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Celebrating 250 years of American Song
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    Langston Hughes and Geography: A Poet in Time and Place

    By Patricia Finn & Dr. Susan Key

    Grades 9-12 / Estimated time: 40-50 minutes
    Specific recommendation: AP United States History

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  • Constructing Found Poems

    By Patricia Finn & Dr. Susan Key
    Grades 6-8 / Estimated time: 20-30 minutes
    Specific recommendation: 6th grade Language Arts

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  • Defining Home in America in the 19th Century

    By Patricia Finn & Dr. Susan Key
    Grades 9-12 / Estimated time: 20-30 minutes
    Specific recommendation: AP United States History

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  • Emily Dickinson and Nature: Personifying the Seasons

    By Patricia Finn & Dr. Susan Key
    Grades 3-5 / Estimated time: 40 minutes
    Specific recommendation: 3rd grade Language Arts

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  • Emily Dickinson and the Power of Punctuation

    By Patricia Finn & Dr. Susan Key
    Grades 6-8 / Estimated time: 20-25 minutes
    Specific recommendation: 7th grade Language Arts

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  • Emily Dickinson's Symbolism: Exploring Multiple Meanings

    By Patricia Finn & Dr. Susan Key
    Grades 9-12 / Estimated time: 40 minutes
    Specific recommendation: 11th grade Language Arts

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  • Experiencing the Battle of Bunker Hill through Music

    By Patricia Finn & Dr. Susan Key
    Grades 9-12 / Estimated time: 40-50 minutes
    Specific Recommendation: 11th grade Social Studies/American History

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  • Exploring Point of View with Classic American Song

    By Patricia Finn & Dr. Susan Key
    Grades 3-5 / Estimated time: 40 minutes
    Specific Recommendation: 5th grade Social Studies/Language Arts

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  • Langston Hughes in the Jazz Age: Connecting to the Legacy of the Underground Railroad

    By Patricia Finn & Dr. Susan Key
    Grades 3-5 / Estimated time: 40-50 minutes
    Specific recommendation: 4th grade Music/Language Arts

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  • Langston Hughes: Poetry through the Senses

    By Patricia Finn & Dr. Susan Key
    Grades 6-8 / Estimated time: 20-25 minutes
    Specific recommendation: 7th grade Language Arts/Social Studies

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  • Musical Morale for General Sherman’s Army

    By Patricia Finn & Dr. Susan Key
    Grades 6-8 / Estimated time: 30-40 minutes
    Specific recommendation: 8th grade Social Studies [Civil War]

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  • Persuasive Writing in Pioneer Songs

    By Patricia Finn & Dr. Susan Key
    Grades 3-5 / Estimated time: 40 minutes
    Specific recommendation: 4th grade Language Arts

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  • The Sounds of Whitman's Memories

    By Patricia Finn & Dr. Susan Key
    Grades 9-12 / Estimated time: 45-50 minutes 
    Specific recommendation: Honors-level English, 10th/11th grade 

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  • Two Tones in Whitman's "We Two"

    By Patricia Finn & Dr. Susan Key
    Grades 3-5 / Estimated time: 20-30 minutes
    Specific recommendation: 4th or 5th grade Language Arts

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  • Walt Whitman and Music: Melody and Metaphor

    By Patricia Finn & Dr. Susan Key
    Grades 6-8 / Estimated time: 20-25 minutes
    Specific recommendation: 6th-8th grade Language Arts

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Events

  • 24 Apr 2018

    New York Festival of Song: A 30th Anniversary Celebration Merkin Concert Hall New York, NY

    A special evening that recalls our long history and looks ahead to the future. Beloved NYFOS alums appear to share their memories and entertain us with song.
  • 26 Apr 2018

    Wild Sounds: An Environmental Concert Great Bridge United Methodist Church Chesapeake, VA

    Songs by Gwyneth Walker, Steve Heitseg, Juliana Hall, Tom Lehrer and John Duke.
  • 28 Apr 2018

    Vocal Arts DC Song Recital Terrace Theater Washington D.C.

    A song recital with baritone Brian Mulligan and pianist Timothy Long, featuring Dominick Argento's From the Diary of Virginia Woolf, and the world premiere of a work by composer Gregory Speakrs setting the writings of Henry David Thoreau.
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