TEACHING ARTIST SESSION

M-004 The Magic of the Flute Family – Music and Emotions (PK-8)

Elementary School, Iberia Parish, Lafayette Parish, Math, Middle School, Music, Science, Social Emotional Learning, St. Landry Parish, St. Martin Parish, Vermilion Parish

Students will learn about the various instruments of the flute family: recorder, piccolo, flute, alto flute, and bass flute. Students will engage in a discussion about sound, acoustics, as well as how various sounds affect mood, imagination, and emotion. The artist will perform selections on each of these instruments. During the session, each instrument will play a role in a narrative story, created by the students with the Teaching Artist’s guidance. This activity incorporates music, social-emotional learning, the spoken word with storytelling, language arts, as well as the study of sound that involves concepts of mathematics and science. This activity is also adaptable for Special Education.

Single session

Andrea Kapell Loewy

Professor Emerita Andrea Kapell Loewy is Principal Flutist of the Acadiana Symphony and has played several concertos with the orchestra. Other orchestral work includes Principal Flute of the Orchestra of the State of Mexico, and Guest Principal Flutist of the Shanghai Symphony. She has presented four recital/teaching tours in China and has given a solo recital in England. She has also performed at several National Flute Conventions including those in New Orleans, St. Louis, Kansas City, Chicago, Dallas, and New York City. Loewy has concertized extensively with Yuling Huang-Davie, pianist, at numerous colleges and art centers throughout the United States. She has served as Chair of the National Flute Association’s Newly-Published Music Committee. Centaur Records released her CD of contemporary flute works titled Apparitions and Whimsies.

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