Phil Tulga


I received my Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in music from the Eastman School of Music. For the last 26 years, I’ve presented programs at TK-8 schools in the Sacramento area. These programs are based on the California Visual and Performing Arts Framework, and feature cultural activities from West Africa, Ancient Mesoamerica, China, Vietnam, Indonesia, and the Middle East. In 1998, I was honored with a Music Fellowship Award from the Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission in the Arts Education category. In addition, I have designed/programmed online musical resources at www.philtulga.com, which is the #1 rated website by Google for “music activities and arts integration lessons” – 7 years in a row. I’ve taught Music for Children at ARC, and Jazz Studies courses at CSUS. As a musician, I’ve performed with the Sacramento Philharmonic, Broadway Sacramento, Capital Jazz Project, and jazz/pop greats including Ray Charles, Ella Fitzgerald, Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga.
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Math and Mariachi (pie fractions, equivalency, syllables & music)

In Math and Mariachi, your families participate in an Aztec percussion group and perform musical phrases written in Nahuatl (pronounced naw-wa-tul), the language of the Aztecs. But first, they learn how musical rhythms are based on equivalent fractions—from traditional Mariachi folk songs from Mexico, to popular selections by Los Lobos and Carlos Santana. After that, the kids make their own
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