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Cultivating a culture centred around school productions entails more than merely staging a musical; it involves nurturing a sense of community. We encountered a situation recently where we had to make the tough decision of postponing our 2023 production due to a significant injury sustained by our lead male performer. This delay had substantial repercussions throughout our school. However, as the situation settled and new dates were arranged, our students began to comprehend the rationale behind not rushing to stage the production. During this time, our students gained an appreciation for the significance of prioritising safety in performance practices. They developed an understanding of the well-being that thrives within our performing arts community. Establishing a culture of safe performance practices is crucial for students' development. Without this awareness, students might take uninformed risks on stage, such as standing on unsecured wheeled tables or pushing through vocal injuries. Being educators in the performing arts, it is of utmost importance that we nurture a culture placing safety and growth at the forefront. This, in turn, contributes to the cultivation of a stronger sense of community, where the well-being of individuals is recognised as a vital component within the creative process. 2022 Production of The SpongeBob Musical

Already thinking about your next concert season? From themes to vocal ranges, here are ten things to consider before programming your next concert. https://hubs.li/Q02btJ_90

The benefits of bringing arts education to your school are as follows… 🔑 You get to unlock students potential on a more grandeur scale beyond just STEM learning. 🔑 You get to cultivate the whole student, while providing more access to the arts through real time exposure. 🔑 The coolest kids are truly creatives, so you get to expand their horizons through music, music production, theatre, songwriting and more. 🔑 Professional Development activities are way more cool for your staff/network professionally or personally. 🔑 Everyone gets to join in! No stone unturned! Every student gets to partake in a specific discipline within the arts to cultivate them for their next level in life. #artsandculture #artseducation #chicagopublicschools #performingarts #steamlearning #multidisciplinary #communitydevelopment #youthdevelopment

📣 DO YOU TEACH MUSIC TO PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS? We invite you to participate as a demonstrating or observing teacher in Stage 3 of the EPP #ArtsLearning Online Study. Stage 3 will involve teachers demonstrating arts learning activities to a group of students online (for up to 30 mins) between 16-31 October Term 4 2023. Observing teachers will then watch a replay and provide their feedback and evaluation. You can find an information sheet with more details and a registration form to express your interest here: https://linktr.ee/cqu_epp. Do you know someone who might be interested? Please tag them and/or share this post with your networks. 🙏 #CQUniResearch @CQU @UTSFASS

#ArtIntegration #curriculum If a school has a music, art, drama, or dance teacher, their approach is most likely and primarily Arts as Curriculum. Students develop knowledge and skills in a particular art form. Often referred to as “arts learning” or “art for art’s sake,” the programs are guided by national, state, or local standards for each of the art forms. For example, in visual arts, students learn the content, processes, and techniques for two- or three-dimensional work. They learn how the visual arts developed and changed throughout history, and engage in creating and analyzing works created in a variety of media. CBSE Capacity building program

"In my view, Music of the Earth is an especially potent theme because of the way it highlights music’s ability to connect each of us to our communities, spaces, places, and the broader culture and environments around us. It also offers an exciting opportunity to program music by composers who are championing the work of environmental justice, bringing their creativity to bear on one of the most pressing issues we face." Nick Diberardino, Chair of Composition Studies and Senior Associate Dean of Performance Studies, recently spoke with I CARE IF YOU LISTEN about this year's Music of the Earth programming and why performing new music is so vital to the Curtis curriculum. Read more: https://ow.ly/23yg50Pgjyx

"When we turn it up to hear the kids, the speakers squeal!" I hear this a lot from elementary school music and theater teachers. Here's how to fix it! I made a simple list of tips to help you solve the problem and you can have it for free. I suggest printing it and posting it near your sound system so kids and volunteers can see it. Comment WITHOUT and I'll send you the link. #elementaryteacher #elementaryschool #elementaryeducation #elementarymusic #elementarymusicteacher

Viola Spolin’s Theater Games for Educators starts Jan 16! Sign up soon to join this absolutely fantastic cohort of players and teachers. It might be awhile before I’m able offer this one again, so don’t miss the chance to play with this group. Find the linktree in our bio or visit https://lnkd.in/gm6Eg8yg much more certain would knowledge be if it came from and out of the excitement of learning itself? How many human values will be lost and how much will our art forms be deprived if we seek only success. -Viola Spolin The ten-week online workshop with Aretha Sills is open to teachers in any field who’d like to explore Viola Spolin’s theater games with a group of fellow educators. We’ll play games like we would in an introductory course, but also make time to discuss questions that arise about presenting the exercises in our various classrooms.Participants will be immersed in Spolin’s non-authoritarian teaching methods through experiential play and discussion. We will cover: the origins of improvisational theater in Progressive-era experiential educational philosophies including the innovative work of her teacher, sociologist Neva Boyd; Spolin’s non-authoritarian teaching methods; side-coaching technique; workshop practices and procedures; assessing your students’ needs; and planning workshops for a variety of groups, experience levels, and teaching environments.This is not a practicum, but a slowed-down introductory course to allow teachers time to discuss integrating Spolin’s methods into their classrooms. There will be some recommended readings you can do at your own pace.Class size is limited.Live online classes will meet: Ten Tuesdays, January 16 - March 19, 2024, 7pm to 9:30pm Central Standard Time. Our last two workshops will be Central Daylight Time.#violaspolin #theater #theatre #theatergames #improvisation #sillsspolintheaterworks #dramateacher #theatertraining#improv #dramateacherlife #education #educators #therapist #socialworker #appliedimprov #theaterteacher #theaterteacherlife #educator