About us
School Assembly Show is a resource to help you hire educational entertainment without the hassle and expense of going through arts organizations. You deal directly with the artist.
You have landed here from the outreach of Curtis Blues and his World of Instruments educational music shows.
This site will answer some questions and put you in direct contact with the artist for follow up questions and information. All without any extra booking fees or delay in getting your questions answered!
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Curtis Blues has 19 years of experience engaging students with higher level, curriculum aligned, music programs for grades Pre-K through College.
Educational Shows for School Assemblies
Pre-K, Daycare, K
Wild Animal Dance Party
Music and Dancing
Literacy connections
What happens when young minds put on the imaginary costumes of animals from a picture book?
- Their imaginations grow.
3. They learn how to enter books through their imaginations.
Reasons to book this show:
1. Students are engaged in learning from the first minute and stay engaged by lively music and dancing.
2. Students become different animals and think about what makes one animal different from another.
Pre-K - K-12th
World of Instruments:
Multicultural Influences in Modern Popular Music
Literacy, history and social-emotional connections
Multi-instrumentalist Curtis Blues performs with fascinating instruments from Africa and North and South America to demonstrate multicultural musical history changed music all over the world.
The performance traces musical history from African lutes through gourd banjos, brought over on slave ships, to the modern guitar styles of the blues and rap beats today.
This assembly program touches on many curriculum connections as well as celebrating the lives of specific African-Americans who changed musical history.
Reasons to book this show:
1. Students are engaged in learning from the first minute and stay engaged by lively music and questions about songwriting.
2. Students learn how metaphorical language allows us to express complex feelings and ideas in simple images.
3. Students learn about other cultures and people from different time periods who share their modern concerns.
4. Programs differentiated for K-2 and 3-8 curriculum content if booked for back to back shows.
Pre-K - K-12th
Upcycling: Making Musical Instruments Out of Junk from Around the World
Science-STEAM
Upcycling: Making Musical Instruments Out of Junk from Around the World
Science-STEAM
Using the STEM engineering model as a guide, Curtis performs on a variety of instruments made of “up-cycled” materials.
Students discuss responsible green practices and how they can use discarded items to create musical instruments.
This assembly program touches on many curriculum connections from science, social studies and history.
It inspires students to be flexible and creative when thinking about how people throughout history have made their own instruments to express their feelings.
Reasons to book this show:
1. Students are engaged in learning from the first minute from the unusual instruments.
2. Students learn how a creative person can use any material to make music.
3. Students learn about other cultures and how they created instruments
out of what they had. It is a lesson in resilience and multicultural
appreciation.
4. Programs differentiated for K-2 and 3-8 curriculum content if booked for back to back shows.
Get In Touch
Talk To Us
Info@schoolassemblyshow.com
PHONE NUMBER
703-307-8419
ADDRESS
Alexandria VA USA