Program / Event Details
Provider: Arts for Learning Maryland
Contact Details
Address
21 E North Avenue, 1st Floor
Baltimore, MD 21202
Baltimore, MD 21202
Primary Contact: Arts For Learning
Curtis Blues – Up-cycling: Turning Junk into Musical Instruments From Africa to
$615.00
This interactive assembly challenges students to use recycled materials to make folk instruments. Using the STEM engineering design model as a guide, Curtis performs on a variety of instruments made of “up-cycled” materials. Students discuss responsible green practices and how to use discarded items to create musical instruments as people have done throughout history.
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Event/Program Details
Dates:
2016-09-15 - 2021-08-31
Event Length:
45 minutes
Location:
2600 North Howard StreetSuite 1300
Baltimore, MD 21218
Audiences:
Kindergarten, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Core Curricula:
Science
Art Forms:
Music
Program/Event Format:
In School Performance
Cost:
Assembly Price: $615 Assembly Back-to-Back Price: $975
Discount for Title 1 Stipend schools:
Access for All Grant Program covers up to 80% of the total cost including travel. Maryland State Arts Council Visiting Performers Grant can cover up to 1/3 of the cost for all assembly programs.
Website:
http://www.yamd.org/program/up-cycling-turning-junk-into-musical-instruments-from-africa-to-america/