MUSICAL STORYTIMES
AN INTERACTIVE APPROACH TO STORY TELLING
Created by Peter Menta, MLS
FIRST PLACE WINNER OF THE 2004 BCALA-WILEY BLACK BOOKS GALORE CONTEST FOR THE MOST CREATIVE CHILDREN’S PROGRAM
Well-know area roots musician and children's librarian Peter Menta presents Musical Story Times, an interactive approach to storytelling. Using well-known folk and blues melodies, Menta not only tells traditional stories but also involves audiences with original songs interspersed with the narration that both comment on and enhance the story or book. Menta can design a story time around a particular theme and create original music to accompany the story. He sings and plays guitar, harmonica, and homemade instruments, and brings those instruments for children to play and sing with while the story unfolds. (Preschool-grade 4, young adults) Fees start at $200 + travel. Also available for workshops and residencies.
Links to more information:
Description of my musical storytimes (text of 2005 CLA presentation)
Lesson plan for "Nobody Owns The Sky"
Excerpts from "Horton Hatches The Egg Musical Storytime"
Resources for musical storytimes
For more information please e-mail at washboard.slim@hotmail.com
Phone: 203-288-4156
Mailing address: Peter Menta, 111 Pearl Avenue Hamden, CT 06514