Programs for young listeners
FAIRY TALES, FOLKLORE AND FABLES
with Auricolae Storytelling and Music Troupe
Instrumentation: violin, cello, and narrator
Best-loved stories from around the world are told through music and narrative with audience participation to the delight of students (K – 8) in a similar manner to the children’s classic, “Peter and the Wolf.”
Auricolae performing Martin Kutnoski’s “The Spots of the Toad” at St. Thomas University in Fredericton, Canada
AURICOLAE ASSEMBLIES
(pre-Kindergarden to Middle School)
Repertoire includes:
Little Red Riding Hood
Ferdinand the Bull
Jack and the Beanstalk
The Bremen Town Musicians
The Ugly Duckling
There are also two specialized assemblies:
“Tales from the East” – a Jewish/Klezmer storytelling odyssey
These tales all stem from Eastern Europe and employ extensive Yiddishkeit in the classic hilarious Catskills manner
Storytelling from Around the World
Tales representing the beautiful diversity and universality of the planet Earth with stories from Spain, Indonesia, Argentina, and Europe
AURICOLAE RESIDENCIES
Residencies have a strong literacy component. After seeing Auricolae perform, students of all ages (including pre-literate) create their own story and, over the course of multiple visits, set their own text to music. This residency can also have an arts and craft element with students making sets and props. The final concert involves the students performing text and music they wrote themselves.