The Iowa Children's Museum Music Mania!
June 14 - June 18, 2010
Explore and enjoy music with other learners at The Iowa Children's Museum! Learn about different kinds of music in the world and throughout history. Kids will be able to create their own songs and instruments and discover all new things about their favorite music!
The Museum is thrilled to have two special guest teachers for our Music Camp! Psyche Dunkhase, professional cellist and strings teacher from Boulder, Colorado, and Andrew Knapp, professional musician and teacher from Iowa City.
Explore and enjoy music with other learners at The Iowa Children's Museum! Learn about different kinds of music in the world and throughout history. Kids will be able to create their own songs and instruments and discover all new things about their favorite music!
The Museum is thrilled to have two special guest teachers for our Music Camp! Psyche Dunkhase, professional cellist and strings teacher from Boulder, Colorado, and Andrew Knapp, professional musician and teacher from Iowa City.
"My eight-year-old loved attending the ICM Music Camp this summer. He couldn't wait to get there every day and get busy with all the fun activities that were planned for the week. He especially enjoyed the performances of the musicians and then being able to perform himself the last day. As, a parent, I loved that I was able to see the daily activities and photos posted. I wish all camps did this! The staff did an excellent job overall!" --Mollie Taylor, parent
Musical Expression (Monday)
Highlights included:
- Exploration of Music as Sound
- The Most Amazing Instrument of All: Our bodies!
- Guided and free creation of percussion instruments
- Let's Make a Rainstorm!
- Nora Garda, guest artist: body movement
- Reading of "So Many Colored Days" by Dr. Seuss
- How visual art and color express music and emotions
- Matt and Lindsay, singers: guest performance
- The Language of Music
Meet the Orchestra (Tuesday)
Highlights included:
- Sound Scavenger Hunt
- Jessica Palmer & Friends, guest artists: Meet the Orchestra
- Guided and free creation of pitched instruments
- Presenting: The Great ICM Orchestra!
- Let's Make a Melody!
- Exploration of Musical Notation
- Andrew Knapp, trombonist: guest performance
- Exploration of "Carnival of the Animals" by Saint-Saens
Peace through Music (Wednesday)
Highlights included:
- Jeremy's Musical Map Adventure
- Scott the Steel Drum Player, guest artist
- Reading of "Imani's Music" by Sheron Williams
- "Happy Birthday" from India, Russia, France, Spain, Japan and Scotland
- MinSoo and JoonSoo, pianists: guest performance
- Let's Compose Music!
- The Art of Storytelling through Music
Once Upon a Time... (Thursday)
Highlights included:
- Let's create a musical story!
- Kevin Burt, guest artist: Harmonica Workshop
- Exploration of "Peter and the Wolf" by Sergei Prokofiev
- Andrew Knapp, guitarist: guest performance
- Prepare for Friday's performance!
To the Stage! (Friday)
Highlights included:
- ICM Music Mania Camp Performance! (10:30am, Iowa Children's Museum Theater)
- Yahoo Drummers, guest artist: African Drumming Workshop and Performance
- Emmalee Hunnicutt and Megan Drollinger, fiddlers: guest performance
- Let's play musical games!
- ICM Music Mania Scrapbook making
