This is an interactive, audiovisual residency that presents the evolution of popular music in it’s historic, cultural and social contexts. It involves exposing the students to music and artists, and a chronological analysis and debate on what they have seen and heard, from Elvis Presley and Chuck Berry, to Hip Hop and the Alternative music of today.  Students see videos of stepping stone artists that created trends and brought something different to popular music.
Each style and artist will be contemplated in light of the social events of their time, as well as the artistic influence they had on world culture and artists to come.
Students will also see the evolution of the musical instruments that allowed musicians to create new music, and compare it with today’s music technology, available to more and more people each day through computers, iPads and even cell phones.
This workshop complies with many areas of  History, Geography and Social Studies curriculum for Middle and High School students.

This is a 12 session course.