programs

Music Programs

African Discovery Through Music
This is a series of live musical stage plays narrated by a dramatic storyteller/ professional singer. These shows depict how Africans and African Americans demonstrated courage and perseverance to overcome obstacles and change American society.

Length: 50 min

BLACK WAX
A trip to the Black Wax Museum reveals African American inventors, a break in major league baseball, a daring escape on the Underground Railroad and women musicians ahead of their time!

LINEAGE
Sing and dance your way from Africa to America in Lineage where blues, jazz, gospel, rhythm and blues, and hip hop music are combined in a lesson that is so much fun you won’t want it to end! E.D. Nixon, Captain Charles Young, Sergeant Ben Davis and Elizabeth Martinez are the historical figures celebrated in the show about a woman takes a surprising look at how much she has in common with people of various cultures.

NEIGHBORHOOD PROMISE
Promise celebrates the anniversaries of the Brown vs. Board of Education decision and Motown Records. The program is infused with the soulful music of the 1960s and important lessons about the value of education.
 

Hispanic Discovery Assembly
Increase the awareness and bring the wonder of Hispanic heritage to your students with a musical tour through Puerto Rico, Cuba and the Dominican Republic! Learn of the contributions of Hispanic people to music, science and the world in which we live today!

Length: 45 min  

THE LESSON LEARNED
After learning that the first nationally syndicated Hispanic talk show host was no honor student and that the first female surgeon general was Puerto Rican, Jose discovers that he, too, can overcome adversity and pursue any career he chooses. Meet Geraldo Rivera, Celia Cruz and Antonia Novello.
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Theater Programs

Anti-Bullying Assembly
Designed to reach students, grades 3— 9 , this play uses a perfect balance of music and drama to address the imbalance of power between bullies and their victims. Packed with research, this show will empower your students to “stop the violence.”  

Length: 45 min

EXTREME TRUTH
The truth about bullies and their victims is exposed in this musical stage play about two students who learn that silence gives bullies their power and how to take that power away!

Women’s History Assembly
The life and legacy of some of our nation’s most powerful, yet under celebrated women are realized in this musical stage play. A talented cast of actors, singers and musicians make this show an unforgettable experience!

Length: 45 min

GENDER MATTERS
Georgia, an educated southern belle travels north to learn a life-changing lesson about Marie Gertrude Rand, Wilma Rudolph and Clara Barton as this live band and dynamic cast of actors herald women’s contributions to engineering, sports and the military!

Drug Awareness Assembly
Dance is a part of this exciting musical stage play, as a cast of professional performers re-enact the true story of how drugs destroyed the promising future of a high school student from our local area.

Length: 45 min  

CHOICES
Based on a true story, this compelling drama about a high school senior named Keri and how the choice she makes changes her life forever, is sure to hit home with your students.

Character Education Assembly
Drug Awareness Assembly Dance is a part of this exciting musical stage play, as a cast of professional performers re-enact the true story of how drugs destroyed the promising future of a high school student from our local area.

Length: 45 min

See this exciting musical stage play that combines all the elements of the performing arts (including
dance) and encourages each of us to “walk a mile in someone else’s shoes”. You are guaranteed to learn
something about your own character!

Artist-In-Residence
Expose your students to the lasting effects of having a professional artist visit their classroom for ten sessions. Your teachers will learn valuable techniques and strategies to revitalize their curriculum!

Length: 10 @ 45 min  

A performing arts residency can change the atmosphere at your school! Artists are available to visit your classroom for 10 sessions at 45 minutes each. These artist sessions meet the New Jersey Core Curriculum Content standards because the lessons help students acquire knowledge and skills that increase aesthetic awareness. Residencies are available in acting, music and dance.

Professional Development

Teacher Workshops
(with professional development credit hours)

Winceyco is a certified NJEA provider of professional development workshops. Complete your credit hours, learn a valuable skill and have a ball! You need not be a professional artist, songwriter, playwright or dancer to springboard a simple story into a live musical stage play! Let our artists show you how simple it can be. The Performing Arts Strategies can help your students improve the following critical thinking skills:

• Problem Solving
• Phonological Awareness
• Visual and Verbal Messages
• Comprehension Skills
• Active Listening

Two to four hour workshops with a professional performing artist show you how to turn your classroom into a stage, meet your curriculum objectives and gain credit hours.

Length: 45 min Length: 2 to 4 hrs

Fits like a Glove
Want to know how to spiral any activity up or down so that it caters to the needs AND attention span of any grade level? We’ll show you how.

Order our curriculum guide, which is free with the purchase of a program! It is full of lessons, games and classroom activities you can use as preparation for or follow—up to your assembly program.

Winceyco Cds
These cds of music from the African Discovery shows help to create a lasting effect for your students .
$100 Per Box of 25ct