Lisa Mathews

ARTS RESIDENCIES:
5 - 10 session Artist residencies for pre k - Kindergarten and First grade classes. These residencies are built around a book or theme, and are meant to be fun and educational for the class and the teacher. Price varies, depending on the number of sessions.

5 session "Music All Around Us" residency for kindergarten - 2nd grade. These residencies take the Music All Around Us! Workshop and explore it further, creating instruments and learning more music elements and how they connect with the world around us. Culminates with a "Great Nature Orchestra" using musical instruments and our bodies to create a short musical piece inspired by a soundscape and all found within it at a certain place and time. $650.

ARTIST WORKSHOP:
"Music All Around Us! - A 45-minute workshop for families, classrooms (multi or single groups) and libraries - This workshop is designed to cultivate mindfulness, curiosity, imitation, and creative expression, all while drawing inspiration from the captivating sounds of nature, animals, weather and human-made environs. These sounds, derived from our natural environment, inherently encompass the core building blocks of what we recognize as music. Throughout the workshop, we will briefly explore these fundamental musical elements, including pitch, rhythm, melody, tempo, and volume. Armed with this knowledge, participants will gain the ability to discern these elements in the music that envelops us daily. The workshop will guide attendees through diverse soundscapes, taking them on an auditory journey, culminating in an imaginative experience where they immerse themselves in one specific soundscape and produce the sounds one might expect to encounter within it. $500.

INTERACTIVE MUSIC DANCE PARTY:
The "Shake It Up Jam" is a highly interactive KID-FRIENDLY dance party. Unlike most djs who simply play great music, Lisa is out in the audience encouraging people to dance along. She and her team use all kinds of kid-friendly props - scarves, bubbles, ribbon sticks, confetti, flowers and more- to create an atmosphere of joy for kids and their caregivers to dance in and with each other. Lisa can also cultivate special themes to coordinate to events and times, i.e. science theme, holidays. Price varies, depending on number of sets and venue size.

For Artist Residency: I bring everything. Just need a nice carpet space.

For Music All Around Us Residency: I bring everything.

For Music All Around Us Workshop: I bring everything. Just need a small table and access to electricity.

For the Shake It Up Jam: I bring everything. Just need a small table and access to electricity. We also need a cleared space to dance. These jams can be outside or inside.

I can travel within a three-hour radius of Baltimore. No county/limited time.

"Thank you, Mrs. Lisa! Thank you for such a wonderful week! I have been telling everyone how AWESOME you are...the students were captivated every time!! Thank you again, and I will be certain to incorporate the strategies and other ideas you've shared! - Tyra Wooley, MA Urban Education, Willoughby Early Childhood Education Center

"Just wanted to thank you so much for everything that you taught me last week. We used the lesson plans for "Muncha, Muncha, Muncha" during an observation today, and the observer loved it! I feel more confident in my lesson presentation. Looking forward to using the slide whistle you gave me, too!"
- Tracy Estep, pre-K teacher, Little Creek Elementary

"Thank you for performing at Kids Opening Day! It was amazing to see how much fun the kids had. We appreciate the energy you brought to the event. It was great working with you all!" - Colette, Micki and Nick, Orioles Park Camden Yards