| Program Type | Performance |
| Art Form | Music |
| Curriculum/a | Social Studies |
| Target Grades | Elementary School (1st - 5th grade) |
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Testimonial
"Having the opportunity to work with AFLCT has been truly beneficial; they've provided unique experiences that have positively impacted our students. Their professional artists are strong role-models who encouraged students to take risks, find their voices, and be confident young people. They assisted in the process of inspiring our students to discover their individual identities and be able to self-assuredly express and share their ideas and opinions."
Description
Students experience America’s musical history via the sounds of Traditional Jazz, from an African-American Spiritual (Civil War) through Duke Ellington’s Swing (1930’s), including Scott Joplin’s Ragtime (1890’s), Louis Armstrong’s New Orleans (early 1900’s), and the Jazz Age (1920’s). Instrument demos help us understand the physics of sound. We “build the band" 1 instrument at a time; playing a song is like writing a story. Students help create by choosing an instrument to tell its own story via an improvised solo. Expressing our problems via the Blues helps us feel better, and sing-a-longs bring us all together.
Objectives
1 - To educate students about Jazz music, one of America's great creations
2 - To learn about our common traditions and history
3 - To learn about the physics of sound
4 - To learn how music and language are related
5 - To show how to express ourselves through music
6 - To have great fun all together
2 - To learn about our common traditions and history
3 - To learn about the physics of sound
4 - To learn how music and language are related
5 - To show how to express ourselves through music
6 - To have great fun all together
Pricing Information
$1,130 single performance
$1,620 two performances
$2,370 three performances
Non-pair $ 1,845
$1,620 two performances
$2,370 three performances
Non-pair $ 1,845
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Program Length
45-60 minutes
Participants
We can perform for a very large group, but we prefer a maximum size of 250. We prefer to perform for Elementary Schools segregated by age, i.e. K-2 and 3-5. However, we can perform for an entire school, of any size.
Technical Specifications
access to electricity