Brubeck for Kids: A Hands-on Jazz Exploration Workshop at Wilton Historical Society CANCELLED

THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED

Cider Mill School music teacher Cheryll Ryder and museum educator Katherine Karlick will lead an engaging intro to jazz and the legacy of Wilton’s own jazz man, Dave Brubeck, in the Wilton Historical Society presentation, “Brubeck for Kids: A Hands-on Jazz Exploration Workshop.”

Brubeck’s innovative combinations of rhythms and meters, as evidenced on his 1959 Take Five album (the greatest selling jazz record of all time) will be the inspiration for this workshop. Children will explore three music stations:  working with keyboards and headphones to try their hand at adding a musical score to visual images, as if they are writing a score for a movie; working with xylophones; and investigating new sounds with rhythm instruments. A guided tour of “Remembering Dave: A Brubeck Family Album” exhibition is included, as is a snack.

Suggested for children ages 6-12. Cost for Wilton Historical Society members is $10; non-members are $15. Please register via email or call 203.762.7257.

Did You Know?
President Barack Obama stated, “In order to understand America, you have to understand jazz, and in order to understand jazz, you have to understand Dave Brubeck,” when he bestowed the prestigious Kennedy Center Honor upon the jazz great at the White House in 2009.