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Dream Big!

Dream Big!

Roger Day | (518) 647-5916 | [email protected]

Roger Day presents highly interactive songs encouraging students to follow their dreams.

  • Program Type: Performance
  • Discipline: Music
  • Grade Level: Elementary
  • Accepts bookings in Johnston County
Drum Talk: Music Workshop

Drum Talk: Music Workshop

Beverly Botsford | (919) 824-3821 | [email protected]

Rhythm, drums, percussion, movement and language to explore culture, character and curriculum

  • Program Type: Workshop/Residency
  • Discipline: Multi-Disciplinary, Music, STEAM
  • Grade Level: Elementary, Middle
  • Cultural Context: African, African-American, Caribbean, European, Hispanic, Latinx
  • Accepts bookings in Johnston County
Drumbeat for Change

Drumbeat for Change

Kelly Starling Lyons | (919) 656-0298 | [email protected]

Students learn about young people and civil rights, explore the writing process and hear stories.

  • Program Type: Performance
  • Discipline: Literary, Multi-Disciplinary
  • Grade Level: Elementary
  • Cultural Context: African-American
  • Accepts bookings in Johnston County
Drumming Traditions

Drumming Traditions

Drum for Change with Greg Whitt | (919) 696-0883 | [email protected]

Experiential learning through hands-on drumming with small groups.

  • Program Type: Workshop/Residency
  • Discipline: Music
  • Grade Level: Elementary, Middle
  • Cultural Context: African, Caribbean
  • Accepts bookings in Johnston County
Drums for All: A Music Program for Students with Disabilities

Drums for All: A Music Program for Students with Disabilities

Beverly Botsford | (919) 824-3821 | [email protected]

A hands-on musical  journey for students of any ability.

  • Program Type: Workshop/Residency
  • Discipline: Multi-Disciplinary, Music
  • Grade Level: Elementary, High, Middle
  • Cultural Context: African, African-American, Caribbean, European, Latinx, North Carolina
  • Accepts bookings in Johnston County
  • Specifically adapted for students with disabilities
Dynamic Self-Portraits – Celebrate Diversity!

Dynamic Self-Portraits – Celebrate Diversity!

Anna Podris & Keith Norval | (919) 630-3430 | [email protected]

A legacy project celebrating the strength in diversity and also adding some personality to the campus.

  • Program Type: Workshop/Residency
  • Discipline: Visual Arts
  • Grade Level: Elementary, High, Middle
  • Accepts bookings in Johnston County
Earth Celebrations: Stories and Songs For Our Planet

Earth Celebrations: Stories and Songs For Our Planet

Rona Leventhal, Storytelling, Movement | (413) 586-0624 | [email protected]

Environmental, multi-cultural folktales told in a dramatic, participatory style. Rona embodies characters to engage the imagination….fun, thought provoking, curricular based!

  • Program Type: Performance
  • Discipline: Storytelling
  • Grade Level: Elementary, Middle
  • Accepts bookings in Johnston County
Earthbeat – Heartbeat – Drumbeat – Sing!

Earthbeat – Heartbeat – Drumbeat – Sing!

Billy Jonas | (518) 647-5916 | [email protected]

It’s about participation! Sing-alongs, bang-alongs, and an improvised song prove to each student that they are indeed a musician! Themes/skills include creativity, patterns and rhythm, ecological awareness, science and geography.

  • Program Type: Performance
  • Discipline: Music, STEAM
  • Grade Level: Elementary
  • Accepts bookings in Johnston County
Ego Tripping & The Marvelous “I”: An Introduction to Performance Slam Poetry

Ego Tripping & The Marvelous “I”: An Introduction to Performance Slam Poetry

Regie Cabico | (301) 916-6328 ext. 9 | [email protected]

A high-energy writing residency engaging students into spoken word by celebrating our fiercest selves with our dreams and fanciful urges.

  • Program Type: Workshop/Residency
  • Discipline: Literary, Multi-Disciplinary
  • Grade Level: Elementary, High, Middle
  • Accepts bookings in Johnston County
EOG EDITION | Number Drummer Live

EOG EDITION | Number Drummer Live

Number Drummer | | [email protected]

Drumming math! Testing strategies! Sample questions… and more! Perfect kick-off to the EOGs.

  • Program Type: Performance
  • Discipline: Music, STEAM
  • Grade Level: Elementary
  • Accepts bookings in Johnston County
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