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Portland Ovations is bringing our artists into local classrooms for these workshops.
In-school Workshop with From the Top MusiciansThursday, March 25, 2010
Time to be determined
$350 (Based on hour-long presentation for one class of 25 students.)
More about the accompanying performanceYoung musicians form Maine-featured on the public radio broadcast of From the Top at Merrill Auditorium, taped on March 24- share their love of their instruments and music with your classroom.
In-School Workshop: Winter 2010
Workshop Fee: $350 (Based on hour-long presentation for one class of 25 students.)
More about the accompanying performanceThis variation on the popular Make a Little More Noise! series places special emphasis on creative recycling and instrument making. Students bring objects from home or make use of items provided by Eco Maine as raw materials for instruments and creating musical soundscapes.
Download the "Make a Little More Noise Goes Green!" Guide
In-school Workshop with the Voices Artists Dates and times to be determined
Workshop Fee: $350 (Based on hour-long presentation for one class of 25 students.)
More about the accompanying performancePhilip Hamilton and hip-hop artist Kenny Muhammad engage students with the beauty and power of the human voice through exercises that empower participants with their own uniquely personal form of cultural expression. The artists of Voices work directly with students and educators who attend the school-time performance. Only two workshops are available.
October 29 or 30, 2009
$350 (Based on hour-long presentation for one class of 25 students.)
Teams of students, working with Cirque Mechanics artists, use the tools of physics, history, and art to recreate scenes from everyday life at school. Students will be guided in scriptwriting, choosing music, and performing. (Suggested for grades 6-12)
Fall 2009
Workshop Fee: $350
Join a taiko drummer and teacher who will give students and teachers a hands-on experience with taiko drums and the history of this colorful ever-changing art form. Liz Berg will share her journey with taiko drums starting in California in 2001, when she began studying with Grand Master Seiichi Tanaka, at the San Francisco Taiko Dojo. Currently living in Portland, she teaches taiko classses at the Taiko Maine Dojo, as well as at Colby and Bates College
Fall 2009
Workshop Fee: $350 (Based on hour-long presentation for one class of 25 students.)
The highly successful Make a Little More Noise workshop series returns with pre- or post-performance, hands-on classroom workshops that explore the potential of the human body and “found” objects as percussion instruments. Mime, musician, composer, theater artist, and educator Jerry Sanders leads the workshops.
Wednesday, February 10, 2010 Time to be determined
Workshop Fee: $350 (Based on hour-long presentation for one class of 25 students.)
Explore the creative process using recycled objects, led by ScrapArtsMusic artistic director, composer and instrument maker Gregory Kozak. This is a professional development workshop for teachers or hands-on tour of ScrapArtsMusic’s innovative instruments for one classroom of students. The origins and inspirations for ScrapArtsMusic’s instruments and music are discussed, plus participants are able to create their own “found sounds”. Workshop takes place on Merrill stage immediately following the School-Time Performance. (Student workshop suggested for grades 4 and higher.)
