NINA STERN"S EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVES

"S'Cool Sounds"
Eight years ago Nina Stern co-founded the Education Program for the New York Collegium. The goal of the program was to introduce public school children to instrumental playing through extended teaching residencies. Using recorders and percussion, teaching artists help children to develop the hands-on skills of playing, improvising, and reading music. The program, newly renamed "S'Cool Sounds" continues today under the sponsorship of GEMS (Gotham Early Music Scene).

Students from the program have gone on to perform (under Nina Stern's leadership) at The Miller Theater at Columbia University, The United Nations, and the Headquarters of the New York City Department of Education.
For this work,Nina Stern was awarded an Endicott Fellowship in 2003 and was honored in 2005 with the “Early Music Brings History Alive” Award, bestowed by Early Music America.

"RECORDERS WITHOUT BORDERS"
In February of 2008 Nina Stern published "Recorders Without Borders" a book of twelve original compositions for recorders and percussion in the styles of
traditional music from around the world- intended for use in the school classroom. Volume II, along with its accompanying CD, will be published in early 2009.

"FLUTES AND DRUMS AROUND THE WORLD"
Together with percussionists Shane Shanahan (www.shaneshanahan.com) and Mauricio Molina, Ms. Stern has created a course for school music teachers, introducing them to a new approach to classroom recorder teaching. Using music from around the globe and spanning the centuries the method seeks to energize school children of diverse backgrounds, making instrumental music appealing and accessible to them.
The Amherst Early Music Festival presented this course at their 2006, 2007, and 2008 summer festivals at Connecticut College. Nina presented "Flutes and Drums Around the World" at the 2006 MENC conference and at workshops and schools in New York, Connecticut and Austin, Texas.

"The Remarkable Mission of Nina Stern:
Workshops in Austin Texas"
Read about workshops and school visits conducted by
Nina Stern and Mauricio Molina in Austin Texas in May
of 2008. Click on or download attached PDF.

For more press coverage of Nina’s work in education please see "News" section of this website.