TEACHING ARTIST SESSION CATEGORIES
After exploring emotionally-charged artwork and poetry created by various artists and authors, students will create their own artwork or writing featuring images or words based on things (not people) that make them emotional.
Author Theresa Singleton will read her book, Zydeco Zoom, to students and discuss Zydeco music, musicians and important Zydeco instruments. Students will be taught the “Zoom dance” too!
Author Theresa Singleton will share two of her books with unique accompanying songs and movement: Grandfather Lee and the Bees, and Pierre’s Empty Pouch.
Everyone has a story to tell! In this session, students will learn first that the most important thing in communication is really learning how to listen!
Students will learn three simple hand movements on the djembe or other percussive instruments will then be brought together in a circle.
Students will learn how the sounds of the flute can be used to evoke stories with various moods and feelings.
Students will learn about the various instruments of the flute family: recorder, piccolo, flute, alto flute, and bass flute.
Students will listen to the music of the flute and use drawing to express the imagined stories and moods from the sounds heard.
Jeremy Benoit “JB Saax ” takes students through a crash course of how Jazz began and the integral role the saxophone plays in its inception.
Students will be exposed to basic, intermediate, and advanced recording techniques and will even be granted the opportunity to record their own personal soundtrack.