NBC's 'SMASH' MAKE A MUSICAL, School #15 - Falcon Academy of Creative Arts, Cleveland
NBC's 'SMASH' MAKE A MUSICAL, School #15 - Falcon Academy of Creative Arts, Cleveland
By Cindy Ripley on March 05, 2012

Cleveland, OH
Reported by: Timothy Allen McDonald, Founder and CEO, iTheatrics
February 7, 2012
I got to sleep two whole nights in my own bed before flying to Ohio, for my last NBC’s ‘SMASH’ MAKE A MUSICAL professional development session. This session, I co-taught with the fabulous Steven Kennedy. Team teaching is always a welcome treat. Steven had a bit of “stage fright” as this was the first “NBC’s ‘Smash’: Make A Musical” session that he was leading. But, I had no doubt he would do a fantastic job, and of course, he did.

Falcon Academy is a rural school. This was a change from the urban schools I’d visited so far. The school is only two years old and seeks to infuse the arts in all subjects, especially the visual arts. I was really touched to see hand painted signs greeting Steven and I on the front doors.

I have now finished my segment of the first round of “NBC’s ‘Smash’: Make a Musical” workshops feeling really proud about our work and hugely impressed by our nation’s educators who are constantly expected to do more and more with less and less. I can’t wait to make our return visits in March. In the meantime, I’m off to San Antonio, Texas for the Texas Music Educators Conference along with 20,000 music teachers. Until next time...
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