"Brian Chevalier", About Brian Chevalier, teaching Artist, artist in residence, educational music, assembly programs for schools, songwriting with kids, songwriting in schools

Recent experience (past four years):

Independent multiple day programs:

·Martin Luther King School
·Charlton Heights Elementary School
·Sanford Street Elementary School
·Schuylerville Elementary School (Two residencies)
·Bolton Central School (Songwriting residency and year long enrichment program)
·Corinth Central School (Five residencies)
·Hadley - Luzerne Central School
·Pine Bush Elementary School
·Bridging The Years Intergenerational Writers Institute
·College Of Saint Joseph
·Jackson Heights Elementary School
·Granville Central School
·Big Cross Elementary School
·Forest Park Elementary School
·Roessleville Elementary School (Two residencies)
·Kennsington Elementary School
·Proctor Elementary School
·Glenmont Elementary School
·Berne - Knox - Westerlo Elementary School
·Queensbury Elementary School

Multiple day programs for Capital Region Center For Arts In Education:

·Berne - Knox - Westerlo Elementary (Five residencies)
·Ichabod Crane Elementary School
·Ichabod Crane Sr. High School
·Van Antwerp Middle School (Three residencies)
·Martin Van Buren Elementary School
·Veeder Elementary School (Three residencies)
·Malta Ave Intermediate School (Three Residencies)
·Arbor Hill Elementary School
·Saddlewood Elementary School
·Lake George Elementary School (Four Residencies)
·Herman L. Bradt Elementary School (Six Residencies)
·Roessleville Elementary School (Six residencies)
·Milton Terrace Elementary School (Two residencies)
·Elsmere Elementary School (Three residencies)
·Wood Road Intermediate School
·Hamagrael Elementary School (Two residencies)
·Glenmont Elementary School (Four residencies)
·Martin Glynn Elementary School (Two residencies)
·Forest Park Elementary School (Six residencies)
·Summer Sessions: 2001 - 2006 - facilitator - teacher training

This list does not include any single day workshop or performance experience. A list of that experience is available upon request.

About Brian Chevalier...
Since studying Classical guitar at Keene State College in Keene, NH, Brian Chevalier has worked extensively as a performer in the northeastern and southeastern United States and as a Teaching Artist throughout the Northeast. He offers in-school performances, workshops , residencies and enrichment programs that address the New York State Learning Standards in a creative and innovative way.
Brian first received his training as a Teaching Artist through the Albany/Schenectady League of Arts apprenticeship program. Since then he has been working for The Capitol Region Center for Arts in Education where he received his initial training and has received on-going professional development in workshops and seminars with facilitators from The Lincoln Center Institute and other professional teaching organizations. He has been trained in the Lincoln Center approach to Aesthetic Education. Brian facilitates workshops for the Capital Region Center For Arts In Education. He also recently completed a grant from the New York State Council on the Arts for which he has composed a collection of songs that address the history and folklore of the Adirondacks. In addition to his ongoing work in the schools he is working on several grants that are assisting him in developing new programs that will be available for next year.