Residencies

Poetry to Music
Duration: 45 minutes (Three to Five Day Residency)
Age Group: Ranges from K-8
Arts Integrated Lesson Description:
Students will create a melody for a poem. At the end of the residency, students will understand the use of the voice to help contribute to meanings of songs. The students will identify and explain poetic elements: rhyming patterns, mood, tone, etc., that contribute to meaning. Students use the voice to improvise simple melodic phrases (such as scat singing, call/response, and blues) and sound elements of poetry (rhyme, no rhyme and rhythm).

Flip It!
Duration: 45 minutes (Three to Five Day Residency)
Age Group: Ranges from 5-8
Arts Integrated Lesson Description:
This residency introduces one element of songwriting- melody, by “flipping” American classics of rock, jazz and country into original melodies using contemporary hip-hop and R&B music. Tamara teaches the students that songs are the combination of melody, lyrics, and music. She cleverly integrates reading strategies, such as inferring and challenges students to identify and explain words that create tone in a song. The culminating activity is the children’s presentation of the classic song with a rearranged melody and music performed with a musical track.

Educational Assembly

Duration: 45 minutes
Age Group: Ranges from K-8
Number of Artists: Three (Vocals, Guitar, and Percussionist)
Program Description:“Ladies of Jazz Music”, Grade Level K-8
Tamara sings songs of female jazz greats- Ella Fitzgerald, Dinah Washington, and Nancy Wilson. The children learn about the history of the three women and listen to the songs sang during the prime of their music careers. She uses a percussionist and guitarist to keep upbeat rhythm as she narrates through song and rhythmic phrases. Tamara engages the children in improvisational scatting. Included in this set is “On the Street Where You Live”, “All of Me”, and “Night in Tunisia.”

Single Performance Cost: $525
Back-to-Back Performance Cost: $800