Susanna Mendlow is a versatile performer, arranger, and educator who enjoys playing a variety of musical styles. She captivates audiences with original two-cello arrangements of classical, popular, and world music as one half of the semi-improvisational duo Cello, World. She also regularly premieres works in the classical sextet Kassia Music and served as the cellist for QuinTango for several years. As both a soloist and chamber musician, Susanna has performed extensively throughout the United States, Europe, Central and South America, and Central Asia.
Caroline Ferrante, a versatile artist and seasoned educator, draws upon two decades of classroom expertise in her arts-integrated classes, workshops, and performances. With a Master's Degree in Curriculum Design, she is passionate about harnessing the transformative potential of the arts to cultivate empathy and promote cultural competence among her students.
Erik Spangler (DJ Dubble8) is a composer and electronic musician living in Baltimore, Maryland. Engaged equally with ensemble improvisation, live electronics, studio production, and notated chamber music, Spangler aims to dissolve cultural boundaries while drawing all corners of inspiration into evocative soundscapes. His compositions have been performed across the United States and internationally by ensembles including the Atlantic Brass Quintet, Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Rhymes With Opera, and International Contemporary Ensemble.
Teaching the Music of Language: 3rd grade poetry writing
Teaching the Music of Language integrates musical expression with student reading and writing. The "Five Senses Remembering" poetry structure invites students to write for all five types of sensory images and make word choices that emphasize alliteration, assonance, and consonance. After students finish writing, they "Word Paint" their poem with vocal expression. Finally, students perform their own work.
Teaching the Music of Language: 4th grade poetry writing
Teaching the Music of Language integrates the rhythm and fluency of music with student reading and writing. In this video you'll watch 4th graders explore the use of repetition, rhythm, and phrasing in writing. First, students brainstorm, draft, edit, revise, and publish their poem. Then, students set their poems with vocal expression using Word Painting. Finally, students perform their own work.
Moving Through Math IN THE NEWS!
CBS news story featuring Moving Through Math. Watch how students and teachers make powerful connections between pattern in music & movement and patterns in mathematics!
No, I Know Podcast Live Show
This video shares what we can offer venues for live shows.
Medium: Live Show
Year: 2023
Details: 4 minutes
Sample Sound Bath for Senior Living Facilities
A 2 minute commercial to get a feel for what a sound bath is like and why it is so nice.
Medium: Music Video/Performance Art1`
Year: 2023
Details: 2 minutes
Christine Kharazian is a concert violinist whose artistry bridges classical, traditional, and jazz music. Based in Silver Spring, MD, she began violin studies at a young age in Armenia and trained at the Tchaikovsky Advanced School of Music and the Komitas State Conservatory in Yerevan. Early in her career, she performed as a first violinist with the Armenian National Opera Symphony and as a featured soloist with the Sharakan Ensemble of Ancient and Medieval Music of Armenian TV and Radio.