Robbi K & Friends want to 'edu-tain' as many as possible!!!!!
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Benefits of Robbi K's multicultural presentations:
- exposes young people to world music, jazz music, folk tales & songs, dance, and instrumental excellence
- encourages love, tolerance, understanding, and appreciation of other cultures
- peeks the interest in other languages, life styles, and musical genres
- Robbi K 's productions benefit participants on multiple levels while also addressing state learning standards
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Songs of Freedom
(Suitable for grades 4 - 10)
Music is a powerful tool for any cause and one of the highest causes: human freedom.
Songs of freedom have appeared at every point in U.S. history.
Anti-British and pro-independence songs were heard well before the American Revolution. Many of the spirituals sung by slaves in the Old South show a clear longing for freedom, couched in unimpeachable religious terms. Nowadays, modern folk music is often influenced by political ideas while often maintaining a rebellious spirit.
Robbi K & Friends focus on 2 pivotal times in American history: Slavery & the Civil Rights Movement. This mostly a cappella concert filled with positive energy and harmonic artistry, gets students to participate enthusiastically; clapping and waving hands while Robbi K conveys historical dates and events of the African American experience. When children hear these Songs of Freedom again, they’ll have a deeper understanding of their meaning.
Curriculum connections include multi-cultural studies and American History. Art forms include music, social studies, and storytelling. Songs of Freedom runs approximately 50 minutes, is suitable for grades 4 thru 10, and suggested audience size is 350 students. Study guide and script soon available online.
Benefits to students and teachers and State Standards:
- Responding to and Analyzing Works of Art: Students will respond critically to works in the arts, connecting the individual work to other works and to other aspects of human endeavor and thought.
- Understanding the Cultural Dimensions and Contributions of the Arts: Students will develop an understanding of the personal and cultural forces that shape artistic communication and how the arts in turn shape the diverse cultures of past and present society.
Keep the Beat!
(Suitable for grades K - 7)
Keep the Beat is multi-lingual world music concert featuring folk songs from around the globe with pulsating energy and interactivity. The emphasis of the concert is how people all over the world are connected by music, history, and daily interaction. Robbi K & Friends chant with you in Hausa, hum Zulu folk songs like Mbube, dance to the Latin clavé rhythm, and sing in reggae style celebrating l’chaim and things we have in common with each other. Sharing stories about her travels as a musician and through call & response you'll find yourself singing in 5 different languages!
Children exposed to these songs will not only be singing them for many years to come but hopefully will be inspired to become loving and open-minded participants in the global community. This program can be adapted for any age group.
Curriculum connections include multi-cultural studies, global studies, and language other than English. Art forms include music, social studies, and storytelling. Keep the Beat runs approximately 50 minutes, is suitable for grades K thru 7, and suggested audience size is 350 students.
Benefits to students and teachers and State Standards:
- Responding to and Analyzing Works of Art: Students will respond critically to works in the arts, connecting the individual work to other works and to other aspects of human endeavor and thought.
- Understanding the Cultural Dimensions and Contributions of the Arts: Students will develop an understanding of the personal and cultural forces that shape artistic communication and how the arts in turn shape the diverse cultures of past and present society.
Visions of Jazz
(Suitable for grades 4 - 10)
Vocalist Robbi K narrates a jazz performance for that uses dance, music, and storytelling to trace the history of American Jazz music from early European influenced field calls and spirituals, to bebop, modern day jazz and more. This octet of all-star talents pay tribute to music from the African Continent through the early 1900’s rags, to be-bop, gospel, and the blues up to the smooth sounds of modern day jazz.
Audiences experience an entertaining, engaging and educational musical history program that connects American History with music and dance; featuring Broadway dance legend, Dexter Jones, who has performed with Gregory Hines, Savion Glover, and Debbie Allen. His partner, Kristyn Smith, is a gifted and talented dancer who's also a Rockette.
Study guide includes a comprehensive discography for continued listening, a Jazzistory time line, and a literary based activity sheet. Recommended for grades 4 thru 10.
Benefits to students and teachers and State Standards:
Responding to and Analyzing Works of Art: Students will respond critically to works in the arts, connecting the individual work to other works and to other aspects of human endeavor and thought.
Understanding the Cultural Dimensions and Contributions of the Arts: Students will develop an understanding of the personal and cultural forces that shape artistic communication and how the arts in turn shape the diverse cultures of past and present society.
Set it Free: A Journey Through Apartheid
(Suitable for grades 8- 12, and college)
This lecture/concert features international recording artist Bakithi Kumalo, best known for his indelible contributions on Paul Simon's Graceland album. He recounts his life in the townships of Johannesburg, and tells how music has shaped his path. Since age 7, Bakithi found that music had a way of bringing people together regardless of race, culture or beliefs.
Set It Free: A Journey Through apartheid gives insight to understanding the delicate balance of life in South Africa. In America, we are bombarded by images of Africa as a place of conflict and deprivation with little else to offer other than its animals, painting a picture of Africa as a place without hope. Embark on a dynamic journey of self-exploration and empathy for diveristy as you travel beyond the media images of South African poverty, violence, HIV, and diamonds; for South Africa is a complex nation of people. Take a personal look into growing up during apartheid, sing songs in South African languages, ask questions to the musicians that lived and worked in that country during apartheid, and become more aware of what one can do to protect human rights and the role America plays in the global community. Gain a new perspective about South Africa with Set It Free: A Journey Through apartheid.
Recommended for grades 8 thru 12, and college students. Curriculum connections for grades 9 - 12: Government & African- American History, Civil Rights, Present Day Global Connections and Interactions. Curriculum connections for grade 8: The Civil Rights Movement; America in a Global World. In addition to the programs content that relates to the US Civil Rights movement, students will build upon their map skills, their reading, writing, research and oral communication skills, as well as their ability to analyze and interpret primary and document-based sources. Finally, Set It Free: A Journey Through apartheid seeks to increase students’ knowledge and appreciation of the world in which they live through the study of current events.
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