DESCRIPTION: Create your own silent disco and invite others to dance alongside you while be totally quiet! Learn techniques for creating your own dance playlists and constructing them with online software. Then use a pair of headphones invite others to join you an all tune into the channel for some silent dance moves.

Recommended for ages 8 to 12

LEARN ABOUT

• DJing fundamentals

• Music selection

• Presentation and social skills

WORKSHOP FORMAT: 1 hour live online via zoom

ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR

Jackie Traish is a 2020 graduate from the Mannes School of Music (MM and PDPL in Orchestral Studies) and a 2014 graduate from East Carolina University (BM in Music Performance and BS in Science Education). She currently lives in New York City as a freelance musician, teaching artist, and arts administrator. She has performed with the Mannes Orchestra and the Mannes American Composers Ensemble in venues such as Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, and New York City Center, and has performed with world-renowned programs and ensembles including the Martha Graham Dance Company, the Metropolitan Opera, and the Brooklyn Youth Chorus. Her years of experience as an educator ranges across all ages and levels, in both music and science, through her work in different educational organizations and public schools across NYC and North Carolina.

MATERIAL NEEDED: iPad with the algoriddim app

PRICE: $20/session OR $75 for 5 sessions (you’ll save $5/session with purchase of a package)