Folwell School, Performing Arts Magnet Elementary is a public, magnet school located in Minneapolis that encourages students to become responsible, successful learners in and through the arts. With their strong dedication to the arts, Folwell School teamed up with local composer collective 113 for an extended residency project in the 2017-18 school year. Composers from 113 and professional string players met with Folwell School orchestra students (grades 5-8) beginning in October 2017 to teach composition and string techniques. In large groups, they listened to contemporary art music, discussed contemporary and traditional string techniques, improvised, and composed text-based music. In smaller groups, the students composed using traditional, graphic, and text-based notation and wrote poetry. As the pieces developed, the students performed the music as a large ensemble. 113's residency at Folwell School will culminate in a concert of student works performed by combinations of students, Folwell teachers, and professional musicians.
The resulting graphic and text-based compositions written by the students at Folwell School were chosen as a group to be one of three winning entries to Zeitgeist's 23rd annual Eric Stokes Song Contest. Named in memory of late composer Eric Stokes, the contest is designed to encourage and celebrate amateur composers throughout the Twin Cities. A suite of selected graphic scores by the students at Folwell School will be performed by Zeitgeist at their annual Playing it Close to Home concert Feb. 23-24 at Studio Z.
The resulting graphic and text-based compositions written by the students at Folwell School were chosen as a group to be one of three winning entries to Zeitgeist's 23rd annual Eric Stokes Song Contest. Named in memory of late composer Eric Stokes, the contest is designed to encourage and celebrate amateur composers throughout the Twin Cities. A suite of selected graphic scores by the students at Folwell School will be performed by Zeitgeist at their annual Playing it Close to Home concert Feb. 23-24 at Studio Z.
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Playing it Close to Home
Feb. 23-24, 7:30 p.m.
Studio Z: 275 East Fourth Street, Suite 200, St. Paul
$15 / $10 students & seniors
Tickets/Info
With winning songs from the Eric Stokes Song Contest plus music by local composer Davu Seru, Zeitgeist's annual Playing it Close to Home concert celebrates the wealth of musical creativity found right here in our own backyard. The program includes music by Eric Stokes Song Contest winners Isaac Mayhew, Tetsuya Takeno, and students from Folwell School, plus the world premiere of Davu Seru’s new work Dead King Mother, which tells the story of a near-forgotten event in North Minneapolis and United States civil rights history that has been with Seru since early childhood.
Studio Z: 275 East Fourth Street, Suite 200, St. Paul
$15 / $10 students & seniors
Tickets/Info
With winning songs from the Eric Stokes Song Contest plus music by local composer Davu Seru, Zeitgeist's annual Playing it Close to Home concert celebrates the wealth of musical creativity found right here in our own backyard. The program includes music by Eric Stokes Song Contest winners Isaac Mayhew, Tetsuya Takeno, and students from Folwell School, plus the world premiere of Davu Seru’s new work Dead King Mother, which tells the story of a near-forgotten event in North Minneapolis and United States civil rights history that has been with Seru since early childhood.
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