The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame + Museum


An evening with Joe Grushecky

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Wednesday, June 23: 7 p.m.

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum is pleased to host an evening with musician Joe Grushecky on Wednesday, June 23, 2010 at 7 p.m. in the Rock Hall’s Foster Theater. This event is presented in conjunction with the Rock Hall’s annual Summer Teacher Institute, Electrifying the Classroom, a weeklong workshop for teachers dedicated to bringing rock and roll into the classroom.
 
Gruschecky will be interviewed by the Rock Hall’s Vice President of Education and Public Programs Dr. Lauren Onkey and will discuss his career and a singer-songwriter and his experiences as a high-school special education teacher.  Questions will be taken from the audience at the end of the interview.  This event is FREE with a reservation.  Please email edu@rockhall.org or call (216) 515-8426 to RSVP. This event is open to the public.
 
Joe Grushecky’s music has stood the test of time.  For 30 years publications such as Billboard, Rolling Stone, Village Voice, No Depression, and countless others have hailed him as one of rock and roll’s most talented singer-songwriters.  In 1979 Rolling Stone magazine crowned his band the Iron City Houserockers’ first ablum Love’s So Tough the “debut record of the year.” Acclaimed rock writer Jimmy Guterman named their second album, Have a Good Time (But Get Out Alive ), as one of the 100 Best Rock and Roll Records of all time. Legendary guitarist and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductee Steve Cropper produced his album Blood on the Bricks.  Joe has continued to record and perform visceral rock and roll for 30 years.
 
East Carson Street, Joe’s 13th LP, carries on his tradition of delivering honest and passionate music. The CD features a new line-up. Long-time members Art Nardini (bass), Joffo Simmons (drums), and Joe Pelesky (keyboards) are joined by Danny Gochnour on guitar and Johnny Grushecky, Joe’s 21-year old son, also on guitar.  The new record features “Another Thin Line” (co-written with Bruce Springsteen) and “East Carson Street,” in which Joe sings about his relationship to his hometown of Pittsburgh, PA. 

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Summer Teacher Institute

Electrifying the Classroom

Summer Teacher Institute at the Rock Hall 
June 21-25, 2010

The challenges of making material relevant to students while still meeting and exceeding academic content standards are many.  Regardless of your specialty, popular music can help you electrify your classroom whether it’s to teach acoustics or the elements of narrative.  Popular music provides energetic, artistic resources that you can use to bring your subject areas to life in new and exciting ways.

Spend a week in residence at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum!  Electrifying the Classroom is the Summer Teacher Institute at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum.  The institute brings K-12 teachers together with arts education specialists, historians, community educators, curriculum designers, and performers to learn how to use popular music effectively to teach across the K-12 curriculum. Discover how to integrate an art form that speaks to students, sparking new levels of learning that meet state and national standards. Walk through activities that deepen your students’ engagement with popular music--whether the focus is language arts, history and the social studies, music, technology or other subject areas. Leave with knowledge of popular music history and classroom tested resources to bring your classroom alive with a cultural form drawn from many communities that resonates across generations and around the world.

The Summer Teacher Institute immerses participants in a week of multimedia presentations, hands-on workshops, and lectures featuring methods of experienced educators. The award-winning education staff of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum features resources, activities, and methods developed in the museum’s K-12 programs. Classroom teachers, arts educators, historians, and community educators converge to share their best practices.

GO BEHIND THE SCENES and connect the artistry, people, messages, and business of popular music to learning across the k-12 disciplines. 
• Keynote Speaker 
• Explorations of museum exhibits and behind-the-scenes highlights with Rock Hall curators 
• Spotlights on the development of educational materials at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum 
• Introductions to the museum’s on-site programs, e-resources, and distance learning classes for K-12 students 
• Participant booklet includes all materials required for the week, sample lessons and activities, museum learning guides, and the Museum educators’ recommended readings, websites, and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductee recordings.

LEARN FROM AWARD-WINNING EDUCATORS, AUTHORS, HISTORIANS, AND ARTISTS 
• Featured Artist 
• Overviews of the dynamic history of rock and roll by decades, from the roots to its many branches 
• Breakout sessions where K-12 educators with long-term experience demonstrate successful lessons and guide participants in tailoring resources for activities in their own classrooms 
• Case studies describing goals, methods, and outcomes of successful programs for students in both traditional and non-traditional instructional settings 
• Evening events such as the opening reception, Wednesday evening program, or other opportunities to extend conversation about popular music and network with colleagues.

For More Information 
Send your contact information to the Education Department at education@rockhall.org or call 216.515.1225 in order to be added to the STI 2010 mailing list. More details will be posted soon.

Review schedules of past programs below, and learn about our teaching staff and past presenters.

2009 Schedule

2008 Schedule

2007 Schedule

2006 Schedule

2005 Schedule

Cost:  $250 for five days (Monday through Friday).  Cost includes intensive classes, projects, breakout sessions, presentations, and of course, museum tours.  Cost also includes daily continental breakfast.  Participants must cover their own lodging, transportation, and other meals. Optional graduate credit available for an additional fee.

The 2008, 2007 and 2006 programs were made possible, in part, by the Ohio Humanities Council, a state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities

 

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