Arts Partners
Traveling to schools throughout Arkansas, the Quapaw Quartet and Rockefeller Quartet are eight of the Arkansas Symphony's full-time musicians and educators. Four brand new 30 minute demos are offered every school year to introduce 3rd through 8th grade students to different concepts in music. Each demo can be linked to your class curriculum in many subjects. In addition, instrumental petting zoos give each student an up close experience with string instruments! If you are interested in having one of the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra's Quartets visit your school, please contact Leanne Day-Simpson at (501) 666-1761 ext. 128 or education@arkansassymphony.org.
The Arkansas Symphony Orchestra is also an Arkansas Arts Council "Arts in Education" (AIE) Mini-Grant artist. Grants can be obtained to have one of our Quartets visit your school. For more information, please visit http://www.arkansasarts.org/grants/Default.aspx#10.
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Meet the String Family
Through demonstration and hands-on activity, the Quapaw Quartet will introduce students to the string family. The students will have a chance to watch the quartet play and discuss their instruments, then try their own hands on a violin, a viola, or a cello with the musicians!
This Is Your Brain on Music
How does music make you feel? See and draw colors and shapes, feel how music can change your heartbeat, and interpret the music through motions. This interactive demo from the Rockefeller Quartet asks students to act out and think about the physical and emotional effects different types of music have on them.
Music Across America
Start a journey across America with the Quapaw Quartet as they play music from Arkansas and beyond! What images come to mind when you think of America? Cowboys? or big cities? or a rodeo? See how American music reflects different facets of American culture.
Music at the Movies
The Rockefeller Quartet brings the movies to life! Think of your favorite scene from your favorite movie. Can you remember the music? Movie music works with what you see onscreen to make movies more exciting, relevant and enjoyable. Students work with the quartet to figure out which music fits with what scenes.
