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The Kennedy Center Activity Report

for

Illinois


The following represent those individuals, their respective companies and cities of origin that
participate in the Kennedy Center and its activities and oversight.


BOARDS/LEADERSHIP

Board of Trustees
The governing and leadership group composed of 35 members appointed by the President of the United States and 22 ex officio members who serve as designated by Act of Congress.

2009 Mrs. Shirley W. Ryan
Winnetka, IL

Trustee
Kennedy Center Corporate Fund Board
A partnership composed of the nation's most distinguished leaders who help to secure funding in support of The Kennedy Center's arts education programs.

2009 Ms. Patricia Woertz
Chief Executive Officer and President, Archer Daniels Midland Company
Decatur, IL

Vice Chairman
Kennedy Center International Committee on the Arts
An advisory board comprised of arts advocates from America and overseas who support international programming at The Kennedy Center as well as provide a conduit for the international exchange of information about the arts.

2009 Mrs. Sherry Wachs
Lake Bluff, IL

Member
National Committee for the Performing Arts
A national advisory board whose members provide important support for The Kennedy Center through their leadership and advocacy in their home community as well as financial support. The NCPA has raised over $9 million for national arts education.

2009 Mrs. Gretchen Jordan
Chicago, IL

Member
2009 Ms. Dawn Meiners
Winnetka, IL

Member
National Symphony Orchestra National Trustees
A 50-member advisory board from around the Nation and overseas who are counselors and patrons of the NSO.

2009 Mrs. Mary Galvin
Barrington Hills, IL

Member
2009 Mr. Melvin J. Gordon
Chairman, Tootsie Roll Industries, Inc.
Chicago, IL

Member
President's Advisory Committee on the Arts
A national advisory board appointed by the President of the United States to serve as "Ambassadors for the Arts" on behalf of The Kennedy Center to their home states and communities and who support the Center's national education and outreach programs.

2009 Ms. Mary Galvin
Barrington Hills, IL

Member
2009 Mrs. Patricia H. Gerber
Lake Forest, IL

Member
VSA Arts Advisory Board of Directors
A group of advisors commited to helping VSA Arts in highlighting the significant accomplishments of individuals with disabilities who demonstrate commitment to pursue the arts.

2009 Lucy Lehman
Evanston, IL

Member
EDUCATION

Accessibility
This initiative ensures that all performances and events at The Kennedy Center are accessible to visitors and guests with disabilities and assists other organizations and individuals throughout the United States in establishing or improving access for people with disabilities to all aspects of the cultural arts.

2008 Ms. Courtney Egg
Patron Services Director, Krannert Center
Urbana, IL
LEAD-August 2008

Participant
2008 Ms. Robin A. Jones
Project Director, DBTAC:Great Lakes ADA
Chicago, IL
LEAD-August 2008

Participant
2008 Ms. Kristin Rice
Account Manager, Antenna Audio, Discover
Chicago, IL
LEAD-August 2008

Participant
American College Theatre Festival
A national competition, awards program and theater education program for colleges and their students.

2007 Bradley University Theatre
Peoria, IL

School
2007 DePaul University
Chicago, IL

School
2007 Lincoln College
Lincoln, IL

School
2007 Moraine Valley Community College
Palos Hills, IL

School
2007 Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Edwardsville, IL

School
2007 North Central College
Naperville, IL

School
2007 Elmhurst College
Elmhurst, IL

School
2007 Principia College
, IL

School
2007 Illinois College
Jacksonville, IL

School
2007 Eastern Illinois University
Charleston, IL

School
2007 Western Illinois University
Macomb, IL

School
2007 The University of Illinois at Springfield
Springfield, IL

School
2007 University of Urbana- Champaign
Urbana, IL

School
2007 Black Hawk College
Moline, IL

School
2007 Millikin University
Decatur, IL

School
2007 Lewis University
Romeoville, IL

School
2007 Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Carbondale, IL

School
2007 Monmouth College
Monmouth, IL

School
2007 Illinois State University
Normal, IL

School
Capacity Building Program
An assembly of managers and directors from theaters, dance companies and music ensembles that are "of color" who will work collectively to strengthen their respective positions in their communities through a program of information exchange with Kennedy Center Management.

2008 Mr. Lane Alexander
Founder & Director, Chicago Human Rhythm Project
Chicago, IL
Board Member Participants - October 2008

Participant
2005 Elgin Symphony Orchestra
Elgin, IL

Participant
2005 Rockford Symphony Orchestra
Rockford, IL

Participant
2005 St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
St. Louis, IL

Participant
Events for Students
Live and satellite-based programs which are designed for high school and college-level students to participate in and develop a better understanding of the performing arts.

2003 Curtis Brenda
Harrisburg High
Harrisburg, IL
Distance Learning

School
Exploring Ballet with Suzanne Farrell
An intensive three-week summer program for intermediate to advanced students aged 14 to 18 which is directed by one of America's most recognized prmia ballerinas.

2008 Rebecca Brunch
Peoria, IL

Student
2008 Ms. Rebecca Brunch
Peoria, IL
Participants-July 2008

Student
2004 Tovah Collins
Chicago, IL

Student
Jazz


2006 Jeff Greene
student, Indiana Univeristy
Chicago, IL
Betty Carter Jazz Ahead

Participant
2005 Kyle Asche
Northern Illinois University
Chicago, IL
2005 Betty Cartet's Jazz Ahead

Participant
2005 Jordan Baskin
Indiana University
Chicago, IL
2005 Betty Carter's Jazz Ahead

Participant
2004 Lorin Cohen
Chicago, IL
Dept. of State - Kennedy Center Jazz Ambassador 2004

Participant
2004 Mari Jayme
Chicago, IL
Betty Carter's Jazz Ahead residency 2004

Participant
2004 Benjamin Lewis
Chicago, IL
Dept. of State - Kennedy Center Jazz Ambassador 2004

Participant
2004 Matt Lewis
Chicago, IL
Dept. of State - Kennedy Center Jazz Ambassador 2004

Participant
2004 Bryan Nichols
Chicago, IL
Betty Carter's Jazz Ahead residency 2004

Participant
2004 Michael Raynor
Chicago, IL
Dept. of State - Kennedy Center Jazz Ambassador 2004

Participant
Jazz Ahead


2008 James Davis
Chicago, IL
Jazz Ahead 2008 - trumpet

Student
2008 Adam Larson
Normal, IL
Jazz Ahead 2008 - tenor saxophone

Student
Kennedy Center Alliance for Arts Education Network
A network of state-based organizations that works to infuse the arts into the education system of their state.

2009 Ms. Amber Harper
Past President, Illinois Alliance for Arts Education
Bureau, IL
2009 Network Leadership Committee

Participant
2009 Ms. Barbara Heimerdinger
Director, Illinois Alliance for Arts Education
DeKalb, IL
2009 Kennedy Center Alliamce for Arts Education Network-Member

Participant
2009 Ms. Becky Blaine
President, Illinois Alliance for Arts Education
St. Charles, IL
2009 Kennedy Center Alliamce for Arts Education Network-Member

Participant
2009 Ms. Susan Berry
Vice President, Illinois Alliance for Arts Education
Princeton, IL
2009 Kennedy Center Alliamce for Arts Education Network-Member

Participant
2008 Ms. Amber Harper
Past President, Illinois Alliance for Arts Education
Bureau, IL
2008 Network Leadership Committee

Participant
2008 Ms. Barbara Heimerdinger
Director, Illinois Alliance for Arts Education
DeKalb, IL

Participant
2008 Ms. Becky Blaine
President, Illinois Alliance for Arts Education
DeKalb, IL

Participant
2008 Ms. Susan Berry
Vice President, Illinois Alliance for Arts Education
DeKalb, IL

Participant
2007 Becky Blaine
Chair-Elect, Illinois Alliance for Arts Education
St. Charles, IL

Organization
2007 Amber Harper
Chairperson, Illinois Alliance for Arts Education
Bureau, IL

Organization
2007 Barbara Heimerdinger
Executive Director, Illinois Alliance for Arts Education
DeKalb, IL
Karen Erickson, Former Illinois AAE Chair, is 2002-2003 KCAAEN Chair and a KCAAEN National Governance Committee representative for 2001-2003.

Organization
2007 Jim Szczepaniak
Community Relations Director, Niles Township High School District 219
Skokie, IL
2007 KCAAEN & NSBA Award Winner

Winner
2006 Pamela Jordan
Principal, The Chicago Academy for the Arts
Chicago, IL
2005-2006 KCAAEN Creative Ticket Award National School of Distinction

Winner
Kennedy Center Fellowships
A comprehesive management-training program for highly qualified individuals who aspire to manage performing arts institutions and arts service organizations.

2006 Joanna C. Felder
Evanston, IL

Participant
2005 Kyle Gorden
Chicago, IL

Participant
Kennedy Center Internships
College juniors, seniors and students who have not been out of school more than two years have the opportunity to intern in a specific department of The Kennedy Center.

2007 Blair A Brown
Bourbonnais, IL

Participant
Millennium Stage
Free performances are presented every day at 6:00 p.m. in The Kennedy Center's Grand Foyer.

2007 Chicago Academy for the Arts (KCAAEN)
Chicago Academy for the Arts, PAFE
Chicago, IL

Artist
2005
Chicago, IL

Artist
2005
Jonesboro, IL

Artist
2003 Baltimore/Chicago Comtemporary Dance
DeKalb, IL

Artist
2003 Vanessa Carr
Chicago, IL
W/S 2003 KCACTF intern

Artist
2003 Hubbard Street 2
Chicago, IL

Artist
2003 Peter Siegel
Oak Park, IL

Artist
2003 Sons of the Never Wrong
Chicago, IL

Artist
2003 Barb Sorensen
Schaumberg, IL

Artist
2002 Mark Dvorak
Kanesville, IL

Artist
2002 Groovelily
Kanesville, IL

Artist
2002 Corey Harris
Chicago, IL

Artist
2002 Norah Jones
Chicago, IL

Artist
2002 Tom McCabe
Kanesville, IL

Artist
2002 Lee Murdock
Kanesville, IL

Artist
2002 Sandip Burman Trio
Chicago, IL

Artist
2002 Peggy Seeger
Oak Park, IL

Artist
2002 Sons of the Never Wrong
Chicago, IL

Artist
2001 Hubbard Street Dance Chicago
Chicago, IL

Artist
2001 Si Kahn
Oak Park, IL

Artist
2001 Katie Kerkhover
Rockwood, IL

Artist
2000 Liz Carroll
Round Lake, IL

Artist
2000 Laurence Hopgood
Chicago, IL

Artist
2000 Hubbard Street Dance Chicago
Chicago, IL

Artist
2000 Mass Ensemble
Chicago, IL

Artist
2000 Michael Miles
Glenview, IL

Artist
2000 The Magic Banjo
Glenview, IL

Artist
miller
A Web-based arts and education network that provides educators with resources for teaching in, through and about the arts: http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org.

2006 Kiersten Hoiland
Park Ridge, IL
selected by competition in state

Artist
2005 Alex Chin
Urbana, IL
Selected by competition in state

Artist
2005 Ayane Kozasa
River Forest, IL
Selected by competition in state

Artist
2004 Leah Asher
Rockford, IL
Selected by competition in state

Artist
2004 Leah Asher
Rockford, IL
Selected by competition in state

Artist
NSO Youth Soloists' Competition
A competition designed to encourage and foster the development of high school musicians. The winner performs as a soloist with the NSO.

2008 Sang Jun Yhee
Evanston, IL
National Young Artist Division

Artist
Partners in Education
The Performing Arts Centers and Schools is a program which works with cultural organizations and schools throughout the nation to expand their education programs with a primary focus on the education of teachers.

2009
Quad City Arts
, IL
Partnership teams

Participant
2009
Urban Gateways
, IL
Partnership teams

Participant
2009
Chicago Public Schools
Chicago, IL
Partnership teams

Participant
2007 Chicago Public Schools
Chicago, IL
Team entered program in 1995. 354 teachers participated in 6 workshops during 2003-2004. 2005-2006 Research Grant Recipient. Recipient of National Partnerships Whole School Improvement Grant for 2006-2007.

Participant
2007 Quad City Arts
Rock Island, IL
Team entered program in 1992; 60 teachers participated in 6 workshops in 2002-2003.

Participant
2006 Hubbard Street Dance Chicago
Chicago, IL
Team entered program in 1995. 354 teachers participated in 6 workshops in 2003-2004. 2005-2006 Research Grant Recipient. Recipient of National Partnerships Whole School Improvement Grant for 2006-2007.

Participant
2004 Hubbard Street Dance Chicago
Chicago, IL
Team entered partnership in 1995; 354 teachers participated in 9 workshops in 2003-2004.

Participant
Summer Music Institute
A four-week festival of orchestral and chambermusic for young people ages 15 to 21 at The Kennedy Center. The Institute consists of orchestral and chamber music coached by NSO musicians, conducting and master classes, private lessons with NSO musicians and additional enrichment sessions.

2002 Lauren Walker
Bolingbrook, IL
Selected by competition in state

Artist
2001 Lauren Walker
Bolingbrook, IL
Selected by competition in state

Artist
Youth and Family Programs
An initiative which creates, commissions, produces, presents and tours performances for young people and their families both locally and nationally.

2009
Sangamon Auditorium, University of Illinois at Springfield
Springfield, IL
The Phantom Tollbooth

Other
2009
The Rialto Square Theatre
Joliet, IL
The Phantom Tollbooth

Other
2009
Raue Center for the Arts
Crystal Lake, IL
The Phantom Tollbooth

Other
2009
McAninch Arts Center at Colleg of DuPage
Glen Ellyn, IL
The Phantom Tollbooth

Other
2008
Adventure Stage Chicago
Chicago, IL
Part of the Kennedy Center's New Visions/New Voices 2008 festival.

Organization
2007 North Shore Center for the Performing Arts
Skokie, IL

Organization
2007 Bloomington Cultural District
Bloomington, IL

Organization
2007 McAninch Arts Center
Glen Ellyn, IL

Organization
2006
Steppenwolf Theatre
Chicago, IL
New Visions/New Voices 2006

Artist
2006 Braden Auditorium, Illinois State University
Braden Auditorium, Illinois State University
Normal, IL

Participant
2006 Grand Ballroom, Western Illinois University
Grand Ballroom, Western Illinois University
Macomb, IL

Participant
2005 Thomas Ryan
VP of Administrative Affairs, College of DuPage, McAninch Arts Center
Glen Ellyn, IL

Other
2005 Stephen Cummins
Board of Trustees, Krannert Center for the Performing Arts at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Urbana, IL

Other
2005 Peoria Civic Center
Peoria Civic Center
Peoria, IL

Participant
2005 Raue Center for the Arts
Raue Center for the Arts
Crystal Lake, IL

Participant
2005 Holly Richard
Assistant Director, Raue Center for the Arts
Crystal Lake, IL

Other
2005 Rialto Square Theatre
Rialto Square Theatre
Joilet, IL

Participant
2005 Sangamon Auditorium, University of Illinois at Springfield
Sangamon Auditorium, University of Illinois at Springfield
Springfield, IL

Participant
2005 Carly Shank
Sangamon Auditorium, University of Illinois at Springfield
Springfield, IL

Other
2005 Christina Steelman
Assistant Director of Student Activities, Western Illinois University
Macomb, IL

Other
2005 Randy Green
Will County Metropolitan Exposition and Auditorium Authority, Rialto Square Theatre
Joliet, IL

Other
2003 Braden Auditorium
Normal, IL
Imagination Celebration on Tour: The Nightingale

Participant
2003 Center East Inc.
Skokie, IL
Imagination Celebration on Tour: The Nightingale

Participant
2003 Krannert Center for the Performing Arts
Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champagne
Urbana, IL
Imagination Celebration on Tour: The Emperor's New Clothes

Participant
2003 Krannert Center for the Performing Arts
Urbana, IL
Imagination Celebration on Tour: The Nightingale

Participant
2003 Rialto Square Theatre
Joliet, IL
Imagination Celebration on Tour: Dreams in the Golden Country

Participant
2001 Center East Inc.
Skokie, IL
Imagination Celebration on Tour: Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse

Participant
2000 Center East Inc.
Skokie, IL
Imagination Celebration on Tour: Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

Participant
2000 Centre East Inc.
Skokie, IL
Imagination Celebration on Tour - My Lord What a Morning: The Marian Anderson Story

Participant
2000 Paramount Arts Center
Aurora, IL
Imagination Celebration on Tour: Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

Participant
1999 College of DuPage
Glen Ellyn, IL
Imagination Celebration on Tour: Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

Participant
1999 Governor State University
University Park, IL
Imagination Celebration on Tour: Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

Participant
1999 Krannert Center for the Performing Arts
Urbana, IL
Imagination Celebration on Tour: Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

Participant
1999 Sangamon Auditorium
Springfield, IL
Imagination Celebration on Tour: Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

Participant