Meet The 2015-2016 MAT Teaching-Artist Scholarship Recipients:
The Mendenhall Quartet
The Mendenhall Quartet launched MAT Teaching-Artist scholarship program in July of 2015. As part of this year-long intensive internship, participants have the opportunity to develop and nurture many skills, including teaching music in K-12 classrooms, developing curricular units, creating digital stories and an ePortfolio, managing social media, conducting educational research, grant writing, non-profit administration and event planning. Explore their teaching-artists' ePortfolios linked to their name below:
Lindsay Clark
Lindsay (violin) was born and raised in Juneau and has participated with many musical groups locally and in Salem, Oregon, where she received a Bachelor of Arts in Music at Willamette University.
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Heidi Brook
Heidi (violin) grew up in the rural Yukon Territory near Whitehorse and is passionate about the arts, culture and healthy living in the lives of children and youth. She graduated from the University of Alaska Fairbanks with a Bachelor of Music in Violin Performance.
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Sophia Butler
Sophia (viola) has a Bachelor of Arts in Music from St. Olaf College. She is classically trained, but also has a love for enthnomusicology and folk music. Sophia is interested making music in order to build stronger and more peaceful relationships and communities.
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Ruth HogleRuth (cello) has a Bachelor of Music in Cello Performance from DePaul University and has dedicated her time to teaching in various El Sistema programs in Chicago and Trujillo, Peru.
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