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School and Home Learning

Workshop

  • Zoey Roy © sweetmoonphoto Workshop Music Hip-hop

    Creating a Rap Song

    digital workshop with Zoey Roy

      Grades 4–12

    Offered in English only Cree-Dene-Métis rapper and spoken-word poet Zoey Roy will explore beat-making and lyric-writing with your class, to create their own original rap song. Objectives: Music, Language … read more

  • Teaching artists Walter MacDonald White Bear and Samantha Whelan Kotkas. Workshop Indigenous arts Music Classical music

    Cross-Cultural Exploration: Music & Nature

    with Samantha Whelan Kotkas & Walter...

      Grade 3–6

    Explore how music is inspired by the natural world in both Classical and Indigenous musical traditions. Alberta-based teaching artists Samantha Whelan Kotkas (trumpet) and Walter MacDonald White Bear (drum, guitar, … read more

  • Workshop Indigenous arts Music Children

    Finding the Ojibwe Horse

    with Ken MacDonald & Rhonda Snow

      Kindergarten-Grade 6 Ages 3-12

    What does a classically-trained orchestral french horn player have in common with a Métis visual artist? In the case of Ken MacDonald and Rhonda Snow, both are caretakers of Ojibwe Horses, Canada’s only … read more

  • Walter MacDonald White Bear Workshop Indigenous arts Music

    First Nations Music & Culture (Cree)

    with Walter MacDonald White Bear

      Grade 3–6

    Musician and teaching artist Walter MacDonald White Bear (based in Calgary) shares music and cultural teachings from his Cree heritage, including the Medicine Wheel, the drum, and the native flute. … read more

  • Sherryl Sewepagaham and Samantha Whelan Kotkas Professional Workshop Indigenous arts Music

    Honouring First Nations in the Music Classroom

    Digital Workshop for Teachers with Sherryl...

      Post-secondary, Professional Ages 18+

    Offered in English only Appropriation, Resources, and Approaching Community Join the cross-cultural teaching artist duo Samantha Whelan Kotkas and Sherryl Sewepagaham (Cree-Dene) as they guide through an introduction … read more

  • Brianna Lizotte Workshop Indigenous arts Music Violin

    Métis Music & Culture

    with Brianna Lizotte

      Grade 4-6 Ages 8-12

    Alberta fiddler Brianna Lizotte leads the class through performances and interactive activities that showcase the richness of her Métis heritage. Curriculum objectives: Music, Social Studies, Indigenous … read more

Learning and engagement at Canada’s National Arts Centre is made possible through the support of many generous individuals and organizations from across the country. The Music Alive Program is made possible thanks to the leadership support of National Partner, The Azrieli Foundation, and Major Supporters, The Slaight Family Foundation and TD Bank Group. Thank you also to Grant and Alice Burton, Canada Life, A Donor-Advised Fund at the Community Foundation of Ottawa, Friends of the NAC Orchestra, Donors to the NAC Foundation's Future Fund, The Janice and Earle O’Born Fund for Artistic Excellence, and the donors and sponsors of the NAC’s National Youth and Education Trust, the primary resource for youth and education funding at the National Arts Centre.

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