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Cyndy Fike
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRlKrHGI59c
I began working with an Autistic class at New Sullivan Elementary in January 2010. Only two of the students in the group are fully verbal and I have discovered that music is truly the universal language…
MusicianCorps Fellow, Cyndy Fike began working with an Autistic class at New Sullivan Elementary in January 2010. Only two of the students in the group are f...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRlKrHGI59c
I began working with an Autistic class at New Sullivan Elementary in January 2010. Only two of the students in the group are fully verbal and I have discovered that music is truly the universal language…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3C4_h9NqyOc
MusicanCorps Mentors Brian Miller and Zach Blew have been volunteering their time once a week for the past 7 weeks at Russell Square Park alongside MusicianCorps Fellow, Cyndy Fike. They truly ROCK and ha…
MusicanCorps Mentors Brian Miller and Zach Blew have been volunteering their time once a week for the past 7 weeks at Russell Square Park alongside MusicianC...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3C4_h9NqyOc
MusicanCorps Mentors Brian Miller and Zach Blew have been volunteering their time once a week for the past 7 weeks at Russell Square Park alongside MusicianCorps Fellow, Cyndy Fike. They truly ROCK and ha…
Check out the new instruments I just got in the mail for New Sullivan! Whoo hoo. We are going to be taking more of a rock/pop band focus there. I will be posting videos of the results!
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None of the kids had any previous experience playing the instruments you see them rocking out on!
This is a testimony to the the power
MUSIC NATIONAL SERVICE
has in communities!
Special Thanks
Music National Service
Intonation Music Workshop
Chica…
Go on over to the video tab and check out the latest video I posted. You can also go to YouTube to view it as well.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzh9NZPvURk
This was our second week working with the new set of instruments with the group at Russe…
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The faces of the youth I have been working with at New Sullivan Elementary in South Chicago.
Profile Information
- What role has music played in your life?
- Music has been with me since I can remember. My Mom told me I was singing from the time I started making noise. Can babies really sing? I guess I'll take her word for it. Because I grew up in a family of musicians, music just seemed "natural", like milk from a cow. I attempted piano at the age of 4 or 5 and it proved to be a slight failure. All I can remember is that my teacher was 1) Old and Smelly 2) Had Crooked Fingers and 3) Was Grouchy!
So I begged my Mom not to make me go. Eventually she gave in. At least I could play "Mary Had A Little Lamb". This was my only real experience with formal music education apart from Guitar Lessons which came later. During my adolescence I found one of my greatest joys to be singing along with the radio and just humming along to the melodies that formed in my head. Oh and also recording myself singing LOUD and PROUD on my 90's duo tape deck behind closed doors! When I turned 15 I got an Acoustic Guitar and thus began learning just how hard it actually was to make songs and of course how rewarding it was at the same time. I officially could never be one of those girls with long pretty fingernails. The calluses had taken over. As I have grown into adulthood, music has been my anchor. I have played in a variety of bands, writing songs about, life, love, loss and many melodramatic events. What I have discovered is that MUSIC is one of the only things that makes my heart come alive and sometimes wants to explode out of my chest. Making music with kids only heightens this sensation.
- Why is the Music National Service movement important to you?
- I believe in the power of Music and I believe in the power of service. MNS= What I believe in!
- How can you support the Music National Service movement?
- Become a MusicianCorps Fellow (Apply to join the "musical Peace Corps")
- Other resources I'd like to offer are:
- www.cyndyfike.com
- Musical Interests
- Composition, Performance, Theory
- Musical Expertise
- String, Vocal
- About me:
- Hi, everyone. My name is Cyndy Fike. I am a singer/songwriter and guitarist. My passions are music and youth. I enjoys combining my love of nature and the creative arts, and have developed cross-collaborative programs for youth at various community centers across the country, including the Boys & Girls Clubs of America. I recently founded a digital music program for adjudicated youth at a wilderness therapy camp in North Carolina. A founding member of the indie folk/rock band, Nelken, I have also shared my vocal and songwriting talents on the albums of fellow musicians Zach Blew and Chicago-based Horse in the Sea. I earned a BS in Outdoor Education from Montreat College and a MA in Arts in Youth and Community Development from Columbia College Chicago.
- Where I will serve:
- New Sullivan Elementary School, Russell Square Park
- My service mission:
- Plan and implement music curricula; Engage neighborhood residents and park district supervisors to provide music driven services to the South Chicago community.
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Students w/Autism Playing as a Band!
Posted on March 5, 2010 at 12:54am — 3 Comments
MUSICIANCORPS MENTOR JAM SESSION @ RUSSELL SQUARE PARK
Posted on March 2, 2010 at 9:00am —
Ready to Rock NEW SULLIVAN?
Check out the new instruments I just got in the mail for New Sullivan! Whoo hoo. We are going to be taking more of a rock/pop band focus there. I will be posting videos of the results!
Posted on February 26, 2010 at 1:03pm — 3 Comments
Making the Band/MusicianCorps Mentors
Go on over to the video tab and check out the latest video I posted. You can also go to YouTube to view it as well.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzh9NZPvURk
This was our second week working with the new set of instruments with the group at Russel… Continue
Posted on January 28, 2010 at 11:00pm —
NEW SULLIVAN ELEMENTARY- SOUTH CHICAGO
Hello Friends,
I uploaded a video on our MusicianCorps YouTube account that I presented at my mid-term meeting today. It captures what I have been up the past few months with my students at New Sullivan Elementary in South Chicago. I hope you enjoy!
CLICK ME!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmSRc978zDs
I uploaded a video on our MusicianCorps YouTube account that I presented at my mid-term meeting today. It captures what I have been up the past few months with my students at New Sullivan Elementary in South Chicago. I hope you enjoy!
CLICK ME!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmSRc978zDs
Posted on December 15, 2009 at 4:00pm — 2 Comments
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Happy New Year from Music National Service!
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