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"Scenic Roots" offers conversations that matter in the heart of Chattanooga and the Tennessee Valley.From the mountains to the river, our conversations are rooted deep within every corner of our community - reflecting who we are, who we were and who we can become.We engage with the news that affects our community, behind and beyond the headlines. We build bridges that span from creators and innovators to storytellers and the outdoors. We focus on our challenges as many communities in one - as we celebrate what inspires us. We resonate with countless voices - in words and spaces, sounds and songs.We are "Scenic Roots."Ray Bassett hosts and produces "Scenic Roots" at WUTC.

Music For Their Minds: Song As A Teaching Artist’s Tool

Jennifer Daniels, Wolf Trap teaching artist through UTC’s Arts-Based Collaborative, paying a classroom visit.
Jennifer Daniels
Jennifer Daniels, Wolf Trap teaching artist through UTC’s Arts-Based Collaborative, paying a classroom visit.

For teaching artists, the classroom is the stage - and children and educators are the audience.

Singer-songwriter Jennifer Daniels of Lookout Mountain is one of the teaching artists in the Wolf Trap program at the Arts-Based Collaborative here on our campus, the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.

With her guitar and ukulele, she brings rhythm and movement to her workshop visits with students and their teachers in Chattanooga area classrooms.

Last month, I had a chance to speak with Jennifer - and Helen Holliday, a second-grade teacher at East Brainerd Elementary.

Ray is the host and producer of Scenic Roots, Mondays - Thursdays at 3 PM on WUTC.
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