Music Program 2015-16 For the second year in a row, the school will collaborate with the La Jolla Center for World Music to bring on campus professional musicians who will expose our students to world music. During one term, students will discover and practice an instrument, sing songs and sometimes dance. At the end of the trimester, a show will be presented to parents and other students, when possible. Term one: September December Brazilian Music and Dance with Ilana Quieroz Monday afternoon, in 2nd grade Ilana Queiroz is a teaching artist from Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. She teaches Capoeira and music, two constant elements in her life for the last 25 years. She has been teaching Capoeira and music since 2000, working in more than a dozen schools in the San Diego area. In Ilana s Capoeira music classes, she teaches rhythms and different instruments through Capoeira songs. Children learn how to play the agogô, pandeiro, atabaque (drum), reco- reco, caxixi and sometimes the berimbau. The students learn to work in harmony with other players, because in Capoeira
we play and respond to the chorus. The lyrics are in Portuguese, so the children have the chance to get in touch with a new language, bringing a new experience to her students. Capoeira is a complete art. It teaches timing, spatial perception, eye contact, respect, community, and partnership. It teaches children to be courageous and to try a new art, in a different discipline. Ilana is trained as an anthropologist, and has a profound interest in culture. She began teaching Capoeira because she noticed that this practice had begun to spread all over the world, but in the process, it was losing its focus on the history, lyrics, meaning and purpose of the artform. She loves to use music as an approach to history and meaning, and as a dancer and a Capoeira player, she brings dance stretches, yoga and strength movement to her classes. As an anthropologist, she sees Capoeira as much more than just movement, and she tries to share this life experience and show the respect that every culture deserves. http://cityheightsmusicschool.com/?page_id=1103 Schedule: 2nd grade A: 12:45 1:30pm 2nd grade B: 1:45 2:30pm Caymanian song with Natasha Kozaily Tuesday afternoon, 8th grade Natasha Kozaily grew up on the small island of Grand Cayman in the Caribbean Sea, 180 miles south of Cuba and 195 miles west of Jamaica. Her parents being from opposite sides of the globe (her mother, a
native Islander of Cayman, and her father, a Lebanese far from home) resulted in Natasha s deep love and curiosity for the world around which can be seen throughout her music, teaching, art, and life. A nomad and creative tour de force, Natasha embraces the arts in all its forms. Lover of the stage and theater, she honed her craft at The American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City where she graduated in 2007. She studied classical piano from the age of seven, and graduated in 2010 with a Bachelor of Arts in Music from Cardiff University in Wales, specializing in Ethnomusicology. Her undergraduate ethnomusicology thesis entitled An Island s Story: Told through the music of Julia Hydes is celebrated and treasured as the first and only in- depth writing on Caymanian folk musician and drummer, Miss Julia Hydes. In 2014, Natasha was honored in celebration of Cayman's National Heroes Day with The Emerging Pioneer Award for her significant contribution to the culture and heritage of the Cayman Islands. After graduating, Natasha moved to San Diego, California where she now writes, records and performs music under the moniker GUNAKADEIT, pronounced (goo- naka- date). When Natasha is not touring she enjoys sharing the gift of music with others, teaching private piano and voice to students of all ages at Kalabash School of Arts in the Bird Rock neighborhood of La Jolla. She also teaches various workshops on Caymanian Folk Music and Songwriting to kids and adults in San Diego and abroad. She believes that music is not only a wonderful tool for self- expression, but also a key to understanding ourselves and humanity in this beautifully diverse world we all belong to. http://natashakozaily.com/ Schedule 8th grade A: 12:40 1:30pm 8th grade B: 1:35 2:20pm Elective class with 7th and 8th grade students: 2:25 3:15pm
Balinese gamelan with Hirotaka Inuzuka Friday morning 5th grade and afternoon 7th grade Hirotaka Inuzuka teaches and performs Indonesian gamelan music. Hiro began studying Balinese gamelan during his undergraduate studies in Ethnomusicology at UCLA; he continued to deepen his knowledge of Indonesian music and dance at California Institute of the Arts under the mentorship of I Nyoman Wenten, where he earned his MFA in World Music Performance. He continues to travel to Bali regularly, to expand his expertise and study with Bali s most renowned artists and teachers. Currently he is a prominent member of many gamelan groups in the greater Los Angeles area, such as Burat Wangi, Pandan Arum, and Bhuwana Kumala. He has performed in The United States, Japan, and Bali, participating in events such as Pesta Kesenian Bali (Bali Arts Festival), Bali Mandara Mahalango, and Performing Indonesia at the Smithsonian Institute. He has taught gamelan privately, as well as at workshops and community classes in Southern California, including the Music of Bali series at ArtShare LA in 2014, and at Glendale Community College in 2015. In 2014, he established Sekaa Gambuh Los Angeles, a group dedicated to play the music of Gambuh dance drama, one of the oldest surviving Balinese dance forms, which is facing extinction due to Bali s modernization. With his focus on teaching and performing gamelan music, he has opened his own community gamelan studio in Tujunga, California, where he teaches and trains new players, in order to further the preservation and performance of gamelan music in North America.
https://youtu.be/lkh4bdeezxc Schedule 5th grade A: 10:15am 11:00am 5th grade B: 11:00 11:45m 7th grade A: 12:40 1:30pm 7th grade B: 1:35 2:20pm Preview of Term 2 January April Tuesday afternoon 3rd grade: Zimbabwean Mbira with Garit Imhoff 3rd grade A: 12:40 1:30pm 3rd grade B: 1:45-2:35pm Thursday morning 4th grade and afternoon 6th grade: Balkan Voice with Marie Hayes (option B: Afro- Cuban Drumming with Mark Lamson) 4th grade A: 10:15am 11:00am 4th grade B: 11:00 11:45am 6th grade A: 12:40 1:30pm 6th grade B: 1:35 2:20pm Friday afternoon 1st grade: Brazilian Music and Dance with Ilana Quieroz 1st grade A: 12:40 1:30pm 1st grade B: 1:45-2:35pm