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Company Four guys with some garden hose, some great repertory, and a whole bunch of metal tubing make for a terrific educational experience. Your students will never forget how a brass instrument works -- we promise. |
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Grindstone Factory Learn to count to four in more exciting ways with The Grindstone Factory as the quartet creates a solid (but cool) program exploring the origin, culture and swing of jazz! (And sing along to the Homework Blues!) |
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The Linden String Quartet Winners of the 2009 Fischoff Competition, the Linden Quartet brings a fresh educational approach and some seriously high quality performance to your school. Everything from Haydn and Bartok to the Beach Boys happens in a program that’s accessible and will leave your students loving classical music! |
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Opera, Sesame!
Okay, we know that you look at this program and wonder if your kids would like it. The answer: yes! Opera’s appeal is universal, uniquely suited to teaching the arts and humanities on a broad scale and lends itself to some serious hammy - ness on the part of our very talented trio, who demonstrate foreign language singing in Rossini’s “Cat Duet” and launch the world premiere(s) of the Macaroni and Cheese Opera. (You get the idea.) |
The Quartet of Happiness, jazz
 What would happen if you went to Boston, took some cool jazz and added an improv comedy show? You’d get the Quartet of Happiness, of course. Playing games, wearing costumes, and engaging the audience – it’s all part of this program that’s sure to be a hit with your students! |
Front Street Percussion Ensemble
 This program is a riot of rhythm, with instruments from around the world from marimba to claves, djembe to bass drum and bongo – not to mention the various uses that the body and found objects can be put to! |
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Steve
Wogaman, pianist
Our own piano man (yes, he brings his own 6-foot grand) introduces composition and creativity in music to students, weaving visual art and literature into a multi-disciplinary treatment of the "musical idea." |
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Payton MacDonald Trio: Let's
Improvise!
When we talk about creating and performing, jazz is a sure thing – improvisation and composition are just plain part of the art form! Our trio brings marimba, drums and bass to help students explore the elements of music, as they use those tools to create their very own pieces of music. |
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Harlem Renaissance
The African-American experience infuses our culture in every art form. Here's an opportunity to take a defining moment in our cultural history and to use it as a perspective on the past as well as the future. Jump in to a program that has music, poetry, literature, theater, dance -- the possibilities are limitless! |
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Octavia
Sexton, storyteller
A spellbinding storyteller and masterful teacher, Octavia's programs grow out of her own Appalachian roots, focusing on written/oral skills as well as Kentucky folk culture. With programs in storytelling, the Revolutionary War, as well as programming focused on substance abuse prevention, Octavia fills multiple needs in your school. |
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Phillip
Cherry
Theatre is about self-transformation and communication - and a seasoned theatre professional like Phil brings both insights about the African-American experience and the Core Content to your students. |
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Life of Josiah Henson
Josiah Henson, whose life as a slave inspired Harriet Beecher Stowe from its beginnings in Maryland and Daviess County, KY through his family's ultimate escape through Ohio to Canada and freedom. Phillip Cherry’s program follows Henson throughout his life -- an exciting mix of history and drama that permits students to experience the very human story and struggle of one's mans quest for freedom and honor. |
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Character!
Drawing upon the observation that "all the world's a stage", Mr. Cherry points out that others know who we are by what we disclose with our actions, words, and body language -- just as actors do on stage. Using the tools of theater to discuss the Six Pillars of Character, Mr. Cherry uses role play and characterization to give kids some food for thought on the choices that make them who they are. |
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Ballet,
In Other Words! Dance is a form of communication, and ballet is perhaps its most beautiful language. Space, force, time, locomotor/non-locomotor -- let us translate those concepts into a program that all students can be excited about! |
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Dance
Diaspora Having
documented Afro-cultural music, dance and storytelling from Gambia to
Georgia, this Oberlin College ensemble is your resource for teaching
students about the cultural traditions of Western Africa. |
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Sarah Comstock and David Goud, dance workshops Move over, Fred and Ginger. David and Sarah have wowed schools across the state with their connection to kids and their facility with ballet, modern, jazz, and multicultural dance, just to name a few. Whether you’re looking for Native American, Romeo and Juliet, or the difference between centripetal and centrifugal force – these programs will connect your students to dance in experiences that really meet your needs, single or multi-day! |
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The Way Modern Moves! Think dance is boring? Looking at the elements of dance from that uniquely modern perspective, see the Core Content in action while our dancers teach and perform original (athletic!) choreography by Kentucky's own Sarah Comstock. (Just try to keep your students from loving this one!) |
| The Science of Dance
What, you didn’t know that the dance studio is actually a physics lab? Dance is all about the laws of motion, plus concepts like friction, torque, gravity, and momentum, so the dancers wrap all of this up into some interesting takes on the experimental method. A great integration that works elementary through HS! |
| WorlDance!
If you’ve been looking for a program that will give your students the big
picture on dance from around the world – look no further. With comparisons
and examples of dance from Europe/Colonial America, Latin America, Asia, and
Africa, this program introduces multiples cultures and forms of dance in a
way that really works for kids – and those social studies teachers. |
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4350 Brownsboro Road, #110 - Louisville, KY 40207 - (800) 451-0032 Michele Wogaman, Executive Director - email: michwog@aol.com |
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