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Playing Canister Shakers
-By Mike DeBritz on Monday, May 21, 2012
Here is a sample from our Playing with Percussion DVD where Brian Melick walks teachers and students through the playing techniques for shakers. This is the first of five home made percussion instruments students make and play throughout the course. At the end of each activity, kids have fun starting a musical conversation with the Call and Response technique. Enjoy!
Train the Trainer for Playing with Percussion
-By Mike DeBritz on Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Here's another training script available for "Playing with Percussion" and a
little music from Brian to enjoy while looking over the PDF!
Insomnia
-By Mike DeBritz on Wednesday, April 20, 2011
These days, the big deal is to drive a car that can park itself. All that “hands free” convenience is great, but we miss something when we give up the relationship between our hands and our world.
Who doesn’t remember the challenge of parallel parking? The tight turn of the wheel, the twist of the neck, the furrowed brows of our driving instructors…?“Hands-free” parking begs the question: Is “hands-on” learning going to be the next to go? Will everything we want our kids to learn eventually going to be a digital flicker on a touch screen?
At Community Learning, we don’t think so, and here’s why:
• “Hands on” means “minds on.”
• Kids groove on new tactile experiences.
• Figuring out puzzles is fun.
• Gaining control of your body means mastery and accomplishment.
• With freedom, kids’ imaginations find new homes.
What new kits might we build to keep kids engaged, learning, dreaming and delighted? That’s the question that keeps us up at night. So far, we’ve been able to get kids performing music, creating art, solving crimes, and making movies.
We’d love to hear your ideas!
Learn all about “hands-on learning” here.-Guest post by Shelly Rafferty Withers
Meet Brian Melick - He Plays Everything
-By Mike DeBritz on Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Brian Melick, a musician and performer who we collaborated with on our “Playing with Percussion” Course Kit, is a man following his talents and almost any kind of percussion instrument he finds.
We worked together demonstrating some of the basics behind percussion, where kids make and play instruments out of everyday objects (he's also the the star of the DVD in the kit). In addition to performing, I've seen him work his magic leading professional development sessions and assemblies.
Brian has been making instruments out of found objects for a long time and we'll be highlighting some of his latest creations real soon.
In the meantime, here are a couple fun clips of Brian doing his thing on a Cajinto and Cajon. Enjoy!
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