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Contact Information:

Milton Hopkins

Email:

operationgookc@gmail.com

Website:

operationgookc.org

Discipline:

• Instrumental Music
• Vocal/Choral Music
• Music Composition

Participants:

• Elementary School

• Middle School

• High School

• At-Risk Youth/Alternative Education

Settings:

• Elementary

• Middle School

• High School

• Alternative Education

• Parks & Recreation Centers

• Art Centers

Availability:

• Central Oklahoma

• Year-Round

Bio:

Milton Hopkins offers instruction in vocal and instrumental music. In addition to leading classes in churches, schools, and juvenile justice facilities, Hopkins has formed youth choirs and produced and presented youth plays in community settings.

Hopkins' adaptive and collaborative style of crafting residencies makes him a successful partner to host sites. His residencies invite students to explore music as a discipline and creative outlet. Through interactive lessons, students engage in musical concepts, listening and performance skills, and composition processes. His program integrates artistic techniques such as rhythm, melody, harmony, dynamics, and improvisation, tailored to the students’ ages and skill levels. Students gain hands-on experience with music-making—whether through instruments, voice, or body percussion—and work collaboratively toward a culminating performance or sharing session.

Learning Goals:

• Exploring AI [Large Language Models] and other technologic impacts on writing and creativity. Reducing fear and amplifying empowerment.

• Listening to, appreciating, and writing several forms of poetry.

• Writing to connect and heal: with self, with others, with history and community.

• Mining and recreating details of life stories and experiences.

• Learning and practicing brainstorming and creative strategies.

• Mastering, providing, and receiving constructive feedback with other writers.

• Practicing and improving revision and editing skills.