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Participant Details
- Community Arts Partner Name
- Kelli Frances Corradao
- Partner Type
- Individual
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- Individual Bio or
Organizational Statement
- Kelli Frances Corrado has been teaching for over 10 years, specializing in helping the beginner start. Growing up in Chicago, she would sneak out during school nights to see hip hop shows and spend weekends with her Czech grandmother learning prayer rituals. This set a unique musical foundation giving voice to her spiritual beliefs and leading her to study guitar, piano, voice and beat making. She received her first grant from The Grammy’s who sponsored her first tour and has had her music featured with NPR’s Radio One, KEXP, BBC6 radio, Tom Tom Magazine, The Girls Are…, The Stranger and Seattle Weekly.
Grade Levels Preferred
- Grade Levels Preferred
- K-2, 3rd - 5th, 6th - 8th, 9th - 12th
Artistic Disciplines
- Discipline
- 3
- Type
- Guitar, piano, singing and songwriting
Experience
- Previous School Partnerships
- DNDA Summer Youth Arts Program, Arts Corps, Musika, Nova, Rock School in association with Vera Project, Old Redmond Firehouse and Kirkland High School, Power Chord Academy, Willie Mae Rock School
- WA State TAT Lab Graduate
- No
- Other Trainings or Certifications
- Sample Lesson Description: Student / Classroom Residencies
- Dependent on classroom room size, experience and/or collaboration with other medium. Please contact for a specific sample course description.
- Sample Workshop Description: Teacher Professional Development
Areas of Experience and Expertise
- Approved Professional Development Provider
- 1
- Approved Classroom Residency Provider
- Yes
Lesson Plan
- Integrated Art
- Cultural Art
Teaching Approach
- Teaching Philosophy + Approach
- To create a individualized lesson plan for each student or class, based in theory, technique and student goals with an emphasis on creative expression and empowerment. Music is a language based on listening and creative expression.
- Curriculum Integration Possibilities
- Writing, poetry, history and visual arts
- Special Skills and Areas of Expertise
- Testimonials from Schools
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- DNDA Summer Youth Arts Program, Piano Students for Neighborhood House
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- Songwriting Summer Camp at Youngstown Cultural Arts Center, 'Goth Day'
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- Private class/mentorship for High School student in Guitar, singing and songwriting
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