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Prices are valid from 7/1/11-6/30/12.
To schedule a program, contact us at scheduling@yamass.org or 617-629-9262 x303.

Alastair Moock New Artist!	George W. Russell, Jr. & Co.	Gideon Freudmann Limited Engagement April 23-26, 2012 Only!
Handel & Haydn Society Quartet photo by Susan Wilson	Jeff Davis photo by Virge Lorents	Karim Nagi

Alastair Moock     New Artist!

Music and Social Change

Alastair Moock introduces students to the music that shaped and connected three of America's most important movements for social change: the Labor Rights Movement, the Civil Rights Movement, and the Anti-War Movement of the 1960's and 1970's. Through Alastair's narrative storytelling and musical repertoire, students learn about the impact of music and the arts during these critical time periods in American history. Students will walk away with a greater understanding of this country and its culture.

Performance Length: 45-60 minutes
Audience Limit: 250
Single: $560   Double: $896   Triple: $1,176   Quad: $1,400
Travel Fee: based upon mileage

Post-Performance Workshop - Songwriting

Using song lyrics as a backbone, Alastair uses songwriting to teach students literacy skills and another means of expressing one's emotions.

Workshop Length: 45-60 minutes
Participants: 25 students (one class)
Price: $100 per workshop

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George W. Russell, Jr. & Co.

Clap Your Hands

African-American music (spirituals, folk-blues, and gospel music) has influenced both the musical and political movements in America. This lively program demonstrates the rise and changing roles of music in the African-American community and describes its function as a mental release from bondage, a vehicle for communication in the Underground Railroad, and a “common ground” during the Civil Rights Movement. The program explores gospel music, one of America’s most popular musical genres, by highlighting its various styles throughout history. George Russell and his group feature everything from the Thomas Dorsey spirituals of the 1930s to the 1960s hit “Oh Happy Day” by the Edwin Hawkins Singers.

For grades PreK–2, narration is condensed, emphasizing the musical portion of the program.

Performance Length: 45-60 minutes

Audience: up to 300
Single: $1,160   Double: $1,350   Triple: $1,774   Quad: $2,111
Travel Fee: based upon mileage

Audience: 301-600
Single: $1,446   Double: $1,681   Triple: $2,206   Quad: $2,625
Travel Fee: based upon mileage

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Gideon Freudmann     Limited Engagement: April 23-26, 2012 Only!

CelloBop

CelloBop is a whirlwind 500-year history of the cello – its past, present, and future. Gideon combines excerpts from various periods for the cello repertoire with explanations about its construction and tone. He demonstrates how the conventional acoustic instrument is played, then wows students when he plugs in his futuristic electric cello, showing how it can create an even wider range of sounds and styles. CelloBop includes classical, blues, swing, jazz, rock, bluegrass, and spontaneously improvised music.

Sound Science

Sound Science is an energetic and enlightening examination of where art and science intersect. Demonstrating the tonal qualities of both the acoustic and electric cellos, Gideon explains the mathematical aspects of music such as how music is divided into beats, measures and phrases, and acoustic qualities including sound vibrations, pitch, and timbre. Using the electric cello and real-time digital effects, he shows how notes can be echoed, repeated, distorted, and augmented in many exciting and unexpected ways.

For CelloBop and Sound Science:
Performance Length: 45-60 minutes
Audience Limit: 250
Single: $560   Double: $894   Triple: $1,175   Quad: $1,400
Travel Fee: $50 per day

Master Class for String Players

Gideon Freudmann leads string players (violin, viola, cello, and bass) through a series of musical exercises and games in this non-traditional approach to making music.

Master Class Length: 45-60 minutes
Participants: 20 students
Price: $125 per master class

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Handel & Haydn Society Quartet

Founded as a choral society in 1815, Handel and Haydn is among the oldest continuously performing arts organizations in the country.

Voices of the Stage

Members of the renowned Handel and Haydn chorus present the genres of opera, oratorio, and musical theatre as an introduction to music of the stage. The Handel and Haydn professional vocal quartet, with a piano accompanist, performs pieces representing historical eras, as selected by students in a quiz show format. The informal classroom setting encourages students to respond directly to the music, and promotes interaction between students and musicians.

Performance Length: 45-60 minutes
Audience Limit: 300
Single: $694   Double: $1,146   Triple: $1,840
Travel Fee: based upon mileage

Master Class for District Auditions

This Master Class prepares students for district auditions. During other months of the school year, two members of the Handel and Haydn Society will give a master class on general vocal techniques.

Master Class Length: 45-60 minutes
Participants: 25 students
Price: $250 per master class (includes two artists)

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Jeff Davis

Winner of the Parents’ Choice Award, Jeff Davis is one of the nation’s foremost performers, interpreters, and collectors of traditional American folk music.

American Sampler

Travel with Jeff Davis into the history of rural America. With humor, warmth, and scholarship, Jeff invites your students to relive our nation’s heritage through songs of Revolutionary War heroes, Appalachian clogging songs, sailors’ work songs, African-American banjo tunes, Irish fiddle tunes, cowboy ditties, and more! Jeff accompanies himself on a myriad of instruments, ranging from the nose flute to a one-of-a-kind fretless banjo. Students join in on the fun with found instruments, such as bones and spoons.

The Oregon Trail

All headed West! Through song, students learn of the culture, life, and times of the American people made famous in Francis Parkman’s 1846 book The Oregon Trail. Meet the railroaders, settlers on the Erie Canal, sailors of the Great Lakes, rafters on the Ohio River, African-American roustabouts steamboating on the Mississippi, Sioux hunters, and pioneers traveling overland on foot, horseback, and wagons.

Massachusetts!

Experience the history and geography of Massachusetts through instruments, music, and song. Featured music includes early Colonial songs and tunes, textile mill songs from Lowell, maritime songs from the days of the tall ships, Portuguese fiddle tunes from Martha’s Vineyard, ballads from the farmers of the Berkshire Mountains, and more. Jeff’s award-winning presentation enables students to learn about the importance and impact of music in the culture and lives of the people of Massachusetts. The program is a wonderful complement to the standard grade three curriculum.

States of the Union

Learn how each state in America has distinctive music that is the result of geography, immigration, and history. With a full array of instruments and songs, Jeff takes students on a musical tour, illustrating the unifying similarities and interesting differences between the various regions and states of our country. This program demonstrates the amazing variety of cultures in America and is a perfect companion to the standard elementary Social Studies curriculum.

For American Sampler, Oregon Trail, Massachusetts!, and States of the Union:
Performance Length: 45-60 minutes
Audience Limit: 175
Single: $425   Double: $681   Triple: $890   Quad: $1,063
Travel Fee: $50 per day

Post-Performance Workshop

Jeff Davis’ post-performance workshops include hands-on activities (a musical spoons lesson, the singing of a sea-shanty while raising a “sail”), the introduction of a few new folk instruments, more singing, and much more time devoted to questions and answers. Oregon Trail workshops focus on westward movement; American Sampler, Massachusetts!, and States of the Union workshops focus on the most recent American history studies of any particular class, such as early Colonial days, the Civil War, or Massachusetts history.

Workshop Length: 45-60 minutes
Participants: 30 students
Price: $125 per workshop

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Karim Nagi

Arabiqa

Join Egyptian-American Karim Nagi on an engaging, high-energy journey to learn about Arab and Muslim culture through a variety of traditional instruments, folk music, and traditional dance. Karim uses authentic costumes, maps, Arabic words, lots of audience participation, and humor as he enlightens his audience about a captivating world beyond the headlines. Karim is a master percussionist and dancer who likes to have fun with his audience!

Students will clap unique rhythms, dance, and celebrate as they learn about these amazing and ancient cultural traditions. A former faculty member of the New England Conservatory of Music, Karim now performs nationwide to great acclaim with the SHARQ Arabic Music Ensemble.

Performance Length: 45-60 minutes
Audience Limit: 300
Single: $594   Double: $951   Triple: $1,250  Quad: $1,488
Travel Fee: based upon mileage

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