Student CoLab is National Sawdust’s flagship education program for middle school composers. This free concert is the culmination of the 4-month commissioning program, featuring performances by the students, including original music for voice, guitar, bandola, and cello, as well as electronics and visual art — all written and designed by the students.
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This year, Student CoLab expands beyond its partnership with El Puente Beacon’s Young Leadership Program in Williamsburg, to include John Ericsson Middle School 126 in Greenpoint. Students from both schools will present their work at the culminating concert.
Led by National Sawdust lead teaching artist Juana Luna — cantora, songwriter, and teaching artist for the Lullaby Project and Big Note Little Note at Carnegie Hall — alongside a team of teaching artists, the afternoon celebrates the students’ journeys of discovery and self-expression, and reflects the program’s commitment to accessibility, celebration, and community engagement.
The program engages young people by using the power of music discovery to inspire interdisciplinary art-making which reflects their own experience of the world. With the aim that this journey of artistic discovery and self-expression empowers young people to have a voice on issues that affect them, while also enabling them to explore and fulfill their potential as creative beings.
This is a seated performance. Please email boxoffice@nationalsawdust.org if you have accessibility needs.
Teaching Artists:
Juana Luna, National Sawdust Lead Teaching Artist, Vocalist and Guitarist
Gaby Figueroa, Teaching Artist and Cellist
Mafer Bandola, Teaching Artist and Bandola
Sofia Quirno, Teaching Artist and Visual Artist
Xufian Lumbi, El Puente Teaching Artist and Vocalist
Nicolas Vasquez, John Ericsson Teaching Artist