Arts Education Opportunities for You and Your Students!

We’re presenting two stand-alone sessions for music educators, professional musicians, choir directors, and college Music Education majors that will provide the skills and hands-on experience needed to build a successful mariachi program. Participants will learn the cultural elements, rhythms and styles unique to mariachi, explore repertoire appropriate for students at various levels, and experience traditional instruments including guitarrón and vihuela. Both sessions will be led by LBC’s own Music Specialist, José Soto.

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Master classes and student clinics provide students of all ages with unique opportunities to interact directly with professional, world-renowned master artists representing a variety of artistic mediums. We aim to make these opportunities available to a wide range of participants, however, please note that master classes or student clinics may not always be open to the public.

If you would like information about student clinics or master classes,

please contact Tracy Sawyer. She would love to connect with you!

The Adventures of Tortoise and Hare:
The Next Gen

Available January 24 –
February 18, 2022

Grades K-6

Ten years after Aesop’s classic tale takes place, Tortoise Junior and Lil’ Hare face a new landscape of lost connections from smartphones to video games. Old Man Tortoise and Big Daddy Hare must come together, despite their differences, to save their children. With dazzling visuals, poignant storytelling, and lively music, this production brings this tale into brilliant light.

Doodle POP

Available February 22 –
March 18, 2022

Grades PK-2

A mischievous duo starts to doodle and ends up creating a whole imaginative world! You’ll never guess what happens along the way in this charming, playful non-verbal show. What will happen as we follow their vivid drawings, and will they return safely? Live musicians perform the accompanying score and sound effects as stunning interactive animation projections and live whiteboard drawings come to life in this unique performance!

Call of the Wild:
Illustrated Edition

Wednesday, February 16, 2022
at 9:30 am
Grades 7-10

Embark on a journey from Sonoma County local legend, Jack London. London’s Call of the Wild comes to life on stage with captivating screen projections surrounding one powerful performer. This multimedia adventure based on Jack London’s classic tells a magnificent sled dog’s thrilling tale of courage and survival during the Klondike Gold Rush in the 1800s. History and literature come to life in this unique and dazzling performance.

Ailey II

Friday, February 25, 2022
at 9:30 am
Grades 7-12

Join us as one of the most famous dance companies in the country returns to our stage in this presentation especially for students. Ailey II is universally renowned for merging the spirit and energy of talented young dancers with the passion and creative vision of today’s outstanding emerging choreographers. Part discussion, part performance, the Ailey spirit shines as this critically-acclaimed company discusses and presents a diverse repertory of timeless classics and thrilling new works, each piece telling a powerful story.

Story Ninjas Improvised Tales:
A Costumed Approach to
Narrative Creation

Instructor: Bridget Palmer
Grades: K-8
Subjects: Dance, ELA

Ignite your students’ imagination with evocative props and costumes that will have them jumping out of their seats and into the action, creating funny, fantastical, and poignant stories and adventures. In this exciting residency, students will collaborate, imagine, improvise, plan, revise, and perform original narratives integrating grade appropriate English language arts standards. In accordance with the teacher’s goals, specific conflicts or challenges can be woven into the play-making process, providing a rich opportunity for creative problem-solving and collaboration around a specific theme. Younger students will present their stories in action, and older students will write scripts and perform them.

TOOLS FOR TEACHERS
Bringing Books to Life: Preparing for Standardized Testing Through Drama
Online
Wednesday, February 2
4:00 – 7:00 pm
Instructor: Hannah Keefer

Participants will learn how theatre integration techniques will help prepare students for English standardized testing. Approaching stories and questions through theatre strengthens students’ skills in reading comprehension, textual analysis, and detail retention, providing tools that will support them when it comes time to test their knowledge.

Amaturo Family Foundation, Inc.
Mike and Karen Bergin
Gordon Blumenfeld
The BoDean Fund/Community Foundation of Sonoma County
Connor Brooks
Sara and Dixon Browder
The Bundschu Family
Brad and Robin Calkins
Rena Charles and Alex Klado
Bob and Sandy Comstock
Albert and Sally Davies
Matt Dolan/Liberty Mutual Insurance
Joanne Dow/JPMorgan Charitable Giving
Herb and Jane Dwight
Julia L. Grant/Community Foundation Sonoma County
Marc Hagenlocher and Anita Wiglesworth
Ed and Kathleen Hamilton/Tekberry Staffing
Carol Hanes-Nason
Marilyn and Robert Heller
Lisa Ann and Ed Hilario
Bruce Hinshaw
Jeff Hudson and Ann Lobdell Hudson

Christopher and Amy Hunsberger
Jay Hunsberger and Chad Hostetler
Jeff and Barbara Ireland
In memory and honor of Selma Mayer
Isenberg and her son, Jean Isenberg
Lynda and Louis Jordan/Fidelity Charitable
Tim and Ariel Kelley
The Lahiri Family
Christopher Larkins
Anonymous Fund of MCF
Lewis Meyers
Bruce and Lauren Morrison
Rick Nowlin and Don Strand
Ernesto and Rita Olivares
Carolyn Petersen
Susan and Alan Preston
In memory of Nathan Abdallah Proto
Philip and Tina Rasori
Susan Reese/Fidelity Charitable
Gary and Rebecca Rosenberg/Rosenberg
Enterprises
Andrew and Monica
Rowley/Goals Foundation

Robin Seltzer and Bill Wertzberger
Rekha Skantharaja/ Tangram Insurance
Services
Sonoma Clean Power
Marlene and Martin Stein/Jewish Community
Foundation
Mike and Jessica Sutton
Sherry and Pete Swayne
John and Louise Tallarida
Darlene and Willie Tamayo
Andy Tautges and Mary Sandberg
Ellen and Chuck Wear
John and Laura Whiting/Schwab Charitable Fund
Greg Yates/Face & Body Professionals Inc.
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A special thanks for this year’s very generous support from Mrs. Evert Person and the Ernest L. and Ruth W. Finley Foundation for Evert Person’s ArtReach and The Evert Person Bus Fund.