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LANGUAGE & LITERATURE

EXPLORING MODERN LANGUAGES THROUGH MUSIC

Grades 5-6
3 performing/teaching artists - 3 presentations/day
$550 + $350 + $225= $1125

A lively presentation of songs performed in up to five languages: French, Italian, Spanish, German and Shakespearean English.  Students hear the nuances of each language and experience a taste of the spirit and temperament belonging to different peoples and different times.  Performance is interspersed with conversation and opportunities for questions. Song texts are provided to teachers in advance. Song translations and vocabulary are discussed. Teachers may request programs focusing on one or more specific modern languages or a broad range of languages.

MUSIC AS STORY: MUSIC AS INSPIRATION FOR CREATIVE WRITING

Grades 4-6
2 performing/teaching artists - 3 presentations/day
$475 + $350 + $225= $1050

Musical clues to creative writing, musical conversations, imagination and creativity unleashed! This program deepens the listening process by focusing on the story element in music. In the hands of our musicians, music becomes conversational and a language of its own. Children first listen to musical clues (major and minor harmony, rhythmic energy, pitch ranges and harmony) and explore their meaning. Then, using their heightened awareness, they connect the emotional meaning of the music to their creative writing talents. In this way, musical imagination is linked to the skills and imagination of storytelling. The program includes an exercise in which children participate in a lively musical conversation with an improvising musician in the role of a mythical creature. The children co-create the mythical creature and the unique world it inhabits and begin their own creative writing and storytelling based entirely on musical clues! Teachers may record this session for more creative writing and listening in the classroom.

SIMPLE GIFTS: STORYSONGS FOR YOUNG CHILDREN

Grades K-3
1 performing/teaching artist plus an accompanist - 3 presentations/day
$450 + $300 + $175= $925

"Simple Gifts," "The Ugly Duckling," "Anyone Can Whistle," "Where Is Love?," "My Favorite Things," "Picture A World," "Nothin’s Gonna Harm You," "The Emperor's New Clothes," and more…

This program introduces young children to storytelling through music while nurturing the development of imagination and intuition. SIMPLE GIFTS weaves together themes of caring for each other, working together and taking care of our world. The program is friendly, interactive, and filled with surprising discoveries. It also includes important time for questions and conversation with the children.

MUSIC OF MYTHS, FABLES & LITERATURE

Grades 4-6
2 or more performing/teaching artists plus an accompanist - 3 presentations/day
$550 + $350 + $225= $1125

Myths, legends and fables from around the world come to life through music and theatrical storytelling! Camelot, Kismet, The Wizard of Oz, The Pied Piper, Syrinx and the Pipes of Pan, the West African tale of Gassira's Lute, The Story of El Ahrairah from Richard Adam's book Watership Down, Joseph Campbell's The Hero's Journey, and more. Each performance presentation is tailored to meet the needs and grade levels of the students. Teachers can help select the myths and fables presented to their classes. Each myth or fable, with its legend and mythology, is introduced before performance by students who have studied the selections with their class. Performances of the myths and fables include frequent student participation.

THE MAGIC FLUTE

Grades K-3
1 performing/teaching artists - 3 presentations/day
$375 + $175 + $100= $650

Follow me! Follow me to a wondrous place of fantastic tales! In THE MAGIC FLUTE, the flute becomes the voice and storyteller of great myths, legends and fables. The children are introduced to Greek Mythology through a musical re-telling of the story of Pan and the wood Nymph, Syrinx. History and literature come to life in the colorful tale of the Pied Piper and Native American flute player/traveling salesman, Kokopeli. Opera and the heroes journey are celebrated with Mozart's fantastic tale, THE MAGIC FLUTE. After using prepared study guide material, the children are encouraged to become the players, the artists and the heroes in each of these dramas while learning history, culture, storytelling traditions and participation in the arts.