In-School Performance/Assembly Archives

Assembly #1: Japanese Drumming with Sacramento Taiko Dan

Any Given Child ; In-School Performance/Assembly

This assembly introduces students to Taiko. Students interact through call-outs (in Japanese), clapping rhythm patterns, and playing the drums on stage.

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Assembly #1: Japanese Drumming, Folk Music, & Dance

Any Given Child ; In-School Performance/Assembly

Japanese folk songs will be played on traditional instruments and performers will demonstrate how the movements in the folk dances tell stories of what life was like for the Japanese people at the time. Students will learn simple hand movements of a...

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Assembly #2: Japanese Drumming & Folktale Fun!

Any Given Child ; In-School Performance/Assembly

This exciting new assembly offering combines Japanese taiko drumming with classic Japanese drum-related folktales. Students will see performances using different kinds of taiko and other traditional instruments seamlessly interwoven between fun...

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Assembly #2: Persistence Pays Off: Teaching the Value of Persistence Through Japanese Drumming

Any Given Child ; In-School Performance/Assembly

This assembly emphasizes that practice and persistence are the keys to becoming great at whatever you do. Only offered to schools that have previously had a Taiko Dan assembly.

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Assembly 1: Mind- Boggling Mysteries of the World

Any Given Child ; In-School Performance/Assembly

From the Pyramids to the Great Wall of China and the Lost City of Atlantis, join us on a thrilling adventure as we explore the ancient wonders of the world.

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Assembly 2: Fantasy Festival 34

Any Given Child ; In-School Performance/Assembly

Inspired by topics toed directly to curriculum—History! Science! Math! Literature!—OR the hysterical whimsy of the imagination, this buffet of student- written plays is a surefire hit with all ages!

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Blues In The Schools

Any Given Child ; In-School Performance/Assembly

Sacramento Blues Society’s Blues in the Schools (BITS) program provides special opportunities to educate and mentor students in the historical significance of the Blues and its impact on American and World culture and music. In an interactive...

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Calidanza Performance

Any Given Child ; In-School Performance/Assembly

Calidanza is a dynamic Mexican folk dance company that fuses contemporary technique with traditional folk dance to tell compelling stories of the rich cultural traditions in Mexico. In this lively and energetic performance, students will be...

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Fenix Drum and Dance Performance

Any Given Child ; In-School Performance/Assembly

Fenix Drum and Dance multi-faceted programs of music, dance and storytelling are interactive and promote ideas of the importance of education and respect toward others. The company specializes in traditional arts of West Africa and the African...

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Homemade Music (math and measurement)

Any Given Child ; In-School Performance/Assembly

In Homemade Music, Phil demonstrates all of his wacky homemade instruments, and shows the students how to transform common household items into musical marvels using math and measurement! Phil features straw oboes, sprinkler pipe panflutes, and...

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Journey through the Mind (mindfulness, brain science, social/emotional skills & music)

Any Given Child ; In-School Performance/Assembly

In Journey through the Mind, Phil begins with an entertaining musical exploration of the brain, focusing on vision, hearing, emotions, memory, and movement. Then he leads the kids through a series of fun activities on imagination, patterns, and...

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Kristy Oshiro

Any Given Child ; In-School Performance/Assembly ; In-School Residency

Kristy Oshiro has over 25 years of experience in the art of Japanese taiko drumming and performs and teaches all over the world. She started playing taiko at age 9 in Kona, Hawai’i with Kona Daifukuji Taiko and was an instructor and touring...

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Math and Mariachi (pie fractions, equivalency, syllables & music)

Any Given Child ; In-School Performance/Assembly

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...

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Math and Music (geometric shapes, fractions, and patterns)

Any Given Child ; In-School Performance/Assembly

At the Math and Music presentation, you’ll learn how to play popular hand drum rhythms from West Africa, and how to create your own drum patterns using Phil’s on-line drum machine. In addition, you’ll hear Phil’s five favorite fractions with a...

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Pan United Youth Movement Performance

Any Given Child ; In-School Performance/Assembly

In 2004, Shawn Thwaites founded Pan United Youth Movement (PUYM), a 501©3 non-profit organization, to empower under-served youth with essential life skills through music education and performance. With the support of PUYM, Thwaites founded three...

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Sacramento Ballet Lecture / Demonstration / Q&A

Any Given Child ; In-School Performance/Assembly

Sacramento Ballet offers an interactive introduction to dance through a character-building program which focuses on the importance of creativity, problem solving, and exploration. We utilize a multi-faceted approach which involves the use of music,...

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Sacramento Children’s Chorus

Any Given Child ; In-School Performance/Assembly

The internationally acclaimed Sacramento Children’s Chorus provides excellence in choral music education and performance opportunities to talented children in the greater Sacramento community. This assembly includes classical, patriotic,...

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Sacramento Youth Symphony

Any Given Child ; In-School Performance/Assembly

SYS provides youth the opportunity to learn and perform with introductory, beginning, intermediate and advanced orchestras. In this assembly, the youth orchestra – led by a professional conductor – introduces students to styles, color of sounds...

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Sascha Molina

Any Given Child ; In-School Performance/Assembly

Sascha Molina is the Assistant Director of Sacramento Taiko Dan, (the Sacramento region’s premier Japanese drumming group), and the Director of the Sacramento Taiko Dan Youth Ensemble. Sascha tours as an independent artist and regularly...

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Story Reading and Music (comprehension strategies)

Any Given Child ; In-School Performance/Assembly

In the Story Reading and Music program, Phil features the classic Rudyard Kipling tale about how the elephant got its trunk – complete with African drums, interactive questions, and think-aloud games. He also tells sound stories, made up entirely of...

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Tuba Tunes: Transforming Sound into Music

Any Given Child ; In-School Performance/Assembly

Students will experiment with how vibration is generated, manipulated and refined, using common objects and the tuba, the biggest of the brass instruments. They will also discover how the structure of the instrument affects sound quality and the...

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