What does the imagination sound like? Classes can explore that in this multi-sensory, cross-curricular workshop. Students will learn how the sounds of the flute can be used to evoke stories with various moods and feelings. Andrea will perform several pieces from many different eras and cultures (including the French impressionism/embedded-story style as well as the Bossa Nova dance style of Brazil). Students will engage in a meaningful discussion and be supported in describing how the imagination creates stories and expressing the feelings evoked by the pieces. This richly-textured activity incorporates music, social-emotional learning, spoken word/aural stories, and language arts.
TEACHING ARTIST SESSION
Music, Imagination, and Storytelling (PK-12)
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. Andrea has also performed at several National Flute Conventions including those in New Orleans, St. Louis, Kansas City, Chicago, Dallas, and New York City. She has concertized extensively with Yuling Huang-Davie, pianist, at numerous colleges and art centers throughout the United States. Andrea has served as Chair of the National Flute Association’s Newly-Published Music Committee. Her CD of contemporary flute works titled Apparitions and Whimsies was released by Centaur Records.
