Hey everyone! This week on Playin’ Around With Playbook, I spoke with the dynamic duo Beth Fortune and Kelly Clingan from The Beth and Kelly Show.
Dubbed “the Beth and Kelly Show” by colleagues, they’re teaching soulmates who love to talk shop and laugh their asses off. They don’t have all the answers, but they do have a ton of experience and are willing to ask questions and make mistakes.
Kelly is currently the Director of Education at Seattle JazzED and a frequent adjudicator at local and regional jazz festivals, including the Lionel Hampton and Reno Jazz Festivals. She also presents and teaches at regional and national music conferences including JEN, MMEA, HMEA, ASTA, CWU, Arts Schools Network, and Berklee City Music. In 2018, Kelly served on the ‘Expanding Opportunities to Learn Jazz in After-school’ Taskforce at Jazz at Lincoln Center.
Elizabeth Fortune is the Director of Orchestras at Seattle’s Ballard High School. Fortune’s work has been at the forefront of National Content Music Standards-based curriculum development. In 2015, Fortune was one of 25 semi-finalists out of 7,000 nominations for the Grammy Music Educator Award. She is a long-time member and contributor to the American String Teachers Association and serves on the National Association for Music Education’s Council for String Education.
Thank you to Beth and Kelly for the laughter and knowledge!
Enjoy!
Trista.