time to nurture a child’s interest
in music. In that case, if I were to
work with a very young child, I
would introduce healthy vocal
expression, write songs with her,
listen to a variety of great singing
from my library, and play musical games. There is plenty of time
to “train” a child’s voice. My recommendations train the “musical mind” of a child. The body is
a singer’s instrument. It is played
with the mind. Mind rules!
If you’ve observed the courtroom performance of a very sharp
lawyer, you were watching the
physical expression of a welltrained mind. Like the singer/musician, the lawyer developed his
style from a strong foundation of
knowledge and the influence of
others.
Dodge Poetry Festival
2014 Roster Announced
Martin Farawell, the Geraldine R.
Dodge Foundation’s Poetry Director and Director of the Dodge
Poetry Festival, has announced
the complete roster of poets who
will be participating in the 15th
biennial Geraldine R. Dodge Poetry Festival. In partnership with
the New Jersey Performing Arts
Center (NJPAC) and the City of
Newark, the Festival will be held
at NJPAC and at various venues
New Jersey Stage
in downtown Newark, NJ for four
day starting October 23, 2014.
Seventy much-published, awardwinning, renowned and emerging
poets will be presented in readings and discussions during the
15th biennial Festival. According
to Farawell, “This is the largest
roster of poets in the history of the
Dodge Poetry Festival and offers
an extraordinarily wide range of
backgrounds and styles.”
September 2014
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