Mindful Music Making

A musical tale that explores the fears of a young bird. Students will experience the journey of flight through storytelling, movement, song and instrument playing. We will discover the continent of Africa and the countryside of Sierra Leone as we integrate social...

Honor Your Partner

Students will learn the vocabulary of American Square Dance, participate in an interactive song as they move with their peers. This workshop would also serve as a good mixer at a PTO meeting or family mixer/social. SECD: Self Management, Social Awareness

Mountain Dulcimer Math

Erin Mae will bring mountain dulcimers for the students to play and teach them the basics of making music on this simple folk instrument. Students will use the 3 strings and 14 frets of the dulcimer, as well as the beats and rhythms of music, to multiply and divide by...

Transform Your Classroom with Arts Integration

The power of the arts can transform any classroom from a Math class or a Language Arts class to anything in-between. Arts integration is an approach to teaching and learning through which content standards are taught and assessed equitably in and through the arts. As...

All Programs

FRIENDS UNIVERSITY FINE ARTS Music • Theatre & Dance • Visual Arts • Communications Friends University Fine Arts has a wide variety of workshops, performances and special events open to schools to benefit students. These include school-only theatre matinees,...

Come Fly with Me

Students will experience the journey of flight through storytelling, movement, song and instrument playing. this program invites us to explore the dreams of airplane inventors, heroes and songwriters. Students will explore the questions: If we could fly, where would...

Diary of Worm, a Spider, and a Fly

The coolest ever rock-n-roll romp in a bug's world, capturing all the droll humor and whimsy of the wildly popular books! Insects rule in the diaries of unlikely best friends: Worm, Spider and Fly. Worm eats his homework, Fly believes she has superpowers, and...

ViolinStruction

During this hands-on workshop, students will learn about one of the oldest, yet currently used technologies. Constructed of — and embellished with — various woods, many of these instruments sell today for millions of dollars. The violin! First seen in...