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Please Note: Workshops are usually
one day only and planned and presented by Mark as a set program. Residencies
on the other hand, may incorporate workshop material but are
usually longer term and are a collaborative process created in
partnership with teachers and administrators.
Please call to find out more: (800)
378-4971 |
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Instrument
Making Workshops (Cool Sound Effects)
(Size: up to 100 participants at a time.
Age range: 6-100. Time required: 45 minutes.)
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- For Students: Participants make 1-3 simple instruments and learn to
play them. Mark also introduces them to the Djembe, The Djun-Djun, The
Irish Bodhran, The Siberian Shaman Drum, The Ocean Drum, The Talking Drum
and more. If combined with a performance program, we rehearse our parts and
learn a rhythm.
- For Teachers: The same basic idea but in this case the teachers are
learning how to make the instruments, how to teach others to make them and
exploring ways to incorporate them into their own teaching style.
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Drumming Workshops: (Size: 10 to15 participants. Age range - K-12.
Time Required 45 minutes.)
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- For Students: Introduction to African Polyrhythmic Drumming.
Participants learn how to play the Djembe & Djun-Djun, Agogo
Bells, and Cow Bells. Proper use of hands and arms is emphasized as well as
listening skills, self control etc.
- For Teachers: The same basic idea but with an emphasis on the
interconnected ness of words/language and rhythm. I use language to help
teach rhythms therefore rhythms my help to teach language.
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Mark
also offers workshops for teachers on
- Storytelling As A Teaching Tool
- Songwriting about curriculum
subjects
- Multi-disciplinary Approaches to Self-Motivated
Learning
- Positive Reinforcement Techniques
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