Black Violin
Grades 5-12
Virtual!
Don’t miss the amazingly talented and popular Black Violin! This group’s unique sound is an innovative blend of classical, hip-hop, rock, R&B, and bluegrass music. Named after an album by preeminent African-American swing era jazz violinist Stuff Smith, this group has been one of the hottest bands at preeminent music festival South by Southwest® in recent years. The group has a passion for educating and performing to young audiences even amid the success of their sell-out public concerts. This performance is specifically geared to students in the virtual landscape while showcasing Black Violin’s genre-busting music and their goal to instill creativity, dedication, and determination.
“Students were inspired and very enthusiastic!
They will remember to think outside the
box and that anything is possible!”
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On sale December 2, 2020 starting at 9:00am.
Set the Stage
Prepare your students for their trip to the virtual theater with these free resource materials.
Common Core Content Standards
Easily apply these content standards in your classroom:
- 6.SL.2: Interpret information presented in diverse media and formats (e.g., visually, quantitatively, orally) and explain how it contributes to a topic, text, or issue under study.
- 8.SL.2: Analyze the purpose of information presented in diverse media and formats (e.g., visually, quantitatively, orally) and evaluate the motives (e.g., social, commercial, political) behind its presentation.
- 9-10.RL.9: Analyze how an author draws on and transforms source material in a specific work (e.g., how Shakespeare treats a theme or topic from Ovid or the Bible or how a later author draws on a play by Shakespeare).
- 11-12.RL.5. Analyze how an author’s choices concerning how to structure specific parts of a text (e.g., the choice of where to begin or end a story, the choice to provide a comedic or tragic resolution) contribute to its overall structure and meaning as well as its aesthetic impact.
Lesson Plan Idea
In groups, students research a stringed instrument identifying its history, how the instrument works to make music, which genres of music use it, and noted musicians who have played it.
MORE INFORMATION
- To contact us, email Chrystie Prokopakis, School & Family Coordinator, or call 707.800.7504.
- Find terms and conditions plus more resources here.