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Performing professionally, traveling abroad, teaching privately and publicly, and actively supporting the local arts community has made me aware that our children and the community they live in are in desperate need of Arts Education. Too often I'll attend a weekend evening art exhibit only to see the regular crowd and a few young aspiring artists. I ask myself, Where is everyone else and did the general public even know that this was happening? Recently I've taken action by picking up stacks of promotional flyers for local art events and posting them when I place my own materials at schools, community centers, coffee houses, etc. This is merely advertising, but the old saying, "your mind is like a parachute, it works when it is open," holds true. The more aware and diverse the community becomes in the Arts, the more their own parachute opens and prepares them for those very special moments. Moments when the Arts Educator actually gets the chance to educate in a cross-curriculum style and share the wonderful world of art simultaneously to them.
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Performance / Demonstrations
- Pan is my Jumbie.
A general overview of the Steel Drum and its origin. Joseph performs
selections on the steel drum. (K-12th grade)
- A World of Percussion. A trip around the world is often just a dream, but in this performance Joseph offers a quick-paced demonstration of many different percussion instruments from around the world. Incorporates the use of Audio and Visual aids. (K-12th grade)
Workshops
- The Engine Room. Auxiliary percussion instruments, in addition to student recycled instruments are used to give each student a hands on experience of what it would be like to play in the Engine Room of the Trinidad Steel Bands. (4-12 grade) (1-2 sessions / 50 min. each)
- Batucada March.
Exploration of Samba music from Brazil, a hands on experience. Students
will form a "samba de escola" and learn to play the various rhythms
and instruments utilized in a typical samba school of Brazil. (4-12
grade) (1-2
sessions / 50 min. each)
Residencies
- Carnival in Trinidad;
Calypso Music and the Steel Drum. A QLE (Quality Learning
Experience) that stimulates student learning through lectures, group
discussions, library research, information organizers, and Artist and
Student performances. (9-12 grade) (10
sessions / 50 min. each + 1 performance)
- Panyard
Invasion. Hands-on workshop designed for a small group of instrumentalists/percussionists.
The Panyards of Trinidad are filled with excitement and energetic pan
women and men preparing a musically selection for carnival. In this
workshop students will learn a piece of music in the spirit of the Caribbean.
A fast-paced learning experience that will allow student to tap into
their creative side by adding their own finishing touches to the composition.
(5-12 grade) (5-10
sessions / 50 min. each)
- Pan-O-Rama. This residency requires a minimum of one week in the classroom and includes an evening concert performance by the band/orchestra and the guest artist. Each day will be divided into several segments. Area's of interest include cultural and historical history of the Steel Drum and Caribbean Music, master class with the percussion section, full band/orchestra rehearsals, and individual sectionals with each group of instruments. This residency offers the individual site the opportunity to commission the artist to compose a composition or utilize a previously composed composition. This residency is designed for established steel bands, concert/symphonic bands, and orchestras. (8-12 grade) (Minimum of 20 sessions / 50 min. each, can be designed as a semester or year long project)
