Columbus Symphony Announces 2021 Music Educator Award Winners
Four nominees have been selected in the categories of elementary educator, secondary educator, private/community educator, and lifetime achievement.by BWW News Desk
The Columbus Symphony today announced the winners of the 2021 Music Educator Awards, honoring individuals who make a difference in the community through a dedication to music education and promotion of a greater understanding of and appreciation for the art form.
Four nominees have been selected in the categories of elementary educator, secondary educator, private/community educator, and lifetime achievement. Each winner will receive a $2,500 grant to spend at their discretion on music education endeavors. Past winners have used these funds to host guest instructors, repair instruments, take professional development classes, or purchase new instruments, computer software, and music.
Various Artists
Luck Be A Lady - Frank Sinatra
Thou Swell - Nat King Cole
Medley: Drink To Me, I Don t Care If The Sun Don t Shine/I Love Vegas - Dean Martin
Hello Young Lovers - Nancy Wilson
Mack The Knife - Bobby Darin
It s All Right With Me - Stan Kenton
Too Marvelous For Words - Louis Prima
Too Marvelous For Words - Louis Prima
I ve Got You Under My Skin - Keely Smith [previously unreleased]
Ballerina - Nat King Cole
Lucky Day - Judy Garland
Where Or When - Nat King Cole
Ace In The Hole - Bobby Darin
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Brian Smith as vice president, human resources and inclusion.
Smith comes to the BSO from the Enterprise Community Foundation in Washington and assumed his new duties Jan. 11.
Smith will administer HR policies, programs, procedures, and guidelines to help foster, support, and engage the BSO’s workforce in alignment with our strategic plan and its four tenets of Culture, Capital, Capacity, and Community. Smith will provide innovative leadership and management oversight to promote, champion, and sustain equity and inclusion at the BSO – developing institutional policies, practices, and programs that both increase racial literacy and cultural responsiveness among BSO employees, as well as respect, value, and respond to the needs of our greater community. He will serve as a dedicated co-chair of a staff Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) workgroup, working closely with other rotating staff leadership, and as a member of a recently formed DEI Committee of the Board.