Lissy Gulick, Arts-Educator

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Schools & Arts Programs: teacher and artist-in-residence

MERCER SCHOOL, Shaker Heights, 2010: residency, Mrs. Beney’s kindergarten:

        “Putting  a Story on its Feet”

CLEVELAND HEIGHTS YOUTH THEATRE, 1995-96: Actor Training, ages 11 and 12

WILLOUGHBY SCHOOL OF FINE ARTS, summer program, 1995: Drama Instructor, grades 3-12

CLEVELAND MUSIC SCHOOL SETTLEMENT, 1991: Creative Dramatics Outreach to Center for 

            Human Services, Neighborhood Centers, and Head Start Day Care Programs

CLEVELAND  OPERA, 1991- 95: Music Mentor for Words! Music! Opera!  curriculum, grades K-4

University School

            1995 (fall): Drama Instructor, grades 4-6

            1995 (spring): 5-session residency in theater, grades 4-6

            1989-92: “How do You Show WHO?” Annual Characterization Workshop for gr. 4

HATHAWAY BROWN SCHOOL

1992-93: Composer-in-Residence: “A Requiem” performed by middle school chorus

              Instructor, grade 8: Theater Games And Improvisation

            1990-91: "Expressions" Program: Creative Dramatics, grades 1-2 and 3-5

            1989: Artist-in-Residence: “How Dancers Can Use Their Voices,” Senior Dance Ensemble

BROADWAY SCHOOL OF MUSIC AND THE ARTS, 1984

            1-week introduction to Creative Dramatics, 6th grade

            6-week workshop: “The Actor's Tools: Imagination, Observation, and Concentration”

LAUREL SCHOOL/ LAUREL SCHOOL OF THE THEATRE

            1990: Actor Training, grades  6-10: “Characterization” and “How to Psych Out a Script”

            1983- 89: Drama, gr. 1-4; Music, Eurythmics, gr. 3-5;  Play-making, grades 5-7

            1982: with 3rd-5th graders, wrote songs for and created a 45-minute musical based on

                        scenes from Homer's Odyssey

KENDALE PRIMARY SCHOOL OF ROME, Italy, 1973 74: Chorus, Dalcroze Eurythmics: created the programs. Our children came from 14 countries; concerts featured songs translated by students into Danish, Italian, and Zambian!

Teacher Workshops

CLEVELAND  OPERA, 1993-95: for elementary teachers: “Theater  Games for Kid Composers”

CENTER FOR HUMAN SERVICES, 1991: for pre-school teachers: “Theater Games YOU Can Do!”

UNIVERSITY SCHOOL, 1992: for John Carroll's Teacher Apprentice Program: “Theater Games”          

                                1989: for primary teachers: “Theater Games in the Classroom”

Lecture-Concerts: writer / performer/ singer

GREAT LAKES HISTORICAL SOCIETY, 1995: “Ballads of the Inland Seas” co-written and performed with Bette Lou Higgins

WESTERN RESERVE HISTORICAL SOCIETY, 1989  - 1993:  “Voices from Early Ohio” 

              “Canal Songs & Stories” with BetteLou Higgins: ballads and tales from Ohio's colorful Canal Era

YOUNG AUDIENCES OF GREATER CLEVELAND: Roster Artist, 1991-92:“Voices from Early Ohio”

CLEVELAND SCHOOL OF THE ARTS, 1987: “From English Ballad to American Rock” (grades6/7)

Education and Training

OPERA/AMERICA, Boston, 1991: workshop in opera composition and music mentorship

AMERICAN MUSIC AND DRAMA ACADEMY (AMDA), New York, 1965 - 1966:  Acting, Dalcroze Eurythmics,

            Dance (Modern, Tap), Solfeggio, Speech, Voice

VASSAR COLLEGE, 1962 - 1965: Major: Theater   Minor: Music Theory and Composition

INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MUSIC, 1969-1971: voice with Elizabeth Mannion