Again this year, several selected Northeast Indiana area Fourth Grade FAMEous student composers will collaborate with FAME’s Composer-In-Residence, David Crowe to create a music composition to be performed by The Fort Wayne Philharmonic and the Fort Wayne Ballet Youth Company, at the Celebration Of Youth Concert, at the FAME Northeast Festival,

On Sunday, March 14, at 3:00 P.M., in the Anthony Wayne Ballroom, at the Grand Wayne Center, in Fort Wayne.

During project sessions from 4:00-6:00 P.M., on Oct. 19, 20, and 21, 2009, at Haley Elementary School, in Fort Wayne, the FAMEous Fourth Grade student composers will meet for composition sessions with Wendy Bloom, FAME Project Coordinator, to compose, perform, and notate their very own musical signature compositions. Then, on Oct. 26, 27, and 28, 2009 (same time and place), the student composers will meet for “composium” sessions with FAME Composer-In-Residence, David Crowe, where he and the student composers will review their musical signature compositions and creatively communicate/collaborate about how their musical ideas will be orchestrated into a final project composition inspired by themes from FAME’s 2009-10 cultural focus, The Amazing Race Through The Arts- Gera Germany, Plock, Poland, and Takaoka, Japan.  

FAME and the Phil’s collaboration with the Fort Wayne Ballet will continue this year, as once again, the composition will be enhanced with choreographed dance movement by the Fort Wayne Ballet Youth Company dancers. During one of the “composium” sessions, Joellen Wojtowicz, director of the Fort Wayne Ballet Youth Company will creatively communicate/collaborate with the student comp osers about how their musical ideas for the composition will impact and inspire dance movements that the Youth Company ballet students will create and perform for the project.

 Mr. Crowe will score the finished composition for symphonic orchestra, then, on Sat., March 13, 2010, at 10:00 A.M., in the Anthony Wayne Ballroom, at the Grand Wayne Center, the student composers and their parents will attend the composition’s official rehearsal, where Mr. Crowe will conduct a final “composium” session (at 9:00 A.M.) with them to analyze their musical ideas in the finished composition. The project will culminate with a 1:45 P.M. mini-rehearsal and the composition’s premiere performance by the Fort Wayne Philharmonic and the Fort Wayne Ballet Youth Company, at the Fort Wayne Philharmonic Celebration of Youth Concert, on Sunday, March 14, 2010, at 3:00 P.M., in the Anthony Wayne Ballroom, at the Grand Wayne Center, in Fort Wayne.

 Wendy Bloom, Project Coordinator

2009-10 FAME FORT WAYNE PHILHARMONIC PROJECT DATES: 

Mon., Oct. 19, 4:00-6:00 P.M.         Composition Session at Haley Elementary School

Tues., Oct. 20, 4:00-6:00 P.M.        Composition Session at Haley Elementary School

Wed., Oct. 21, 4:00-6:00 P.M.         Composition Session at Haley Elementary School

 Mon., Oct. 26, 4:00-6:00 P.M.         Composium Session with Composer-In Residence, David Crowe, at Haley Elementary School

Tues., Oct. 27, 4:00-6:00 P.M.        Composium Session with Composer-In-Residence, David Crowe, Joellen Wojtowicz, Fort Wayne Ballet Youth Company Director (5:30-6:00 P.M.) at Haley Elementary School

Wed., Oct. 28, 4:00-6:00 P.M.         Composium Session with Composer-In Residence, David Crowe, at Haley Elementary School

Sat., March 6, 12:30-1:30 P.M.       FAMEous Composers Collaboration Session with Joellen Wojtowicz and the Fort Wayne  Ballet Youth Company dancers, at Fort Wayne Ballet Center 

Sat., March 13, 9:00 A.M.             Final “Composium” with Composer-In Residence, David Crowe, Anthony Wayne Ballroom, Grand Wayne Center     

Sat., March 13, 10:00 A.M.              Official Rehearsal, (Final “Composium” at 9:00 A.M.), Anthony Wayne Ballroom, Grand Wayne Center                                                    

Sunday, March 14, 1:45 P.M.          Mini-Rehearsal, Anthony Wayne Ballroom,Grand Wayne Center

 Sunday, March 14, 3:00 P.M.         Premiere Performance at the Fort Wayne PhilharmonicCelebration of YouthConcert,  Anthony Wayne  Ballroom, Anthony Wayne Center