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Music Composition by Classical Music Indy This program combines visual art, graphic score notation, and music composition to get students sharing their creative voices. Led by a team of professional musicians, students will create visual stories as they learn about rhythm and pitch, and later delve into music notation. A combination of music performance and hands-on activity allows students to take their visual story and translate it into music. By the end, students craft their very own music compositions, which are then performed by a professional musician!
Music from Around the World by Cathy Morris Students will become familiar with the string family of instruments, and will listen to the rhythms and melodies of Spain, Germany, Scotland, Mexico, Argentina, Russia, and Japan.
Musical Tour of Latin America A variety of musical styles teach students the differences between salsa, merengue, cumbia, and cha cha cha and the Latin American cultures they come from. Students will sing, dance, and play instruments with the band.
Naturally Inspired Nature is a great inspiration to all artists. Many composers’ works are influenced by the feelings they have while enjoying the outdoors. Imitating sounds of birds or the smooth flow of water are examples of this. Our instruments are also made from materials found in nature, many types of wood, cane and even the hair of a horse’s tail!
In this program we explore the cello and the clarinet, contrast and compare how they are made, the technical demands of playing it and the beautiful music written with their sound in mind. We will play music by Bach, Mozart, and even a piece written especially for us by the Indianapolis born Jazz composer David Baker!
We will read The Heart Of the Wood by Marguerite W. Davol, the joyful tale of a tree’s transformation into a musical instrument.
And the poem by Ntozake Shange I Live in Music with illustrations by Romare Bearden.
It would be a great program for students who are deciding which instrument to choose!
O Pato - A Sing Along Storytime by Cathy Morris Students will act out the story of a duck and friends in this Portuguese folk song with live violin performance. Coming together in a circle, students will take turns participating in singing, dancing, and acting while learning cooperation.
Ones and Twos When it comes to the subject of math, the first thing students take to is pattern. As years go on, however, many youth never accurately learn or forget to apply pattern to more complex mathematical problems, leaving them behind the learning curve. Ones and Twos is a beat boxing workshop that incorporates math and human beat boxing, one of the subcultures of hip hop. This interactive workshop introduces pattern as a game by using numbers, symbolism, and onomatopoeia to turn math puzzles into musical compositions. The program promises that students will gain an understanding of the correlation between basic arithmetic, music, and pattern as it pertains to a form of composition.
People, Paint & Percussion In this participatory performance, students will experience how the rhythms of percussive music interact with the visual rhythms of paint to create a music/paint composition. Several students will have the opportunity to paint with one of the performers, while the rest of the audience participates in the music and movement.
Percussive Dance in America Fiddle ‘n’ Feet will take students from English step dance to Southern Appalachian mountain clogging and everything in between, sharing the experience and the history of traditional American dance.
Picture Power by William Rasdell From advertising to internet memes photographic imagery has increasingly become a primary medium of persuasion. In this session students will engage in a discussion about what makes images powerful and persuasive and dissect how images may impact their lives. Students will create their own imagery to communicate a message.
Planting Hope - Storytelling & the Environment... What happens when you take a moment and think about the world around you? In this performance a storyteller remembers a trip he took, an unforgettable character he met, and a story he heard — all of whom open his eyes to the intricate web of the natural world.
Playful Prints by Robin McBride Scott Printmaking is a rewarding art form that allows children to try out different techniques and to see cause and effect in action. Playful Prints is an opportunity for students to create artwork in a completely new way using a pencil, foam plate, inks and paper to create multiple pieces of art from one drawing.
Poetry in the Classroom by Bonnie Maurer Bonnie Maurer will provide a hands on workshop involving her strategies for creating poetry in the classroom. Teachers will participate by exploring their own responses to the exercise examples.
Printed & Dyed Fabrics by Stephanie Roberston Stamping, tying, folding, and printing are just some of the ways your students will work with color and fabric in this workshop. In the process of learning fabric techniques, students will discuss ways different cultures have created or refined fabric dying methods. Meet with the artist to connect her workshop with your curriculum. Choose from: wax batik, shibori (tie-dye), crayon, direct painting, and stamping.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT Creative Dramatics for th... Drama and theatre techniques help students learn to move their bodies and use their minds simultaneously while training their voices. Theatre and Drama techniques can teach any curriculum through arts integration or simply provide games for classrooms and programs. Drama is a process-centered technique designed to get kids moving and participating while encouraging teamwork and discouraging exclusion and status disputes. This interactive workshop provides the tools for educators to facilitate drama and theatre games for youth of all ages in any size group with basic techniques and rules of applied improvisational theatre. Participants will leave the workshop with the skills and instructions to lead improvisational drama games for all ages and how to apply those games to various groups and curricula.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT Creative Dramatics for th... Drama and theatre techniques help students learn to move their bodies and use their minds simultaneously while training their voices. Theatre and Drama techniques can teach any curriculum through arts integration or simply provide games for classrooms and programs. Drama is a process-centered technique designed to get kids moving and participating while encouraging teamwork and discouraging exclusion and status disputes. This interactive workshop provides the tools for educators to facilitate drama and theatre games for youth of all ages in any size group with basic techniques and rules of applied improvisational theatre. Participants will leave the workshop with the skills and instructions to lead improvisational drama games for all ages and how to apply those games to various groups and curricula.
Punch & Judy Presented by Adzooks Puppets The classic characters of puppet theater, Punch and Judy, have their roots in the comical characters of the Roman Theater, and have been around for 300 years. In this version of their story, the traditional characters are placed in a modern plot full of intrigue, mischief, and positive, child-friendly problem solving.
Readers Theatre This program is a fully-customizable arts integration residency available for grades 3 – 8. In five consecutive 50-minute sessions, a professional teaching artist will teach theatrical techniques while creating a readers theatre script approximately 5 minutes in length, suitable for a final presentation. Readers Theatre utilizes the three actor tools of body, mind, and voice to teach any curriculum from science and math to writing or literature. Social issues are also available for our Readers Theatre program including anti-bullying, communication skills, conflict resolution, body safety, and violence prevention. The cost of this program includes a teacher’s planning meeting and a custom script.
Reading Comprehension through Visual Art & The... How does an artist build a mask and how does an actor act with one? Reading comprehension, theatrical performance, and visual art come together in this multiple-day workshop with the award-winning theatre company NoExit Performance. Young artists will explore character and plot development through making (paper and cardboard) and wearing theatrical masks. Designers and performers from NoExit will guide students, using themes from traditional storytelling, through the creation of an original character mask. Although originally designed as a multiple-day visual art workshop, a one-day “mask petting zoo” is available. The one day workshop explores acting only, no design work.
Riddle Me, Riddle You by the Back-to-Back Bonnies Riddles, popular in all cultures, stretch your mind and sharpen your wits. The writing can involve figurative language such as imagery, personification, metaphor, or simile. Students will create a book with four or eight revealing flaps. This is a 2-part workshop: 60 minutes for poetry and 60 minutes for making the book. The parts do not have to take place on the same day.
Rolling Down the Avenue by Deborah Asante Deborah Asante uses the recorded music of Indiana jazz musician Alonzo “Pookie” Johnson as a backdrop, students will hear the story of a child coming of age in Indianapolis in the 1940’s. The tale examines what it must have been like to grow up on Indiana Avenue in Lockfield Gardens during the first jazz heyday in Indianapolis.
This program meets standards in Black History Month, Indiana History, Language Arts, Listening & Speaking, Social Studies, U.S. History & Culture
Saturday Studio Art With a Heart takes pride in encouraging all students in their artistic abilities & interests. For students who exhibit a natural talent or passion for art, we offer a weekly Studio Program on Saturdays at the AWaH studio. Students will work in a choice-based environment where they are treated like professional artists and in all classes will have the opportunity to work with a variety of art materials and mediums (drawing, painting, sculpture, collage, etc.). Students will be exposed to the themes of many artists and art movements throughout history, as well as to current artists at the height of their craft. At the end of each session, students will host a collective art show to demonstrate all of the work they have accomplished throughout the 10 weeks.
Scene Study Keep Building! Work together!
Work together in a challenging environment where hard work and dedication to monologue work, scene study and script/character analysis are imperative.
**AT LEAST 2 sessions of Foundation Level classes are strongly encouraged before progressing to the Intermediate Level.**
School & Outreach Programs Whether it’s at the museum or in your classroom, we offer hands-on, exploratory and interactive programs on a variety of topics that provide your students a fun way to learn about Indiana’s art, history and STEM connections. All programs fulfill select Indiana Academic Standards.
K-Grade 2
Ice Age Survival
What adaptations helped animals survive during the Ice Age? Do we see these adaptations in present day animals? Students will investigate and discuss what adaptations future animals will have based on our changing environment.
Indiana Innovators
Students will explore how creations from Indiana innovators sparked ingenuity and even improvements of their inventions. Students will challenge themselves and see if they can improve an object they use every week.
Engineering Explorations
Explore how objects move as students engineer a cardboard creation to solve a challenge. Students will use the design process to brainstorm solutions, build prototypes and test their creation just like real Indiana engineers.
Grades 3-5
Pioneering Innovations
Pioneers used simple machines and engineering to create a new life in Indiana. Students will learn how simple machines and innovations made their life easier then and how Indiana is pioneering the way of the future now.
Rocks and Minerals
Indiana is home to a wide variety of rocks and minerals. How did they end up here? How do we use rocks and minerals every day in small and big ways? Students will explore the rock cycle and investigate rocks and minerals through hands-on activities.
Fossils
How does a living creature become a fossil? Why doesn’t everything become a
fossil? What clues do fossils leave behind? Students will investigate these questions as they explore the process from living creature to its discovery as a fossil.
Engineering Design
Explore how objects are affected by forces and energy as students engineer a cardboard creation to solve a challenge. Students will use the design process to brainstorm solutions, build prototypes and test their creation just like real Indiana engineers.
Grades 6-8
Voices from the Past
How can we learn from past civilizations? What can we do with this information? How
can the past shape our future? Students will explore stories uncovered through
the archaeological process and see how Indiana’s past impacts us today.
Energy Conservation
What energy is needed at school and home? Students will explore how we use the Earth’s resources, both renewable and non-renewable, to provide the energy we need to learn, explore and live.
Engineering Solutions
Explore Newton’s Laws of Motion as students engineer a cardboard creation to solve a challenge. Students will use the design process to brainstorm solutions, build prototypes and test their creations, and reflect on the process just like real Indiana engineers.
Seuss and Other Nonsense Stories The works of three children’s authors are brought to life in this presentation of theatrical readings. Students will be introduced to the idea of nonsense poetry, and will enjoy the simple pleasure of silliness.
This program meets standards in Language Arts, Listening & Speaking
Speak the Speech by Sapphire Theater Company With the help of a professional actor, students will build confidence in reading aloud using small, manageable Shakespearean texts. Students will also try their hand at “performing” the text, using different acting techniques to give the words deeper meaning.
Spotlight Choirs The Arts are a vital part of a balanced, complete education. The Indianapolis Symphonic Choir invites to the stage local high school choirs for participation in Festival of Carols, one of the season’s most popular concert series, as part of the Spotlight Choir initiative.
Throughout the state of Indiana, high school choral music programs continue to grow and benefit from collaborative efforts such as the community Spotlight Choir series – what an experience for a young person to hone their skills: musicianship, study skills, communication, problem solving, time management and more.
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