2022-2023 Grant Recipients
Wolf Trap would like to congratulate the recipients of the 2022/2023 High School Grants for Performing Arts Teachers. This year’s grantees include:
Justin Daniel
Tuscarora High School (Loudoun County Public Schools)
Sharon Asro Faber
Watkins Mill High School (Montgomery County Public Schools)
LeAnn Holden-Martin
Charles H. Flowers High School (Prince George’s County Public Schools)
Karon Johnson
Gwynn Park High School (Prince George’s County Public Schools)
Hope Lambert
H-B Woodlawn Secondary Program (Arlington Public Schools)
Annie Ray
Annandale High School (Fairfax County Public Schools)
Al Rodriguez
Mount Vernon High School (Fairfax County Public Schools)
Caitlyn Schneeman
Cardozo Education Campus (DC Public Schools)
Check back for more information about this year’s projects.
Program Overview
Many artists and arts lovers trace their initial spark of interest back to a high school performing arts teacher. It’s from these teachers that students learned to express themselves, assert their individuality, collaborate with others—and most of all, discover that distinct sense of excitement and possibility many of us get from the performing arts. And so, Wolf Trap rewards the teachers who make it all possible—particularly those creating innovative new programs.
For the 2022-2023 school year, Wolf Trap will award grants of up to $5,000 to a select number of public high school teachers who are working to bring new and exciting performing arts experiences to their students.
Most grant projects fall under one or more of the following categories:
Artist Residencies – Wolf Trap will support residencies with professional performing artists to support and supplement classroom work leading to student performance.
Commissions – Wolf Trap will support a teacher, student, or visiting guest artist in the creation of an original dance, music, or theatre piece for a specific group of students that would be performed by the students in concert.
Master Classes – Wolf Trap will support a visiting guest artist to teach a series of master classes to students in conjunction with class study and student performance.
Technology in the Arts – Wolf Trap will support technological improvements that may allow for further educational opportunities in the arts and encourage technical and media applications in instruction leading to integration of technology in student performance.
Arts and the Environment – Wolf Trap celebrates the relationship between art and nature, using the arts to help protect the environment. Grantees are encouraged to consider “green” projects and to create a culture of environmental responsibility in their performing arts programs.
Arts Integration – Wolf Trap will support collaborations that explore core subjects or STEM classes through an artistic discipline. Grantees are encouraged to work with teachers of different disciplines to find innovative ways to reach learning goals and display student learning through a performance.
Arts and Social Change – Wolf Trap values the impact the arts can have in addressing community inequalities. Grantees are encouraged to center their projects around a student-identified issue of concern within their community and use the performing arts to raise awareness, inspire dialogue, and offer solutions.
Eligibility
- All grant projects must take place during the 2022-2023 school year.
- Applicants must be a public high school teacher of music, dance or theater currently teaching in Washington, DC; Montgomery County, Maryland; Prince George’s County, Maryland; Loudoun County, Virginia; Arlington County, Virginia; Fairfax County, Virginia; or Falls Church City, Virginia.
- Award will not exceed $5,000. The majority of the grant money must be used for student instruction and learning. With prior approval from Wolf Trap, minimal funds may be used to purchase equipment if it is a major component of the project.
- Teacher grantees and their schools will be responsible for the design and implementation of proposed projects, which includes the selection of participating performing artists and works. Wolf Trap is not able to secure artists and/or permissions.
- Teachers are encouraged to work with colleagues within their schools and/or across the county.
- The project should culminate in a student performance or presentation of learning. Grantee schools may be invited to attend a performance and reception at the historic Barns at Wolf Trap in the spring of 2023.
Application Process
Click the “Apply Now” button at the bottom of this page to apply online. You must complete the entire application to be considered for a grant.
The entire application is available here for planning purposes.
Each applicant will receive acknowledgement of application receipt immediately after submission.
Should you have any questions prior to submitting an application, please contact
edugrants@wolftrap.org or 703.937.6304.
Key Dates
October 1, 2022 – Application deadline
October 18, 2022 – Grant awardees notified
October 24, 2022 – Grantee orientation
Spring 2023 – Performance and reception at The Barns at Wolf Trap
Review Process and Winning Examples
A select panel consisting of county performing arts coordinators/supervisors, local performing artists, and former Wolf Trap Grants for High School Performing Arts Teachers grantees will review completed applicant proposals.
Each application is reviewed and evaluated using this rubric.
Project Samples:
- A theater department working with a Foley Artist to produce a radio production.
- A collaboration between three choral directors to engage a professional singer to coach their bass sections.
- A band director inviting professional musicians to lead virtual master classes on technique, tone, and quality.
Sample Application for the 2022-2023 School Year
Selection Process
Grant awardees are selected by Wolf Trap Foundation in conjunction with the selected review panel and will receive notification via email by October 18, 2022. Applicants that are not selected will be notified soon after the final decisions are made.
Questions
Email
edugrants@wolftrap.org or call 703.937.6304.
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