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New & Noteworthy - June 2013
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Sunday, May 5, 2013
New & Noteworthy - May 2013
Check out what's new and fun with Music and More in May. Also some great resources, and a little music for you to check out. Don't forget to visit our website too.
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Friday, November 30, 2012
New & Noteworthy - December 2012
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Hope you have a wonderful Holiday Season!
Monday, November 5, 2012
New & Noteworthy - November 2012
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Tuesday, October 2, 2012
New & Noteworthy from Music & More - October 2012
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Saturday, August 18, 2012
Fall 2012 Workshops at DVCC
Music & More is proud to announce that we will be working with Delaware Valley Children's Center to provide music workshops. We will be offering the following workshops with DVCC.
Making Music & More for:
- Circle Dancers
- Mommy & Me
- Drama Queens & Kings
- Theater Enthusiasts
- GLEE Enthusiasts
Copy and paste the link into your browser for more details. If interested in signing up for any workshops, contact Fern directly.
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Making Music & More for:
- Circle Dancers
- Mommy & Me
- Drama Queens & Kings
- Theater Enthusiasts
- GLEE Enthusiasts
Copy and paste the link into your browser for more details. If interested in signing up for any workshops, contact Fern directly.
http://www.dvccautism.org/images/lifeskills%20fall2012%20web.pdf
Tuesday, July 17, 2012
Benefits of Circle Dancing
What is circle dancing? Circle Dancing developed during the 1970s from traditional folk dance from around the world. There is a network of groups in the UK, where participants enjoy dancing together and can celebrate feelings of community and life events. The wide range of music allows the exploration of the social and cultural aspects of connecting lives. Making use of rhythm, music, touch and movement, allows the individual the opportunity to connect with, and relate to others. Research indicates that it contributes positively to the inner well-being of each person who takes part.
Benefits include:
Enjoyment in participation
Movement and mobility; essential and required exercise
Emotional and inner well-being, the circle and the type of music
Reminiscence, Life History, and a tool to link to develop and refresh other activities especially reminiscence
Relationships; contact/friendship encouraged/stimulated between users. Can provide a shared activity in a diverse group of individuals
An activity that does not depend on conversation - for users less able to participate in discussion
An activity which can be offered to people of all ages
Couples work and promotes their relationship sustaining
Can be used for engaging relatives/families in activities
Culture; the music is multi-cultural
Inclusive; both seated and standing dances in a session can involve mixed physical ability users to share an activity
Source: http://www.circledanceindementia.com/
Benefits include:
Enjoyment in participation
Movement and mobility; essential and required exercise
Emotional and inner well-being, the circle and the type of music
Reminiscence, Life History, and a tool to link to develop and refresh other activities especially reminiscence
Relationships; contact/friendship encouraged/stimulated between users. Can provide a shared activity in a diverse group of individuals
An activity that does not depend on conversation - for users less able to participate in discussion
An activity which can be offered to people of all ages
Couples work and promotes their relationship sustaining
Can be used for engaging relatives/families in activities
Culture; the music is multi-cultural
Inclusive; both seated and standing dances in a session can involve mixed physical ability users to share an activity
Source: http://www.circledanceindementia.com/
How Brain Training Can Prepare Your Child for Back to School
While genetics, inadequate instruction and low motivations can contribute to learning and reading difficulties, science confirms that by far, the most common root cause of learning struggles is underlying cognitive skill weakness.
“Cognitive skills are the underlying tools that enable kids to successfully focus, think, prioritize, plan, understand, visualize, remember and create useful associations and solve problems,” says Jim Goryeb, Director of LearningRx.
A child’s cognitive skill set is made up of auditory processing, visual processing, short and long-term memory, comprehension, logic and reasoning, and attention skills. Each can also be divided into identifiable sub-skills, such as sustain attention (staying on task), selective attention (ignoring distractions) and divided attention (handling more than one task at a time). “Each skill and sub-skill play a specific and necessary role and must work in concert before one can learn effectively.”
Parents and teachers can watch for these traits that children with weak cognitive skills display:
- Difficulty paying attention
- Poor test scores, grades or reading comprehension
- Poor memory
- Difficulty organizing activity
- Poor study and work habits
- Taking a long time to complete tasks
- Disinterest (or dislike) in school
A ten-year study by the National Institute of Health found that 88% of learning-to-read difficulties resulted from weak phonemic awareness, the ability to blend, segment and analyze sounds.
A professional cognitive skills test is the only way to pinpoint the exact cause of learning problems. These tests may help further identify a child’s weak cognitive skills and better prepare them for the school year.
“Cognitive skills are the underlying tools that enable kids to successfully focus, think, prioritize, plan, understand, visualize, remember and create useful associations and solve problems,” says Jim Goryeb, Director of LearningRx.
A child’s cognitive skill set is made up of auditory processing, visual processing, short and long-term memory, comprehension, logic and reasoning, and attention skills. Each can also be divided into identifiable sub-skills, such as sustain attention (staying on task), selective attention (ignoring distractions) and divided attention (handling more than one task at a time). “Each skill and sub-skill play a specific and necessary role and must work in concert before one can learn effectively.”
Parents and teachers can watch for these traits that children with weak cognitive skills display:
- Difficulty paying attention
- Poor test scores, grades or reading comprehension
- Poor memory
- Difficulty organizing activity
- Poor study and work habits
- Taking a long time to complete tasks
- Disinterest (or dislike) in school
A ten-year study by the National Institute of Health found that 88% of learning-to-read difficulties resulted from weak phonemic awareness, the ability to blend, segment and analyze sounds.
A professional cognitive skills test is the only way to pinpoint the exact cause of learning problems. These tests may help further identify a child’s weak cognitive skills and better prepare them for the school year.
Sunday, July 15, 2012
Benefits of Drama Therapy
What is drama? It is about reading and portraying emotions through voice and body language. It is about developing a relationship with fellow actors onstage. It is about interpreting a script and reacting to a situation. These are the same skills we use in our everyday interpersonal interactions. Improv games and the dramatic arts are effective in developing important social and life skills.
These benefits include:
Self-confidence not only in performing, but in interaction
Improved self-esteem; pride in their accomplishments
Improved recognition of emotions in others
Improved identification and labeling of own emotions
New leisure time activity in a group where they can be successful
New awareness of volume levels and beginning modulation of level
New skills for functioning as part of a group
New skills for following directions
Improved ability to interact with peers
Increased self-confidence through success
These benefits include:
Self-confidence not only in performing, but in interaction
Improved self-esteem; pride in their accomplishments
Improved recognition of emotions in others
Improved identification and labeling of own emotions
New leisure time activity in a group where they can be successful
New awareness of volume levels and beginning modulation of level
New skills for functioning as part of a group
New skills for following directions
Improved ability to interact with peers
Increased self-confidence through success
Sunday, July 1, 2012
Benefits of Reading Music
There is often a debate regarding the value of learning note reading versus simply playing by ear. Here is why learning to read the notes on the page is so important.
Music enhances the process of learning. The systems they nourish, which include our integrated sensory, attention, cognitive, emotional and motor capacities, are shown to be the driving forces behind all other learning. Taking this one step further, learning to read the notes on a page is an integral part of the benefits that participating in music provides.
Faster Learning: Students who learn to read music also learn other subjects at a faster rate as opposed to students who do not study musical notation.
Bigger Brains: Studies show that people who have learned to read music have larger brains.
Later Career Success: A CA study found that 75% of Silicon Valley CEO’s had instrumental music education as a child, which included learning to read music.
Stay in School: A Chicago study showed that high school students who had a musical education were less likely to drop out of school. Students who learn to read music are more likely to complete school.
Autism, ADHD and Brain Trauma: Learning music and music therapy already are effective for improving autism, ADHD and brain trauma. Learning to read music can be a very important source of successes, increasing rates of learning and improving behavior.
Music enhances the process of learning. The systems they nourish, which include our integrated sensory, attention, cognitive, emotional and motor capacities, are shown to be the driving forces behind all other learning. Taking this one step further, learning to read the notes on a page is an integral part of the benefits that participating in music provides.
Faster Learning: Students who learn to read music also learn other subjects at a faster rate as opposed to students who do not study musical notation.
Bigger Brains: Studies show that people who have learned to read music have larger brains.
Later Career Success: A CA study found that 75% of Silicon Valley CEO’s had instrumental music education as a child, which included learning to read music.
Stay in School: A Chicago study showed that high school students who had a musical education were less likely to drop out of school. Students who learn to read music are more likely to complete school.
Autism, ADHD and Brain Trauma: Learning music and music therapy already are effective for improving autism, ADHD and brain trauma. Learning to read music can be a very important source of successes, increasing rates of learning and improving behavior.
Benefits of Dance
Dance is a powerful ally for developing many of the attributes of a growing child. Dance helps children mature physically, emotionally, socially, and cognitively. The physical benefits of dance are widely accepted, but dance also has emotional, social and cognitive benefits.
Physical Development: Dance involves a greater range of motion, coordination, strength and endurance than most other physical activities. This is accomplished through movement patterns that teach coordination and kinesthetic memory. Dancing utilizes the entire body and is an excellent form of exercise for total body fitness. Young children are naturally active, but dance offers an avenue to expand movement possibilities and skills.
Emotional Maturity: Dance promotes psychological health and maturity. Children enjoy the opportunity to express their emotions and become aware of themselves and others through creative movement. A pre-school child enters a dance class or classroom with a history of emotional experiences. Movement within a class offers a structured outlet for physical release while gaining awareness and appreciation of oneself and others.
Social Awareness: Dance fosters social encounter, interaction, and cooperation. Children learn to communicate ideas to others through the real and immediate mode of body movement. Children quickly learn to work within a group dynamic. As the ongoing and sometimes challenging process of cooperation evolves, children learn to understand themselves in relation to others.
Cognitive Development: Young children will create movement spontaneously when presented with movement ideas or problems that can be solved with a movement response. Movement provides the cognitive loop between the idea, problem, or intent and the outcome or solution. This teaches an infant, child and, ultimately, adult to function in and understand the world.
Adapted from www.ndeo.org
Physical Development: Dance involves a greater range of motion, coordination, strength and endurance than most other physical activities. This is accomplished through movement patterns that teach coordination and kinesthetic memory. Dancing utilizes the entire body and is an excellent form of exercise for total body fitness. Young children are naturally active, but dance offers an avenue to expand movement possibilities and skills.
Emotional Maturity: Dance promotes psychological health and maturity. Children enjoy the opportunity to express their emotions and become aware of themselves and others through creative movement. A pre-school child enters a dance class or classroom with a history of emotional experiences. Movement within a class offers a structured outlet for physical release while gaining awareness and appreciation of oneself and others.
Social Awareness: Dance fosters social encounter, interaction, and cooperation. Children learn to communicate ideas to others through the real and immediate mode of body movement. Children quickly learn to work within a group dynamic. As the ongoing and sometimes challenging process of cooperation evolves, children learn to understand themselves in relation to others.
Cognitive Development: Young children will create movement spontaneously when presented with movement ideas or problems that can be solved with a movement response. Movement provides the cognitive loop between the idea, problem, or intent and the outcome or solution. This teaches an infant, child and, ultimately, adult to function in and understand the world.
Adapted from www.ndeo.org
Benefits of Theater
Research reveals the positive impact of drama and theater on a student’s physical, emotional, social and cognitive development.
Self Confidence: Taking risks in workshops and performing for an audience teach students to trust their ideas and abilities. The confidence gained in drama applies to school, career and life.
Imagination: Making creative choices, thinking of new ideas and interpreting familiar material in new ways are essential to theater and developing a creative mind.
Empathy: Acting roles from different situations, time periods and cultures promotes compassion and tolerance for others’ feelings and viewpoints.
Cooperation/Collaboration: Theater combines the creative ideas and abilities of its participants. This process includes discussing, negotiating, rehearsing and performing together, all of which are important and applicable life skills.
Concentration: Playing, practicing and performing develop a sustained focus of mind, body and voice, which also helps in other school subjects and life.
Communication Skills: Theater enhances verbal and nonverbal communication. It improves voice projection, articulation of words, and fluency with language. It also encourages listening skills.
Problem Solving: Students learn how to communicate the who, what, where and why to the audience. Improvisation fosters quick-thinking solutions, which leads to greater adaptability in life.
Fun: Theater brings play, humor and laughter to learning, which improves motivation and reduces stress.
Emotional Outlet: Pretend play and theater games allow students to express a range of emotions. Aggression and tension can be released in a safe, controlled environment, reducing antisocial behaviors.
Relaxation: Many theater activities reduce stress by releasing mental, physical and emotional tension.
Self – Discipline: The process of moving from ideas to actions to performances teaches the value of practice and perseverance. Theater games and creative movement improve self-control.
Trust: The social interaction and risk taking in theater develop trust in self, others and the process.
Physical Fitness: Movement in theater improves flexibility, coordination, balance and control.
Memory: Rehearsing and performing words, movements and cues strengthen the memory like a muscle.
Copyright 2005 J. Basom (Adapted)
Self Confidence: Taking risks in workshops and performing for an audience teach students to trust their ideas and abilities. The confidence gained in drama applies to school, career and life.
Imagination: Making creative choices, thinking of new ideas and interpreting familiar material in new ways are essential to theater and developing a creative mind.
Empathy: Acting roles from different situations, time periods and cultures promotes compassion and tolerance for others’ feelings and viewpoints.
Cooperation/Collaboration: Theater combines the creative ideas and abilities of its participants. This process includes discussing, negotiating, rehearsing and performing together, all of which are important and applicable life skills.
Concentration: Playing, practicing and performing develop a sustained focus of mind, body and voice, which also helps in other school subjects and life.
Communication Skills: Theater enhances verbal and nonverbal communication. It improves voice projection, articulation of words, and fluency with language. It also encourages listening skills.
Problem Solving: Students learn how to communicate the who, what, where and why to the audience. Improvisation fosters quick-thinking solutions, which leads to greater adaptability in life.
Fun: Theater brings play, humor and laughter to learning, which improves motivation and reduces stress.
Emotional Outlet: Pretend play and theater games allow students to express a range of emotions. Aggression and tension can be released in a safe, controlled environment, reducing antisocial behaviors.
Relaxation: Many theater activities reduce stress by releasing mental, physical and emotional tension.
Self – Discipline: The process of moving from ideas to actions to performances teaches the value of practice and perseverance. Theater games and creative movement improve self-control.
Trust: The social interaction and risk taking in theater develop trust in self, others and the process.
Physical Fitness: Movement in theater improves flexibility, coordination, balance and control.
Memory: Rehearsing and performing words, movements and cues strengthen the memory like a muscle.
Copyright 2005 J. Basom (Adapted)
Saturday, June 30, 2012
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Friday, June 29, 2012
Benefits of Music Therapy
Music therapy uses music to promote positive changes in the wellbeing of an individual. These positive changes may be changes in physical development, social development, emotional or spiritual wellbeing or cognitive abilities.
Children with developmental and learning difficulties, children and adults with autism or special needs as well as the elderly and dementia sufferers have all been shown to benefit from music therapy.
Music is universal and connects across language barriers. Most people can respond to music in some way regardless of illness or disability.
Music has the natural ability to generate an emotional response in the listener. It has a calming and relaxing affect of the body. Music is known to reduce stress, which in turn can lower blood pressure, improve respiration, reduce heart rate, and reduce tension in muscles.
Music is processed in both halves of the brain and this stimulation has been shown to help in development of language and speech functions. It promotes socialization and development of communication, self expression and motor skills. Children and adults with autism have been found to respond very positively to music and many of them display high levels of musical skill.
Music encourages verbal as well as non verbal communication and promotes social interaction and relatedness. It's a valuable outlet for self expression and creativity. Music has also been successfully used in pain management by providing a distraction from the painful stimulus as well as for relaxation and stress alleviation.
Children with developmental and learning difficulties, children and adults with autism or special needs as well as the elderly and dementia sufferers have all been shown to benefit from music therapy.
Music is universal and connects across language barriers. Most people can respond to music in some way regardless of illness or disability.
Music has the natural ability to generate an emotional response in the listener. It has a calming and relaxing affect of the body. Music is known to reduce stress, which in turn can lower blood pressure, improve respiration, reduce heart rate, and reduce tension in muscles.
Music is processed in both halves of the brain and this stimulation has been shown to help in development of language and speech functions. It promotes socialization and development of communication, self expression and motor skills. Children and adults with autism have been found to respond very positively to music and many of them display high levels of musical skill.
Music encourages verbal as well as non verbal communication and promotes social interaction and relatedness. It's a valuable outlet for self expression and creativity. Music has also been successfully used in pain management by providing a distraction from the painful stimulus as well as for relaxation and stress alleviation.
Monday, June 25, 2012
Why Teach Music?
Music is a Science – It is exact, specific and it demands exact acoustics. A conductor’s full score is a chart, a graph which indicates frequencies, intensities, volume changes, melody and harmony all at once and with the most exact control of time.
Music is Mathematical – It is rhythmically based on the subdivisions of time into fractions which must be done instantaneously, not worked out on paper.
Music is a Foreign Language – Most of the terms are in Italian, German, or French; and the notation is certainly not English, but a highly developed kind of shorthand that uses symbols to represent ideas. The semantics of music is the most complete and universal language.
Music is History – Music usually reflects the environments and times of its creation, often even the country and/or racial feeling.
Music is Physical Education – It requires fantastic coordination of fingers, hands, arms, lips, cheek, and facial muscles, in addition to extraordinary control of the diaphragmatic, back, stomach and chest muscles, which respond instantly to the sound the ear hears and the mind interprets.
Music is all these things, but most of all, music is Art – It allows a human being to take all these dry technically boring (but difficult) techniques and use them to create emotion. That is one thing that science cannot duplicate; humanism, feeling, emotion, call it what you will.
That is why we teach music! Not because we expect you to major in music. Not because we expect you to play or sing all your life. Not so you can relax, not so you can have fun, BUT – so you will be human.
So you will recognize beauty.
So you will be sensitive.
So you will be closer to an infinite beyond this world.
So you will have something to cling to.
So you will have more love, more compassion, more gentleness, and more good – in short, more life.
Music is Mathematical – It is rhythmically based on the subdivisions of time into fractions which must be done instantaneously, not worked out on paper.
Music is a Foreign Language – Most of the terms are in Italian, German, or French; and the notation is certainly not English, but a highly developed kind of shorthand that uses symbols to represent ideas. The semantics of music is the most complete and universal language.
Music is History – Music usually reflects the environments and times of its creation, often even the country and/or racial feeling.
Music is Physical Education – It requires fantastic coordination of fingers, hands, arms, lips, cheek, and facial muscles, in addition to extraordinary control of the diaphragmatic, back, stomach and chest muscles, which respond instantly to the sound the ear hears and the mind interprets.
Music is all these things, but most of all, music is Art – It allows a human being to take all these dry technically boring (but difficult) techniques and use them to create emotion. That is one thing that science cannot duplicate; humanism, feeling, emotion, call it what you will.
That is why we teach music! Not because we expect you to major in music. Not because we expect you to play or sing all your life. Not so you can relax, not so you can have fun, BUT – so you will be human.
So you will recognize beauty.
So you will be sensitive.
So you will be closer to an infinite beyond this world.
So you will have something to cling to.
So you will have more love, more compassion, more gentleness, and more good – in short, more life.
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Making Music & More for Aspiring Dancers
TINY DANCERS (Ages 3-4):
Through Fun and Creative Play your child will develop rhythm and coordination while being introduced to basic ballet and jazz fundamentals.
Upcoming Summer Sessions:
7/09/2012 – 7/13/2012
12:00 – 1:00 pm
8/06/2012 – 8/10/2012
12:00 – 1:00 pm
BALLET/JAZZ (Ages 5-8):
For kids who are looking to try dance for the first time or for those that want to continue. This class provides a perfect Ballet/jazz combination for developing balance, coordination, flexibility and endurance all while Having FUN!!!!!!!
Upcoming Summer Sessions:
7/09/2012 – 7/13/2012
1:30 – 2:30 pm
8/06/2012 – 8/10/2012
1:30 – 2:30 pm
All sessions will be held at:
Bucks Club
2600 York Road
Jamison, PA 18929
Cost: $100
Instructor: Marli Franco
Space is limited. Priority given to advance registration.
For more information or to enroll in a workshop contact:
Fern Flicker
(267) 980-0706
fflick@verizon.net
Through Fun and Creative Play your child will develop rhythm and coordination while being introduced to basic ballet and jazz fundamentals.
Upcoming Summer Sessions:
7/09/2012 – 7/13/2012
12:00 – 1:00 pm
8/06/2012 – 8/10/2012
12:00 – 1:00 pm
BALLET/JAZZ (Ages 5-8):
For kids who are looking to try dance for the first time or for those that want to continue. This class provides a perfect Ballet/jazz combination for developing balance, coordination, flexibility and endurance all while Having FUN!!!!!!!
Upcoming Summer Sessions:
7/09/2012 – 7/13/2012
1:30 – 2:30 pm
8/06/2012 – 8/10/2012
1:30 – 2:30 pm
All sessions will be held at:
Bucks Club
2600 York Road
Jamison, PA 18929
Cost: $100
Instructor: Marli Franco
Space is limited. Priority given to advance registration.
For more information or to enroll in a workshop contact:
Fern Flicker
(267) 980-0706
fflick@verizon.net
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Revelations in Doylestown
You may have noticed that Music & More is having a lot of workshops and sessions at Revelations, located in Doylestown. Not only is Revelations generous enough to host our great music workshops, but they have their own great services as well.
At Revelations, "ignite the spark within" if you are looking for counseling, hypno-therapy, alternative therapy, classes and more. You can get more information by visiting in person, calling or visiting their website:
Revelations
573 N. Main Street
Doylestown, PA 18901
215-622-3290
www.revelationsru.com
These Music & More workshops will be held at Revelations this summer:
- Making Music & More for Mommy & Me
- Making Music & More for Theater Enthusiasts
- Making Music & More for GLEE Enthusiasts
At Revelations, "ignite the spark within" if you are looking for counseling, hypno-therapy, alternative therapy, classes and more. You can get more information by visiting in person, calling or visiting their website:
Revelations
573 N. Main Street
Doylestown, PA 18901
215-622-3290
www.revelationsru.com
These Music & More workshops will be held at Revelations this summer:
- Making Music & More for Mommy & Me
- Making Music & More for Theater Enthusiasts
- Making Music & More for GLEE Enthusiasts
Making Music & More for Theater Enthusiasts
Interested in learning how to be more theatrical? If so, one or all of these summer Theater sessions are for you!
Theater Improvisation (Ages 7-12):
Learn to let go, think on your feet, trust your instincts, build your confidence and communicate in new ways – all while having loads of fun! Improv is a fast, dynamic and joyous form of performance art, so flex your funny bone, fill your imagination tank and join us for improv games galore where there is always only one rule, and that is to say, “Yes!”
Upcoming Summer Sessions:
June:
6/23/2012 10:00 – 11:00 am
6/30/2012 10:00 – 11:00 am
August:
8/04/2012 10:00 – 11:00 am
8/11/2012 10:00 – 11:00 am
Theater Arts (Ages 13-18):
Learn the basic skills of performance for theater arts through scene study. Workshop will cover skills such as scene preparation, sense-memory, character building, communicating with your fellow actor, speech modulation and cadence, physicality, coping with nervousness, relaxation exercises, improv exercises and many more techniques, which also benefit any instances of public speaking and performing in front of others. Students will be asked to prepare an age appropriate monologue for the first session, which may be a poem, or original piece of approximately two minutes, and does not need to be memorized. They will then be assigned pre-selected scenes and partners. Subsequent sessions will be spent working on these scenes.
Upcoming Summer Sessions:
June:
6/23/2012 11:30 am – 12:30 pm
6/23/2012 11:30 am – 12:30 pm
August:
6/23/2012 11:30 am – 12:30 pm
6/23/2012 11:30 am – 12:30 pm
All sessions will be held at:
Revelations
573 N. Main Street
Doylestown, PA 18901
Cost: $20 per session
Space is limited. Priority given to advance registration.
For more information or to enroll in a workshop contact:
Fern Flicker
(267) 980-0706
fflick@verizon.net
Theater Improvisation (Ages 7-12):
Learn to let go, think on your feet, trust your instincts, build your confidence and communicate in new ways – all while having loads of fun! Improv is a fast, dynamic and joyous form of performance art, so flex your funny bone, fill your imagination tank and join us for improv games galore where there is always only one rule, and that is to say, “Yes!”
Upcoming Summer Sessions:
June:
6/23/2012 10:00 – 11:00 am
6/30/2012 10:00 – 11:00 am
August:
8/04/2012 10:00 – 11:00 am
8/11/2012 10:00 – 11:00 am
Theater Arts (Ages 13-18):
Learn the basic skills of performance for theater arts through scene study. Workshop will cover skills such as scene preparation, sense-memory, character building, communicating with your fellow actor, speech modulation and cadence, physicality, coping with nervousness, relaxation exercises, improv exercises and many more techniques, which also benefit any instances of public speaking and performing in front of others. Students will be asked to prepare an age appropriate monologue for the first session, which may be a poem, or original piece of approximately two minutes, and does not need to be memorized. They will then be assigned pre-selected scenes and partners. Subsequent sessions will be spent working on these scenes.
Upcoming Summer Sessions:
June:
6/23/2012 11:30 am – 12:30 pm
6/23/2012 11:30 am – 12:30 pm
August:
6/23/2012 11:30 am – 12:30 pm
6/23/2012 11:30 am – 12:30 pm
All sessions will be held at:
Revelations
573 N. Main Street
Doylestown, PA 18901
Cost: $20 per session
Space is limited. Priority given to advance registration.
For more information or to enroll in a workshop contact:
Fern Flicker
(267) 980-0706
fflick@verizon.net
Monday, April 30, 2012
Making Music & More for GLEE Enthusiasts
We have a new summer workshop, called, Making Music & More for GLEE Enthusiasts. Vocal workshop based on the hit Fox Television show, GLEE. Students will learn vocal techniques and dramatic performance techniques through learning popular songs and creating their own GLEE- style episode. Workshop culminates in a live performance of the music and episode for friends and family.
Wednesdays
7/11/2012 – 8/15/2012
12:30 - 2:30 pm
Revelations
573 N. Main St., Doylestown, PA 18901
Ages 10 - 13
Cost: $180
Instructor: Caitlin Kellagher of Music & More
For more information or to enroll in a workshop:
Contact Fern Flicker
(267) 980-0706
fflick@verizon.net
Wednesdays
7/11/2012 – 8/15/2012
12:30 - 2:30 pm
Revelations
573 N. Main St., Doylestown, PA 18901
Ages 10 - 13
Cost: $180
Instructor: Caitlin Kellagher of Music & More
For more information or to enroll in a workshop:
Contact Fern Flicker
(267) 980-0706
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