Art & Music Education

This week, we are discussing art and music education with Kelvin Jenkins, Director of Art & Music for the Uniondale School District in New York, and Gregory Singer (a.k.a. Rage Sinclaire), Founder, Author, & Artistic Director of Poeartistry; licensed school administrator; licensed Master Social Worker in private practice, and Life Coach.

Episode Segments:

Educviii: Kelvin Jenkins Our first guest Kelvin Jenkins is a musician, artist, teacher, and the director for art and music for the Uniondale School District in New York. He discusses the importance of keeping the arts part of the curriculum in schools, and how children benefit from learning them.
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Educviii: Gregory Singer April is poetry month, and our second guest Gregory Singer has created a form of poetry that brings art and music education to new heights. We will hear some of his work in this segment.
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Guest(s) Appearing on this Episode

Gregory Singer is currently an Educational Administrator and College Professor on Long Island, NY whose back- ground includes Radio (90.3 FM/ 1991-95 Producer and Host), Theater (American Theater of Actors – Looking For Love In Darkness (1995) and Television (Producer and Host- Strong Island Views and Tough talk with Dale Anthony). Mr. Sinclaire is also a Performance Poet who has been featured at numerous locations such as the Performance Poets Associations weekly gathering, Nell’s and at the Nuyorican Poets Café. Poeartistry has been seen at Adelphi University, Empire State College (Manhattan Campus) Hofstra University, SUNY at Brock Port,The National Black Theater Festival NABSW Southwest Regional Conference as well as numerous conferences and national events. for the academic of 2009 -2010 Poeartistry was the focus of a coarse at Adelphi University in Garden City NY. Poeartistry.com