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DCCA opens Arts
in Education with pianist Alpin Hong
Nationally-known pianist Alpin Hong will open Darke County Center for
the Arts’ 2018-2019 Arts In Education series at Henry St. Clair
Memorial Hall in Greenville with programs for junior high students on
September 20 and 21. According to DCCA Executive Director Andrea
Jordan, Mr. Hong’s innovative outreach performances offer rare
opportunity for in-depth interaction with a professional performing
artist. “Alpin understands that the arts provide students with
qualities necessary for success in any field, and through his
delightful storytelling skills as well his amazing musicianship
delivers context and connection to his young audiences,” Ms. Jordan
stated.
DCCA’s Arts In Education series annually presents outstanding
professional performing artists to students in every grade in all local
public schools at no cost to the students. Other programs in the series
this school year include Kathakaar, The Spinning Storyteller for
kindergarten through third grade students, a songwriting workshop with
singer/guitarist Jonathon Kingham for high schoolers, and troubadour
Lee Murdock presenting the history of the Great Lakes through music for
fourth- through sixth-graders. DCCA’s A.I.E. programs are free and open
to the public.
Arts In Education is sponsored by Bach to Rock, DP&L Company
Foundation, Richard Baker, Greenville VFW Post #7262, Greenville
Federal, Maid-Rite Sandwich Shoppe, Gordon Orthodontics, the Wes &
Patti Jetter Fund, the Mandy Green Fund, Edison State Community
College, Ramco, The Early Bird & Blue Bag Media, Littman-Thomas
Agency, and Wayne Health Care. DCCA also receives local support from
the John R. and Miriam H. Knick Fund of the Darke County Foundation,
The Ketrow Foundation, Lydia E. Schaurer Memorial Trust, Harry D.
Stephens Memorial, and DCCA memberships, as well as funding from the
Ohio Arts Council, the state agency that funds and supports quality
arts experiences to strengthen Ohio communities culturally,
educationally, and economically. This presentation by Alpin Hong is
supported by the Arts Midwest Touring Fund, a program of Arts Midwest
that is funded by the National Endowment for the Arts, with additional
contributions from the Ohio Arts Council and the Crane Group.
Start times for DCCA’s Arts In Education programs are coordinated with
school schedules; for more information, contact DCCA at 937-547-0908 or
dcca@darkecountyarts.org.
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