Willson & McKee
Educational Program Resume’
2009-2010

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18 Years of curriculum based educational programming

2010: Teachers/Presenters: Upward Bound, Trinidad State College, Trinidad, CO
English credits (traditional song/storytelling/poetry), Dulcimer building, Celtic Music, Ceili Dance
2010: Largest final performance: Two Week program at brand new school, including all 560 students
performing in a final ceili/festival. Brookings, SD, with outreach programs at SDSU
2009: Teachers/Workshop Leaders, Chalmers Mackay Music School, Aberdeen, Scotland
2009: Teachers/Presenters/Workshop leaders: Alcester Singers Festival, Alcester, England
2009: Averaging 10,000 student contacts per year
2008 Rostered Artists: Chosen for Nevada Arts in Schools and Communities Roster
2008 Colorado State University: (Pueblo Campus), Judges and honorary presenters at the Colorado
Women’s Poetry Celebration, presenters for music major’s symposium, theory/composition classes, Scottish Literature Graduate Class
2008 Presenters: National Folk Alliance: Far West Region: panelist on career building for artists
Rostered Artists: South Dakota Artists in Schools and Communities, 9 years to present
Rostered Artists: South Dakota, most requested artists, 2006, 2007, 2008
Rostered Artists: North Dakota Artists in the Schools, 1995 to present
Rostered Artists: Montana, Artists in Schools, 14 years
Artists Representative: Wyoming Arts Alliance (educational programs), 2 years
Presenters: Arts Education Panel, National Folk Alliance, Region West, Los Angeles
San Francisco School for the Performing Arts: presenters, 2 years
Lowell High School, San Francisco: music program presenters, 4 years
WESTAF: Funded Artists for community and educational programs in the western US, continuous
Adult Education: various college campuses, continuous
Library Cultural Programs: all states, library system funded, continuous
Teachers Continuing Ed: Nevada Teacher Credits, Arts programs, 2 years
Teachers Continuing Ed: North Dakota Teacher Credits, Arts programs, 3 years
Kennedy Center: Rural Outreach, Artists as Educators Program, 1 year
Pilot Residency Program: Glacier Orchestra/Chorale, Kalispell, MT, 2 years
Elderhostel Programming: continuous
Private Teaching: continuous teaching, workshops, lessons, festivals, and master classes