Introduction

Voices Across Time is a five-week summer institute for teachers held at the University of Pittsburgh and made possible by the National Endowment for the Humanities. Over the five weeks, 25 teachers have the chance to study American music in some depth with the hope of bringing some of that music back with them to their respective classrooms.

Why music?
Often marginalized in high school curriculums, music provides a great teaching tool to reach adolescents. It provides a primary text which has the potential to bring periods of history alive. It reaches out to students who might be more musically inclined; finally, incorporating music in non-music classes is a great way to bridge disciplines. Voices Across Time aims to promote use of music in classroom curriculum.

Here is a list of this year's participants:
Jacquelyn Chappel, the keeper of this blog who hails from Honolulu, HI
Tamara Escribano from Puerto Rico
Anne Ford who drives over to Pittsburgh from West Virginia
Michael Fowler from Tampa, FL
Lynn Gallagher-Vallejo from Victoria, TX (two hours south of Houston)
Patricia Gallagher from West Hempstead (Long Island), NY
Jose Galvan from Colchester, IL (western Illinois)
Cindy Grubbs, Miss Jacksonville
Daniel Hanczar from Oakdale, PA (just outside Pittsburgh)
Benjamin Hesse from Philadelphia, PA
Jim Holmes from Pittsburgh, PA
Adria Howell from Arvada, CO
Wilma Killian from Port Orchard, WA
John Brian Latham from Willard, MO (the Ozarks)
Joel Latman from Norwich, CT (and teaching at the finest school in the country)
Tamara Metz from Chinle, AZ (on an Indian reservation and 1-1/2 hours from anything)
Paulinda Nnamdi from Thunderbolt, GA (near Savannah)
Janys O'Connor from Tulsa, OK
Judy Perez from Long Beach, CA
Micah Richardson from Seattle, WA
Paul Sweeney currently teaching in N. Miami Beach, FL (but originally from Pittsburgh)
Ashley Symons from Turnersville, NJ
Polly Whiteside from Lakewood, CO and representing the same school as Adria Howell
Diane Whitney from Tallahassee, FL

The organizers for this year's Voices Across Time are:
Deane Root
Mariana Whitmer
Kathy Miller Haines