Course Catalogue

POPULAR Programs

Preschool Dance - Ages 2-4

This class is for ages 2-4 focuses on an introduction to Ballet and Tap Dance, and also incorporates some Jazz and Creative Movement. Pre-Schoolers get a chance to move to music, tell stories through Dance and Creative Movement, use props, and learn the basics of Tap and Ballet form, music, and steps. Though we work on routines and perform two recitals per year, the emphasis is on exposure to the spirit of dance and awakening each child's creativity and imagination through music and movement, rather than on executing steps perfectly. Developmentally, Pre-School is a great time to introduce children to the art of Dance, and as their muscles strengthen through movement, their minds and imaginations do too. Each class session begins with a Welcome Song, seated around the Magic Carpet. Then we do a Creative Movement Warmup, moving about the room and responding to different musical sounds. Next we move into a time of ballet technique, steps, and learning part of an ongoing routine. Still wearing ballet shoes or sometimes already in tap shoes, the teacher often leads a story-telling event using rhythm and chant. Finally, the children are asked to put on their tap shoes for a short tap technique lesson and final bows and curties using colored scarves.

Children's Dance - Ages 5-8

This class is for ages 5-8 focuses on an introduction to Ballet and Tap Dance, and also incorporates some Jazz, Character, and Traditional Dance. Children get a chance to learn a basic Ballet Barre, be exposed to Ballet and Tap technique, use props, and learn both a Tap and a Ballet routine. Recitals are bi-annual, and the emphasis is on exposure to the spirit of dance, fun, exercise, flexibility, and awakening each child's creativity and imagination through music and movement, rather than on creating the perfect show. Developmentally, this is a great time to introduce children to the art of Dance, and as their muscles strengthen through movement, their minds and imaginations do too. Each class session begins with a Ballet Barre. Next we move into a time of stretching in the center of the floor, ballet foot and arm positions and poses, jumps in the center, turns and leaps across the floor, and ballet technique, steps, and learning part of an ongoing routine. Finally, the children are asked to put on their tap shoes for a short tap technique lesson and learning an ongoing taproutine. The class ends with final bows and curties using colored scarves.

ART Programs

Snap - Fun with Photography - Ages 2 and up

We see pictures every day! In magazines, the family photo album, books. Explore the visual art of photography. You will learn to “see” shapes, texture, light, angles. We will shoot portraits (candid and posed). All of your beautiful photographs will be organized in a fun album to share with friends and family.

Down on the Farm - Ages 2 and up

This is an assemblage class that involves creating a farm scene from craft supplies, and found and -recycled objects. Children design and build a 3-dimensional project representing animals, barns, fences and anything else they want on their very own farm. 

Figure Drawing for Kids - 3rd to 8th grade

Students will take turns posing (one at time) while their poses are sketched on paper with pencil, charcoal or pastels. Students will learn basic figure drawing by using simple geometric shapes with shading. They will progress to simple anatomy proportion. Quick and loose gestures along with portraits will be covered in this fundamental figure drawing class.

Mobile Making - 1st grade and up

With an introduction to Alexander Calder, the inventor of the mobile, this class will explore the many types of materials that can be used for mobile making and learn about how balance and weight play a key role in creating this work of art. Kids will create their own mobiles using wire, cardboard that they decorate, and string.

Modigliani’s Noses - 3rd grade and up

This class looks at portraiture through the work of Modigliani and some of his contemporaries. . Kids explore the many ways faces can be represented and create their own self-portrait using various mediums including pastel and charcoal.

The Mystery of Marbling – Painting Swirls of Color! - Kinder and up

This class will teach the easy and beautiful art of marbling. It's fun and fast and full of surprises. Paint is dripped onto a tray of liquid, swirled around and then transferred to paper. We'll make all sorts of things including painted lunch bags, holiday ornaments and picture frames.

Painting with Scissors – Matisse’s Cut Outs - 2nd grade and up

Recycled Art! Everything Old is New Again! Pre-k to 3rd grade

This innovative class combines conservation, communication, and creativity, culminating in a collaborative "museum walk" through a Camelot-style found art exhibit, where we will view each other's work and share it with our parents and the school community. Each week, we will read a different story from children's literature and create an art project using recycled items from home, school, and from the 'hood.

Seurat’s Dots Grades: 3rd grade and up

This class will explore the pointillism technique started by Seurat in the 19th century. We'll learn how to make landscape drawings and paintings using dots of color instead of brushstrokes.

DANCE Programs

Ballet/Tap  - Preschool to 12th grade

Creative Movement class with a focus on basic Ballet and Tap technique, building classroom skills, motor-skill development, and learning to create dance combinations. We will build on skills and our dance routine each week to culminate in a performance demonstration.

Circus Kids  - Preschool to 12th grade

Creative Movement class with a focus on basic Circus apparatus (ribbon twirling, baton twirling, juggling, hula-hooping), building classroom skills, motor-skill development, and learning to create performance routines. We will build on skills and our routines each week to culminate in a performance demonstration.

Dance Around the World  - Preschool to 12th grade

Creative Movement class with focus on basic Dances from around the World (choose from Mexico, Brazil, United States, France, Tahiti, African, and more), building classroom skills, motor-skill development, and learning to create dance combinations. We will build on skills and our dance routine each week to culminate in a performance demonstration.

Fun Feet! - Kindergarten to 2nd grade

Creative movement, basic intro to dance and original choreography. Students will share in creating pieces together including "moving sculptures" and partner dances. Live music adds to the magical process.

Hip-Hop  - Preschool to 12th grade

Creative Movement class with a focus on basic Hip-Hop technique, building classroom skills, motor-skill development, and learning to create dance combinations. We will build on skills and our routine each week to culminate in a performance.

Island Grooves  - Preschool to 12th grade

Creative Movement class with a focus on basic Hula dance vocabulary and technique, building classroom skills, motor-skill development, and learning to create dance combinations. We will build on skills and our dance routine each week to culminate in a performance demonstration.

STOMP from the Heart  - 5th to 8th grade

This class introduces the art form of stepping, which is so popular today, by encouraging children to use their bodies to make sounds. They learn about the origins of stepping, its historical significance and also why it has become so big today. In addition to the stepping, the other element of this class is theatre. By engaging children's bodies and minds with warm-ups, improv exercises and short scenes, they learn the importance of working together and being on one accord which is useful for stepping as well. By the end of the class, students will have learned how to express themselves through stepping movement and abstract theatre...a diverse combination that surely they will have never experienced.

"Voca-Hop" or "MTV Stars"  - Kindergarten and up

Super TOMP K to 9th grade

A singing and dancing class combining all the hottest dance moves from your favorite videos, as well as learn how to sing like your favorite MTV stars. Definitely a fun way to build confidence, performance skills, stage presence and get the inside scoop on the making of a STAR! Beginning with early African tribal rhythms and Sub-Saharan dance, moving into West African rhrythms, songs and movement, then early Step dance from the American south, Cheer, and finally the Stomp moves of current groups such as Stomp, Blue Man Group and more, we will use Buckets, body percussion, drums, and movement to create incredible ensemble rhythms, chants and musical performance art!

Around the World Through Song! World Music and Dance:

Students take an imaginary journey to experience authentic rhythm, music and dance of different cultures including North American Native Americans, South American Jungle Birds, Australian clapping sticks and animal dance, Antarctica water creatures, Asia-India temple dance, Chinese Ribbon songs and dance, Korean flower song and dance, Adventures in Egypt, and European Waltz/Tea Party Dance, Bollywood and Indian music, Irish dance and songs such as Lukey’s Boat and classic Irish step dance, Mexican Mixer and “Des Colores,” Filipino dance such as Tinkling and Tagalog songs such as Bayang Magilu and Ang Pasko, and more! Each land has a prop such as ankle bells, ribbon, scarf, drum, rhythm sticks or wings. Students are encouraged to dance, sing, or both as we learn and explore together!

Glee Club - Kinder through 9th grade

MUSIC Programs

What if you love to sing AND dance? This class is a chance for you to learn how to sing your favorite songs and dance along with them at the same time! It will equip you with the skills to really perform them and be the star you believe you can be! Beginning with Vocal Warmups and moving into songs, both a capella and accompanied by piano, guitar and karaoke, we will rehearse and perform in solos, duets and ensembles. From Pop to Rock to Musical Theatre, explore, engage, and rock out with us through song!

B-flats & Semiquavers  - 5th to 12th grade

We’ll explore the basic structure of music through singing or playing our own instrument with an emphasis on ear-training. This class includes a unit on rock music and culminates in a performance for the community.

The Backbeat Class (for Rock Drumming)  - 5th to 12th grade

A class that concentrates on Rock drumming, starting with the current modern Rock scene, but also going back through history. From The Beatles and The Rolling Stones, to U2, to Blink 182 and Linkin Park. Teaching subjects will include Rock techniques, Drum vocabulary and phrasing of various famous Rock drummers, Backbeat placement, Groove and time and lots more! 

Chamber Music for All  - 3rd to 12th grade

The art of playing in small ensembles, music is geared toward the playing abilities of the musicians. Students will learn to play together without a conductor and the class culminates with a performance for family and friends.

Go Go Go Guitars!  - Kindergarten to 5th grade

In these awesome, interactive group guitar lessons for beginners, students will learn basic chords and some picking, the names of the strings and how to read chord charts, and how to play some simple songs to which we will sing along and enjoy. We will also learn some music notation such as quarter notes, half notes, whole notes and more. Class culminates in a performance for the community.

Guitar Club - Kindergarten to 5th grade

Students jam on guitar, learning simple chords and singing along with multicultural folk and pop songs, from Beatles to Bob Dylan to class Americana such as “This Land is Your Land” and “Puff the Magic Dragon,” kiddo songs by Raffi such as “Willoughby Walloughby Woo” and “One Light, One Sun,” and more! Whether you love to sing, play guitar, keep the beat, play a solo or be part of a band, this class promises to be fun and engaging for all, learning basic music notation and culminating in an “informance” (informal performance) for the school community!

The Inner Cellist  - 3rd to 12th grade

A group cello class for adult beginners. Students will learn first position pieces and etudes and the class culminates with a performance for family and friends. (Does not include cello rental.)

Singers Unite!  - 7th to 12th grade

An individual voice performance class for girls who wish to improve their performance techniques and singing abilities. Culminates with a performance for family and friends.

Songwriting  3rd grade and up

Students use their own lives and experiences to brainstorm ideas for original songs which we write together, in small groups, pairs, and individually. We will learn about song structure by listening to and singing other songs and by discussing verse/chorus/verse form and other forms. Class culminates in a coffeehouse style Open Mic for the community.

Spectacular Songwriting! - K through 9th grade

Students use technology and USB microphones to laptops/ipads to make beats (with or without lyric writing), incorporating music theory concepts such as the circle of 5ths and some basic keyboard playing. Whether through poetry, chords, beats, rap or melodies, each student composer will find their own voice as we create music together in groups, pairs, solos and whole group! Join us to create songs together!

Student Chorus  - Kindergarten to 5th grade

Students learn and perform age-appropriate songs with piano and guitar accompaniment. We will focus on musical theatre songs, Disney songs, original children’s music, folk songs, American traditional songs and spirituals, and other songs chosen by the students. Students will learn vocal technique, breath control, pitch-matching, rhythm and lyrics. Class culminates in an informal performance for the community.

Kid Rap  - 3rd to 12th grade

KID RAP is an innovative literacy program designed to encourage students to write stories from their own personal experience, read the stories created by their peers, and work collaboratively in the editing, rewriting and performance of these stories. By connecting the student's literacy development to their own life experience KID RAP fosters a personal connection to the written word that would otherwise be absent. KID RAP culminates with a show where the students perform their stories for family and friends.

Dynamic Drumming - K to 9th grade

All students play a variety of drums and learn about rhythm, while singing songs from different cultures and traditions.

Magical Drums and Dance - K to 9th grade

Children explore music by moving to the rhythm and making sounds with their voices, hands and feet. The fundamentals of music are taught by using tuned percussion tubes, shakers, ankle bracelets, sound shapes. Children learn African songs and other children's songs from around the world, combining rhythm, melody, and movement and are also encouraged to express their creativity.

Fantastic Folk Music - K through 9th grade

Sing folk songs from around the world, drum out the rhythms from West Africa, Afro-Brazlian favorites, incorporate Capoeria and folk dance, and sing and play in harmony to such favorites as “Des Colores,” “Chocolate!” “Sobanana Kasasa”.

Multucultural Chorus - K through 9th grade

Children use vocals and some percussion to sing in a group, traditional songs from around the world, using movement and yoga and team-building choral experiences.

Ukuleles - K through 9th grade

Students explore ukuleles and traditional folk songs, read and write their own songs, and learn about steady beat, teamwork, melody, harmony and more!

Recorders - Students explore recorders, reading music and traditional folk songs, write their own songs, and learn about steady beat, teamwork, melody, harmony and more!

Afro-Brazilian Music and Movement - K through 9th grade

Children learn songs in the Afro-Brazilian tradition of Capoeria, including “Boa Viagem,” “Marinheiro,” “O Sim Sim Sim, O Nao Nao Nao” and many more. They hear and see the Birimbao, made from a coconut, and learn its music, dance and rhythms.

Pop Stars! - K through 9th grade

Students enjoy singing solos, duets, trios and ensembles in a light, karaoke-style fun class using a variety of styles including Motown, Funk, Soul, Hiphop, Pop, Rock, and R&B. The origins and history of Pop culture and music are explored, as well as the lives of composers, and students are encouraged to write their own lyrics to familiar melodies and to create their own simple songs and share them in an Open Studio performance!

Keyboarding! - K through 9th grade

Learn basic chords, melodies, notes and note-reading while playing keyboard with a few friends in a small group. Can be combined with other instruments or straight keyboard instrution. Culminates in an informal sharing for school community.

Rockband - 3rd through 12th grade

THEATRE Programs

Character Voices  - 7th to 12th

Students bring their own guitars, ukekeles, bass, keyboard, drums (or school rents or purchases, or budget is provided) and learn basic instruction to scaffold on their prior experience to create a small ensemble and play songs by the Beatles, the Kinks, Rolling Stones, and current rock and pop bands such as Taylor Swift, Ariana Grande, Zach Brian and more, while learning music and having fun with their friends.

Create unique voices based on characters you create, including funny voices and accents. Includes an introduction to basic voiceover techniques and an improvised interactive performance for family and friends. 

Advanced Improv  - 7th to 12th grade

Creating Your Own Unique Character  - 5th grade and up

In this class, students work up a character analysis/biography creating a unique character with vocal and physical qualities different from themselves. They then present a final performance of the character relating a story or monologue as that character. This class would need to meet at least 4-5 sessions for the best success. It would also contain preparatory improv games.

From the Page to the Stage  = 4th to 12th grade

Students will create and produce an original performance piece based on the skills, talents and interests of the students. Students will participate in Theater games, voice class, fight combat, movement, and line study. Students will participate in a Rehearsal/Production process that will culminate in a final performance. The performance will include students reciting monologues, scene work and poetry, a dance and/or fight combat movement piece and an ensemble closing curtain call. Students will participate in the writing of script, music selections, choreography creation and costume design.

From Script to Stage  - 3rd grade and up

Students create and mount a play that they write themselves, from the very first idea to the final script, to rehearsals and finally to a production. Depending on length of residency and age level, plays can be simple one-acts, ten-minute plays, monologues, or full-length plays, even musicals. Writer/director teaching artist helps students develop ideas and shape their scripts, as well as cast and perform it with flair!

Improv/Journalism  - 2nd grade and up

Improvise your own evening news. We will cast the news anchor, weather man or lady, sports, entertainment and health. Cast members will improvise then write our own newscast using stories happening in the news. There will even be an improvised commercial!

Improvisation Relation!  - Preschool and up

You are the playwright! You and your cast members create scenes through games and your own experiences “in the moment” Having fun “playing” you will learn the rules and boundaries of the theatre, while exploring relationships, feelings, space and pantomime to name a few!

Improvisation Creation!  - 3rd grade and up

Students learn to make choices that work on the stage and, through theatre games and collaborative exercises, they begin to build confidence, teamwork, and drama literacy.

Intro to Improv  - 4th to 6th grade

This theatre arts class presents students with the fun challenge of creating original pieces while learning the basics of theatre. Live original music enhances the process. A culmination of this work presented to family and friends at session's end.  

Intro to Live Theatre  - Kindergarten through 5th  grade

Introduction to live theatre through improvisational games emphasizing physical connection and cooperation. Games include Perform, The Imagination Game, The Golden Hoop, Zip Zap Zop, The Lying Game, Body, Voice and Imagination, and more. We will have fun and build confidence and teamwork, culminating in a Theatre Performance for the community.

Making a Movie  - 3rd grade and up

Using materials around you students will create a short movie based on ideas in their own lives and imaginations. We will film our movies with handheld cameras and produce and edit them, culminating in a film festival for the community.   

Musical Theater  - Preschool to 12th grade

Creative Movement class with a focus on basic Musical Theater (song and dance) technique, building classroom skills, motor-skill development, and learning to create song and dance combinations. We will build on skills and our routine each week to culminate in a performance demonstration.

Oral Presentation - Performance/ Poetry, Storytelling and
"The Newscaster"  - 5th grade and up

Students work with putting poetry performances to music, storytelling and delivering their own "news event". Students learn to feel confident with different methods of oral presentation and work on various oral techniques of communication such as vocal articulation and expression as well as physical gesture. Several sessions  

On Stage!  - Kindergarten to 5th grade

Explore the wonderful world of theatre arts through creative dramatics and movement, improvisation and scene work. Students will discover their amazing gifts and talents in a fun-filled safe environment. Teamwork and team spirit are emphasized and encouraged, too. Original pieces will be created and shared with family and friends at the culmination of our time together. Live piano accompaniment and original music enhances the process.

Shakespeare Workshop  - Kindergarten to 5th grade

Students will be introduced to the works of William Shakespeare. Using original text students will learn and work with sonnets, monologues and scene work. The original text will be adapted and modified to each student's interest and learning level. Students will have exposure to Shakespeare's work and learn about the different plays and select the text that they wish to rehearse for the production. All students will participate in voice, combat, movement, mask, and stage presence classes. This program is a process oriented class and will culminate in a performance celebrating the original text of Shakespeare.

Shel Silverstein Celebration  - Kindergarten to 5th grade

Students will participate in Theater games, voice class, movement, and line study of Shel Silverstein's poetry. Students will participate in a Rehearsal/Production process that will culminate in a final performance. The performance will include students reciting poetry, a dance movement piece and an ensemble closing curtain call. Students will participate in the selection of poetry, music choice, choreography creation and costume design.

Storymakers! Child-Led Musical Theatre Class  - Preschool to 2nd

This class combines creativity, music, and child-centered choreography to create a nurturing environment in which kids create their own Broadway-style Revue! Students will sing, act out and choreograph Broadway songs so that each number tells a story. By using the music, the storylines, and their imaginations, the children will create movements, characters, and short snippets of dialogue and narration which evolve organically into their own little one-of-a-kind performance. This is a highly collaborative, mixed-age class where the children run the show and get to use their ideas. The differentiated teaching model is used to accommodate the needs of each different age group, so that children can be challenged accordingly and can enjoy the theatrical process, each at their own level. Though the emphasis is on the process rather than the final product, we invite parents and the community to watch on the last day of class for an informal cabaret-style show, in which the students will get to share all they have learned.

Storyrhymes! - Kindergarten to 12th (adapted for age group)

A fun approach to creating original stories for performance through creative dramatics, story drama, creative movement and music. Students will create and present their own pieces for family and friends! 

Take a Bow!  Pre-K

A performing arts workshop for pre-schoolers. Exploring creative dramatics and movement along with original and known music pieces. Students will create and present their own fabulous works for family and friends at the end of the session. 

Tools of Live Performance  - 6th through 12th grade

Using theater games, students master the tools of the live performer: body, voice and imagination. Games include Perform, The Imagination Game, The Golden Hoop, Zip Zap Zop, The Lying Game, Body, Voice and Imagination, and more. We will have fun and build confidence and teamwork, culminating in a Theatre Performance for the community.

Writing Your Experience as a Play  - 7th through 9th grade

Students write their own experience as a play, using writing exercises to trigger memory and free the mind to write what is truthful. Through these exercises, young writers begin to see humor, pathos, drama, conflict and redemption in their own lives and to get it down on paper for actors to perform. When possible, professional actors are brought in to read the students’ work at the half-way point and for the final performance, culminating in a staged reading of these works-in-progress.  

Theatre Production Intensive  - K - 12 grade

Students put on a performance of a major musical (abridged and adapted for their age level) such as The Sound of Music, Oliver, Grease, Annie, The Nutcracker, Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, The Wizard of Oz, Alice in Wonderland, The Hobbit, Treasure Island, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Aladdin, and more. Students memorize lines, learn choreography, experience costumes, lights, sound and stage directions. This immersion process can be facilitated with 20-50 students.  

The Harlem Renaissance! Learn About it, Experience It, Re-Create It!  - Preschool to 12th grade

Through picture books, photos, and stories, we will learn about the radical artistic rebirth that took place in New York in the 1920's, when African-American painters, poets and musicians took the stage for the first time in U.S. history and began to have a voice. We will learn to dance the Charleston, and to sing songs with African roots such as "Funga Alafia," which later became the jump rope song of the American South, "L'il Liza Jane." We'll create and recite lines of poetry inspired by Langston Hughes, listen to and sing songs by Billie Holiday such as "God Bless the Child," and view and paint a cityscape of Harlem. We will tie our favorite threads together into one unique tapestry of child-led performance art, including spoken word, dance, song, and visual art. Come learn, create and experience a revolution with us!

Teen Screenplay Grades: 10th-12th grades

In this class, teenagers aged 16-18 will learn which ideas to write about, how to make an outline, proper script formatting, and class story structure. Feedback will be given by the teacher and students will learn how to “pitch” their ideas to the class. With mutual support and the completion of writing assignments, students will have a finished screen play that reflects their particular point of view in an entertaining way.

Storytime Yoga  - K-3rd grade

Through a delightful series of seated and standing yoga postures, balancing, breathwork, and stretching, students learn a yoga practice that is fun and healthful. Combining stories, music, and age-appropriate props such as stuffed animals, plastic plates, paint brushes, and more, young people can either begin or continue to develop their yoga practice. DM Osborne was trained by Shana Meyers, founder of miniyogis Yoga for Children in Los Angeles.  

Marvelous Musical Theatre - K through 9th grade

Sing, dance, act, perform, create backstage lighting charts, costume designs, sets, and more! From soup to nuts, we will learn the basics of Musical Theatre and culminate with an “informance” or informal performance for the school community of our own integrated musical! Whether we choose a classic such as “The Wizard of Oz”, design our own Broadway Revue or original student-created musical based on classroom themes and community friendship, anti-bullying, or other culturally and socially-emotioanally SEL relevant topics, select a contemporary piece such as Heartful Hamilton incorporating 5th grade U.S. History standards in a clean version of our favorite rock/rap/hiphop musicals, perform “Gold Dust or Bust” and other California history musicals for 4th grade, or bring it home with the traditional home-run Disney faves like The Lion King, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, Little Mermaid and more, we will warm hearts and ignite minds as we learn melody, harmony, rhythm, movement, character, and story in Musical Theatre!

SOMETHING SPECIAL

Wiggles, Giggles and Zigzags  - Preschool to 3rd grade

Students make their own instruments, such as a tambourine, drum, rainstick, or guitar, and then play them to different music and describe how the music makes them feel and want to move. We will write our own haiku poems, experience moving and dancing to music, and wear disguises by creating our own masks and then, wearing them, transform into characters using body language and voices. This interactive approach will activate each child’s imagination and keep them engaged in the creative process in new and exciting ways! The class will culminate in a performance for the school community.  

I Want My MTV! Make Your Own Music Video  - 1st and up

Students choose their favorite songs and bring them to life in a music video. Students learn how to conceive of a music video, how to use a camera, how to properly compose a shot, hot to use the camera in expressive and emotional ways, and how to edit video (non-technological). Students will also act and/or lip synch the song. Class culminates in a film festival for the community.

Cooking with Character  - Pre-K and Up

What foods create which experience? Or, “that tastes good, now why?” We will explore what makes food special and how it can be enhanced through special combinations and cooking techniques. We will make and taste several recipes together and create a culinary experience.

Storybook Music and Movement! Read, sing and explore! - K - 9th

Enjoy reading folk tales from around the world, using Common Core English/Language Arts standards for each grade level (Example: Cinderella stories from around the world for 2nd grade) and weave in music and movement from these cultures. For example, we read Adelita, the Mexican Cinderella, sing and dance to “La Bamba” and create the Mexican Mixer circle dance and song together, then read the Nigerian Cinderella, play African rhythms on drums, dance the Sub-Saharan tribal bird dance, and sing “Shosholoza” from South Africa, Sobanana Kasasa from Ghana, and other Nigerian and African folk songs. Then we read the Caribbean Cinderella and sing the Jamaican Banana Boat Song and Tingalayo from the West Indies with movement, and more. Kinder and TK may use folk tales such as Anansi the Spider, Aesop’s Fables, and Upper graders incorporate other folk tales such as the Greek and Roman myths and other age-appropriate multicultural folk tales, songs and dances. This class can be adapted for any grade level K-6th gr. And students with Special Needs.

Mozart, Butterflies, Water Cycle and More! - K and up

Math, Science, Music and Movement! NGSS (Incorporates NGSS/New Generation Science Standards and Common Core Math Standards)

Beginning with Classical music, learn about Mozart and Beethoven and then create your own Rondo like Mozart did using ABACABA form and see how Bruno Mars, the Beatles, Zindea, Alisha Keyes, and other contemporary pop artists still use this musical form (Verse, Chorus, Verse, Bridge, Verse, Chorus, Tag!) Upper graders will sing The Water Cycle song in 5-part harmony and dance to each section from rain to thunder to condensation, and create the Life Cycle of the Butterfly for K-2 students using songs and movement, wings and scarves, and simple creative movement, rhythms and songs. Learn about fractions and decimals using Pizza Story for quarter notes, half notes and more music notation, and create your own songs using pennies, charts, Boomwhackers, bells and percussion! Science standards and Math standards are brought to life and made fun and engaging while classroom learning teams are built in a deep, meaningful way!

After School Group Classes

Private Music

Aimee and her highly qualified teachers offer private, semi-private, and small group music lessons in Aimee's home studio or in your own home. We offer instruction in piano, voice, guitar, cello, bass, and recorder from beginner to advanced. Classes can be 30 minutes, 45 minutes or one hour in length depending on the students' age and ability level. We strive to match each student with the teacher who best fits his/her learning style, temperament, and schedule. Teachers are highly trained and experienced in instruction. Recitals are held bi-annually with an emphasis on process, progress, and individual achievement rather than reaching a rigid standard of success or comparison to other musicians. Clients are invoiced monthly and asked to sign a simple contract agreeing to weekly lessons and 24-hour cancellation notice. A wonderful enriching musical experience!

Prices depending on distance, number of students, and number of classes back-to-back

After School Group Classes

Prices depending on distance, number of students, and number of classes back-to-back

Sample Residencey: International Dance Dance Sampler -

DANCE AROUND THE WORLD

Fun, engaging and high energy 10-week movement class with focus on basic dances from around the world (Mexico, Brazil, United States, France, Ireland, Hawaii, Folklorico,Tahiti, Africa, Armenia, El Salvador, India/Bollywood, as well as Hiphop, Jazz Funk, Tap, Ballet, Salsa, Tango, American Folk/Square Dance, Armenian Folk Dance, and more), building motor-skill developments, and learning to create dance combinations.

We will also explore basic foundational dance concepts such as Locomotor (traveling) and Axial (still or turning on axis), Pathways of Movement (straight line, curve, circle, zigzag, square), Tempo (fast/slow), Rhythm (patterns of beats), Dynamics (loud and soft), Movement Qualities (bending, melting, stretching, leaping) aligned with CA New Arts Standards and Content Standards for Common Core, Social Emotional and 21st Century Learning. Class culminates in an “informance” or informal performance for the school community. Class fee includes scarf/accessory and T-shirt for final “informance” and community/team-building. Students gain confidence, physical dexterity, and collaborative life skills! Join the fun and dance with us around the world!

ARTS AND LITERACY EVENTS:

One-night or one-afternoon events with multiple artists in which students and families tour booths in rotations and expeirence different art forms in connection to curriculum:

Recycled Art

a) Mural using netting and found objects,
b) instrument making (rainsticks with toilet paper rolls and paper towel rolls, marakas with egg shakers and Tupperwares and beans, paper plate tambourines, shoebox guitars and ukeleles, bucket., oatmeal container and box drums, etc.)

Literacy

a) Bookmaking with stories and illustrations
b) Sound bath with storytelling, chimes, drums, and recording it on ipads
c) Story puppets and story walk/maze - make a puppet and take it on a journey led by storyteller with rhythm and drums

Multicultural Fair

a) Karaoke in different languages, cultures and styles
b) Cinderella Stories from around the world -- songs and dances from Egypt, Mexico, Africa and more

Silent Film Night

a) Animation flip books
b) Pantomime silent storytelling and body sculptures workshop

Family Science / STEAM Astronomy Night

a) Constellation mural map with negative and positive space
b) Theatre Improv and Tableaux (frozen picture poses) in small groups of (1) planets (2) constellations (3) greek mythology from the constellations
c) Telescope making and viewing using paper towel rolls, tissue paper and cutouts
d) Songs with Master Musician Teaching Artists singalong and drum circle with space songs such as “Rocketman,” by Elton John, “Space Oddity” by David Bowie, the “Planets” by the Pentatonix, and more!

Aimee Art Productions