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La Peña's Mundos Musicales Bilingual Summer Camp: Exploring Latin & Caribbean Culture through Music, Dance & Art!
SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE: Lapena.org/summercamp2020
The emphasis of La Peña Cultural Center’s Bilingual Summer Camp is hands-on learning and fun activities! The musical and artistic curriculum is designed to develop musicianship, physical coordination, self-expression, bilingual literacy/pronunciation skills, multicultural awareness, and comfort with public speaking and performance among our students. At the end of the week the children will have an opportunity to showcase what they learned with their friends and family the last day of camp.
Curriculum & Teaching Artists:
Afro-Caribbean Drumming & Songs with Maestro Hector Lugo
Through drumming, song, and story-telling, children will be introduced to the musical traditions of Cuba, Puerto Rico, Haiti and the Dominican Republic by Maestro Hector. The children will be practicing vocal call and response while learning songs and playing rhythms. They will learn to play hand drums, maracas, bells, claves and other Afro-Caribbean percussion instruments. The children will perform the music and songs that they have learned at the summer camp showcase the last day of camp.
Meso-American Instrument Making & Storytelling with Maestro Ernesto Olmos
Maestro Ernesto will provide the children with an introduction to Mesoamerican instruments including whistles, ocarinas, flutes, Mayan trumpets and maracas. They will learn and practice native Meso-American music and percussion. Students will make their own instrument inspired by native storytelling and legends from Oaxaca, Mexico that teach children about environmentalism from a native perspective. They will then perform with their own instruments at the art exhibit and performance, concluding the week of Summer Camp.
Body Expression & Latin Dance Fundamentals for Kids with Maestra Juliana Mendonca
In this exciting dance class children will be exposed to fundamental music and rhythms from Latin America and will develop body intelligence and self-confidence through creative body expression. The students will learn to connect to their bodies with exploratory play and learn skills like: following the rhythm, improvisation, movement games and simple choreography. The students will showcase what they have learned at the end of the week with a final performance.
Gracias!
