropout rate of girls.
We have commissioned a new composition, for middle school band with advanced soloist, as follows:
1. The band instrumentation and writing will be such that it can be playable by an average middle school band (grade 2.5-3). A more advanced band of any level can play it as well, but the preference is to reach middle school aged students.
2. The solo part will include a level of virtuosity that is playable by professional saxophonists or advanced college students (such as graduate students or advanced undergraduate students). The solo part will be written for alto saxophone.
3. The piece will be 4-6 minutes in duration.
4. The composer will be Roshanne Etezady, https://www.roshanne.com, composition faculty member at the University of Michigan.
5. The work will be completed and delivered by September 1, 2021.
6. NASA will pay the commissioning fee.
7. In return for the commissioning fee, all current NASA members will be eligible to receive the piece for free under the following conditions:
a. Only women+, transgender and nonbinary NASA members will be eligible to receive the piece and perform as soloists for the first two years. All performances taking place within this initial window of two years will be considered world premieres. Participating band directors need not be women+, gender nonbinary, or NASA members.
b. Members of all genders will be eligible to receive the piece in the third and fourth years.
c. Members must arrange for a band to perform the piece with them in order to receive the work. In the case of graduate students or advanced undergrads, the most likely place to secure the performance may be with their own former middle school band. However, members are free to pursue any connections they may have to schools, including but not limited to: schools where they are student teaching or where they student taught, schools where friends and classmates are student teaching or have student taught, schools where friends and classmates have secured jobs, schools that regularly take student teachers, schools where NASA members may have private students, schools where their professors have connections, “cold calling” band directors, etc. More experienced NASA members can reach out multiple times for multiple performances. A perusal score will be available to share with potential band directors in advance.
Intended Benefits:
This initiative has the potential to be wide-reaching in multiple ways.
1. First of all, for many years, NASA has tried unsuccessfully to reach out to prospective younger members of all genders. This project could put NASA members of all genders in hundreds of school classrooms reaching thousands of younger saxophonists.
2. Secondly, women+, transgender and nonbinary soloists will initially be put in featured soloist positions, allowing younger students of all genders to see and hear that indeed, women+ and gender nonbinary people can and do play the saxophone. In this way, perhaps more girls and nonbinary students will be inspired to continue playing the saxophone into high school and beyond.
3. Third, it’s just good music education, giving our entire membership the opportunity to bring live, strong aural models into classrooms all over North America. This is another point for which NASA has advocated over the years – the creation of more community engagement.
4. In summary, everyone involved benefits: pre-college students of all genders, band directors of all genders, communities and families, NASA members of all genders, and the trajectory of the saxophone overall.
The CGE and NASA are giving a gift to our membership, through a project that represents the philosophy of our organization, in an exciting and inclusive way that will hopefully generate a great deal of publicity as well as great art to be shared with kids. Everyone wins. Action through the formation of a work of art on a large scale like this will be a powerful statement.
As the completion date of the composition gets closer, check back here for details about how to secure a perusal score, how to report your performance(s), and for publicity to share with your communities.
If you have any questions in the meantime, please contact Carrie Koffman at koffman@hartford.edu.
Want to know more about Roshanne and her music?
Want to know more about Roshanne and her music?
Community Engagement Project Toolkit
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1jKUQl_6L6DMR01YN2UNmRqVwJP3X1Lxo?usp=sharing
Sign Up Here to Receive a Perusal Saxophone Part Upon Completion of the Composition https://forms.gle/wWxrRfsFZn9TRG7NA
Sign Up Here to Receive a Perusal Score Upon Completion of the Composition https://forms.gle/tbYj61zdadXdq2tE8
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1jKUQl_6L6DMR01YN2UNmRqVwJP3X1Lxo?usp=sharing
Sign Up Here to Receive a Perusal Saxophone Part Upon Completion of the Composition https://forms.gle/wWxrRfsFZn9TRG7NA
Sign Up Here to Receive a Perusal Score Upon Completion of the Composition https://forms.gle/tbYj61zdadXdq2tE8
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