K-12 Arts Programs
Irish Roots and American Branches
Description Performing live Irish music and dance with their descendant American styles, Footworks illuminates an American story of immigration: people bringing with them their traditions, their music and dance, from Ireland, meeting new people and traditions here, and together sharing…
Jazzing Up Learning – Hit the Road, Jack, and Learn to Scat!
Description In Jazzing Up Learning: Hit the Road, Jack, and Learn to Scat!, students explore Jazz music by learning a vocal improvisation language called “scat singing.” Students discover and practice this skill through vocal activities, music, and games; and learn…
Jazzing Up Learning – Hit the Road, Jack!
Description Discover the world of Jazz touring and singing with Renée Collins Georges Jazzing Up Learning assembly. Students take a swinging and singing journey with Renée as a guide. Hear arrangements by Ray Charles, Nat “King” Cole, Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, “Cab” Calloway,…
Tap Live! 101
Description In Tap Live! 101, students enjoy learning ways to create their own rhythm with tap dance. Students learn basic tap steps and explore the elements of dance and music. Team building and collaboration are important principles within the residency. As…
Tap Live!
Description The Tap Live! assembly shares Quynn’s personal journey through tap dance. This interactive and rhythmic performance shares the traditions and history of the American art form of Tap dance with Quynn’s personal journey of perseverance to overcome challenges through dance.…
Singing, Reading, and Writing Songs
Description It’s a show and it’s a workshop! In Singing, Reading, and Writing Songs, Silly Songster Alden sings his original children’s songs, then leads students as they design musical couplets in teams. By physically manipulating magnetic words, roadblocks that inhibit…
Cultivating Virtues: How Does Your Character Garden Grow?
Description This exciting, creative, and fun-filled theatre residency is a unique blend of performance art training and character building. Arts integration strategies are aligned with the performance standards of Common Core. Students focus on the elements of acting while learning…
Creating a Rhyme through Engineering Design
Description Every session with Bomani begins with a music video he created which makes a connection with the Engineering Design Process. Students are asked to answer four questions about themselves before meeting Bomani so that they are prepared to work on…
Write On, Right On, Say Word!
Description During this residency, students will learn rhythm, rhyme, and poetry while using figurative language as tools of literary expression in the form of spoken word and Hip Hop lyricism. In addition to increasing literacy and understanding of context, spoken…
Adventures in Rhythm Residency
Description In the Adventures in Rhythm residency, students gain a deeper understanding of playing and notating rhythms and the science of sound. Students experience performing through drumming and singing. In addition to body percussion and call-and-response exercises, each student will…
Adventures in Rhythm
Description “Mr. Steve” fosters excitement and enthusiasm with his assemblies by bringing your students into the action! The audience becomes part of the band from their seats AND on stage by chanting and singing simple rhythmic melodies and clapping/stomping beats!…
Rhythm, Rhyme & Poetry
Description Femi the DriFish’s poetry performance is a spoken word/slam poetry journey through the various reasons to write and perform. The purpose of Rhythm, Rhyme & Poetry is to show students that the subject matter for writing poetry can include identity,…