Beverley Taylor Sorenson Arts Learning Program

NEWSLETTER
October 13, 2016
Issue 36

SPOTLIGHT: Rebecca Penerosa is currently the Visiting

Assistant Professor of Arts Education at Westminster College
where she oversees the Beverley Taylor Sorenson Arts Learning
Program and ArtsBridge. She recently graduated with a Ph.D. in Music
Education from The University of Utah. She previously earned both
a B.M. in Music Education and a M.Ed. in Curriculum and Instruction
from the University of the Pacific in Stockton, CA.
Her endeavors as a mezzo-soprano took her to Vienna, Austria
and Milan, Italy, where she participated in multiple opera and jazz
festivals. Shortly thereafter, a worldwide pursuit began in which
travel to over twenty-eight different countries revealed a spark for
multicultural music. Rebeccas research has since encompassed the value and perceptions placed upon
multicultural music education and arts integration. Her choral experience spans the last 25 years beginning
with a debut in the Sydney Opera House, Australia.
She served as an elementary music educator and middle school choral director for
eleven years in California, Missouri, and Utah. Her focus has been on ESL instruction
and arts integration and remains such through the lens of higher education. Her
passion includes creating and fostering ties among the community with classroom
teachers, arts educators, and preservice students.

SPOTLIGHT: Take a peek inside

Madison Lindgrens art space at
North Summit Elementary School!
SPOTLIGHT: Melissa Gonzalez, dance specialist at
Parleys Park Elementary School in Park City uses dance
and literature (Many Luscious Lollipops by Ruth Heller) to
teach adjectives to her students.
SPOTLIGHT: The mission statement of Park Citys
Weilenmann School of Discovery is To grow through
opportunities for academic excellence, intellectual
inquiry, artistic expression, creativity and discovery, and
a strong connection to nature and the outdoors. This is
exemplified by the integrated projects created in Visual Art
specialist Mariah Kings art room.
SPOTLIGHT:
Only Kathleen Briley, Visual Art
Specialist at South Summit
Elementary School would
have an art studio painted to
look like Mondrians classic
painting.

Students work on the first

step towards creating
personal animal totems.