Molly Lieberman ’06 has won this year’s “One Small Voice” award from the Savannah Children’s Choir, according to the online publication Connect Savannah.
The article described how Ms. Lieberman developed an innovate program called “Loop it up Savannah” that helps disadvantaged youth find their voices through artistic expression.
Ms. Lieberman’s teaches the basics of knitting and art. According to the Savannah Children’s Choir, Ms. Lieberman “created a special program which linked children with senior citizens and SCAD ESL (English as a second language) students to create quilts that represented the “beloved community” experience. Another program taught children how to knit caps to help local kids keep warm in the winter.”
Started in 2007, the “One Small Voice” award recognizes individuals making a difference in the lives of children.
Kaitlin Hopkins ’82
We caught up with Kaitlin Hopkins, head of the musical theatre program at Texas State University San Marcos, who is currently travelling between Texas and Chile where she is helping found the first musical theatre program in the country.
How long have you been teaching?
It’s sort of a weird answer, I’ve been coaching master classes on and off for 15 years. While I was working professionally it was something I loved to do.
The Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival is a very famous college festival that travels around the country, breaking it down into 8 regions, and judging performances, and the regional winners then compete in the national finals in Washington…About 10 or 12 years ago they approached my husband and I, who is also a professional performer, and asked us to judge and teach master classes…It was something we started doing to give back and honestly we loved it, we just loved it. That was sort of the beginning of us realizing we were teachers.
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