Busy Graham of Carpe Diem Arts and Gerry Early of the Talbot County Arts Council recently compiled a listing of cultural arts assembly programs and artist residency dates by school for 2016-2017. Find your child’s school’s programming for this school year below.
TILGHMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
All programs at 1pm
September 21 Noa Baum: Award-winning Storyteller
October 17 Womb Work Productions Bullying is Bad 4 your Health
November 16 Ball in the House: Totally Vocally (a cappella)
December 9 Max Bent: Outside of the (Beat) Box
January 20 Taikoza: Taiko Drumming
February 16 Quynn Johnson
March 6-10 Victoria Vox: Ukes on the Move residency c/o Carpe Diem Arts
April 12 Magpie/ Rachel Carson Writings
May 10 Le Vent Du Nord: Quebecois Music & Dance par excellence!
THE COUNTRY SCHOOL
All programs on Wednesdays, 9:10-10am — except Feb 3 (Friday) and March 9 (Thursday)
Sept 14 Wild by Design (Carnegie Science Center)
Sept 21 Noa Baum: Choosing Peace (YA) – storytelling/National Peace Day!
Oct 12 Skher Brown: Dancing Warriors (Capoeira)
Oct 19 Harriett Tubman: The Chosen One – Gwendolyn Briley-Strand
Oct 26 Bowen McCauley Dance: Victory Road–Dance/Rock/Country Music
Nov 30 Kim and Reggie Harris – Dream Alive — and residency with 6th-graders
Jan 25 Papageno! – Peabody Opera
Mar 22 Footworks: Irish Roots and American Branches (YA)
Apr 12 Magpie — program w/ tie-in to Rachel Carson writings (CAA)
May 10 Le Vent du Nord — from Quebec!
First Strings violin residency with Meredith Buxton: March/April 2017
ST. MICHAELS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Oct 7 Lesole Dance of South Africa
Jan 25 Max Bent: Outside the [Beat] Box
April 26 Jon Spelman: Teller of Tale Tales
First Strings violin residency with Meredith Buxton: September 19-30
ST. MICHAELS MIDDLE HIGH SCHOOL
Mosaic residency with Sue Stockman, May 9-13
SAINTS PETER AND PAUL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (grades PreK-8)
All programs at 9:00am and 10:00am
October 25 Bowen McCauley dance — “Victory Road: Dancing through the Decades”
January 31 Circus Flow: “Science of Awesome”
March 27 Marquee Brass
May 18 Caryn Lin “The Science of Sound”
SAINTS PETER AND PAUL HIGH SCHOOL
Mosaic residency with Sue Stockman, January 9-13
CHESAPEAKE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL
All programs at 1:00pm
Tues, Oct 11 Andes Manta: Music of the Andes
Wed, Jan 18 Sparky and Rhonda Rucker: Let Freedom Ring — Honoring the Legacy of M.L. King
February 6 Fabulous Chinese Acrobats
March 6 Victoria Vox — kick-off of Ukes on the Move residency with Chris Noyes
April 13 Magpie: Living Planet (for Earth Day)
May 3 Robert Kikuchi-Yngojo
Ukes on the Move residency with Chris Noyes: 5 weekly sessions March 13-April 14, 2017
EASTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Moton & Dobson)
9:30 and 10:30am – and 2:00pm
Mon, Oct 10 Andes Manta: Music of the Andes
Thurs, Dec 15 EMS Advanced Band
Jan 27 Christylez Bacon: Hip Hop/Beat Box
March 6 Shannon Dunne and Alex Boatright: Erin Go Braugh! Celebration of Irish American
Heritage Month
WHITE MARSH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Dates remain somewhat tentative — pending final confirmation
Thurs, Oct 13 Skher Brown: Dancing Warriors (Capoeira) An African-Brazilian Cultural Tradition Thurs, Nov 16 Ball in the House: Totally Vocally (a cappella program)
Feb 24 Keith Derrickson: Composers for Kids (Beethoven)
Wed, Mar 22 Footworks Percussive Dance Theater: Irish Roots and American Branches
May 16 Day-long artist residency with “The Drawing Zoo: Multi-sensory Drawing Class”
First Strings residency with Meredith Buxton: February 27-March 10, 2017
CHAPEL DISTRICT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Mon, Oct 17 Wombwork: Check Yourself – Bullying is Bad 4 Your Health
Thurs, Nov 9 Reptile Man
Dec 9 Max Bent: Outside the (Beat) Box
Jan 31 Step Afrika!
Apr 26 Maryland Science Center: Dinosaurs and Science Unscripted
Mosaic residency with Sue Stockman and 5th graders: January 23-27
AVALON FIELD TRIP SERIES 2016-2017
Avalon Outreach Programs for TC Public Schools
All programs at 9:30 am at Avalon Theatre
Funds provided for student bus transportation to five cultural enrichment programs at the Avalon Theatre in Easton:
Sept, Anansegromma, for 6th grade, with native music, storytelling, and dance of Ghana;
TBD, Papageno, for 4th grade, a children’s adaptation of Mozart’s “The Magic Flute,”
Jan 20, Ball in the House, for 7th grade, an R&B/soul/pop a cappella group
March 17, Robbie Schaefer, for 2nd grade, with guitar and vocals
April 7, Jeff Antoniuk and The Jazz Update, for 8th grade
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