Instruments of the World

A fun, integrative, educational and multi-cultural program that takes participants on a musical journey around the world. Students will visit and learn geographical, cultural and historical facts about other countries/regions. Every show is captivating with visual, audio, and hands-on participation. Learn and experience musical traditions from the Himalayas, West Africa, Australia, Venezuela, Brazil & Angola (Strong focus through Capoeira). Matica has many instruments hand carved by them and they bring tools and explain how d'jembes and other drums and instruments are made. The program culminates in a Unity piece where students select instruments from around the world for the troupe to play in a melting pot medley- created on the spot.
Curriculum Links: Geography, World History, World Culture, Music.

"Superlative performance! Enjoyable-educational, for music and multi-cultural programs. We highly recommend the Instruments of the World program."
Marian Giroux- Audience member

"Original Instruments plus geographical background...Educational!"
Elly Habregtor -Audience member

"Dear Heidi,
The rest of the first grade team would like to express our gratitude to you for coming to Sanchez school and teaching our students math through movement. Our students were highly interested in the concepts you taught them. As teachers, we are excited to share your ideas in the future with our classes. We personally would never have thought about dancing with half of our bodies. It was so much fun to have you be a part of our classroom for the three days you were with us. Our students seemed so much more calm the days you were here as well, which really shows that exercise in the early morning does impact academic performance.
Thank you! We hope to see you again in the future!
Sincerely,
Kaitlin Delipman, Nilda Medina, Maria Colon, and Kathleen Colter
!st grade team and Sanchez School, Hartford, CT

1st grade team, Sanchez school, Whole body math