{"id":4378,"date":"2017-11-16T09:58:44","date_gmt":"2017-11-16T14:58:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/machias.edu\/?p=4378"},"modified":"2017-11-16T09:58:44","modified_gmt":"2017-11-16T14:58:44","slug":"gene-nichols-receives-maine-music-educator-year-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/machias.edu\/news\/2017\/11\/16\/gene-nichols-receives-maine-music-educator-year-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Gene Nichols Receives Maine Music Educator of the Year Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cTeaching,\u201d says long-time University of Maine Music\u00a0music\u00a0instructor, Gene Nichols, \u201cis mostly planting seeds and not knowing when or where they might sprout.\u201d\u00a0<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>One of Nichols\u2019 seeds was planted in the mind of Jeff Shaw, a UMM alum who graduated in 2000 with a IFA\/BA with a music concentration. \u201cOver seventeen years ago, Gene Nichols and I had a conversation in Machias,\u201d says Shaw, now Executive Director of Maine Academy of Modern Music, \u201cand it started all this.\u201d\u00a0<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>By \u201call this,\u201d Shaw is referring to the statewide nonprofit he founded that now provides music education to over a thousand Maine kids each year. Of those, approximately half are supported by scholarships that MAMM raises annually. MAMM\u2019s Washington County presence is hefty, with programs in place through partner organizations UMM, Maine Seacoast Mission\u2019s\u00a0EdGE\u00a0program, and\u00a0Cobscook\u00a0Community Learning Center. Between 75 and 100 children across the county receive music lessons or other instruction through MAMM. These programs include weeklong rock and roll camps held at UMM each summer.\u00a0<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>A graduate of UMM, Shaw was back on campus recently to honor his mentor, Gene Nichols, with MAMM\u2019s 2017\u00a0<i>Maine Music Educator\u00a0<\/i>award: the inaugural year of an award that will now be open to statewide nominations. The theme of the award is\u00a0<i>Rock Stars in Our Community.\u00a0<\/i>\u201cGene was the obvious choice for this award. He was a critical part of the vision for MAMM, and is actively involved in its Downeast programs. In many ways, Gene is central to all things music in Downeast Maine.\u201d<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>After teaching for several music schools in greater Portland, Shaw determined that there was a need for something more than the offerings available and launched MAMM. During its first five years, the organization primarily served kids in Portland, but in 2012, statewide programs with full scholarships appeared on the MAMM menu. \u201cWith Gene\u2019s help, we brought free music lessons to kids in Washington County. None of this would be here without him.\u201d<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The award itself, handed to Nichols at a ceremony at UMM on October 25, was appropriately a gold record. \u201cEveryone should learn an instrument and get into a garage band,\u201d said Nichols upon receiving his award. \u201cPlaying music with other people is the most exhilarating feeling!\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cTeaching,\u201d says long-time University of Maine Music\u00a0music\u00a0instructor, Gene Nichols, \u201cis mostly planting seeds and not knowing when or where they might sprout.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 One of Nichols\u2019 seeds was planted in the mind of Jeff Shaw, a UMM alum who graduated in 2000 with a IFA\/BA with a music concentration. \u201cOver seventeen years ago, Gene Nichols and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":145,"featured_media":4379,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"academic-area":[],"umaine-feed":[],"region":[],"class_list":["post-4378","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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