In our area, we partner with schools to place qualified Teaching Artists into the school day through various fine arts platforms. These teaching artists can be contracted to teach one or more classes. The classes are embedded in the master schedule as electives in Fine Arts and PE, and are also used in After School Programs. Young Audiences offers a wide range of residencies in the fields of dance, drums, visual arts, theater, choral and instrumental music.

The Young Audiences of Northeast Texas dance program is designed to teach the art of dance to promote creativity, critical thinking, cultural awareness, communication, and achievement in different skill sets. This program currently operates in Winona ISD, serving middle and high schools.

The program provides students with an opportunity to gain dance experience while developing a positive self-image.  “Creating Balance through Dance” uses dance terminology, technique, and choreography as the foundation of this residency. The program covers a range of dance styles, including Pom, Hip-Hop, Jazz, Lyrical, Modern, Ballet, and Drill Team Prep.

This program is designed to help students become confident in movement and connect to expressing emotions. Towards the end of the school year, students work in teams to choreograph their own interpretations of all the dance styles they have learned. Performances during the school year include pep rallies, halftime performances, parades, and holiday/special events, providing opportunities for students to share dances with peers, friends, school faculty, and family. The performance aspect of this program helps the dancers to experience what it is like to perform live. In the spring semester, during April and May, students will have the opportunity to perform for family and friends on the main stage of the district’s fine arts auditorium. To reward the dance students for their year-round hard work, they also get to attend at least one live professional dance performance at a local performing arts center.

“Creating Balance through Dance” teaches students that physical activity, creativity, teamwork, and individuality are all things to be cultivated and celebrated within themselves. By integrating dance into their school-day routines, students can clearly see the connections between dance and academics, encouraging them to succeed in both.

The Young Audiences of Northeast Texas drumline program is designed to teach the art of music through drumming to promote creativity, critical thinking, communication, and achievement in learning skills for playing different kinds of drums. This program currently resides at Jones Elementary and the Caldwell Arts Academy in Tyler ISD.

Drumming is an ancient approach that uses rhythm to promote healing, connectedness, and self-expression. Communication of emotion has focused primarily on the neural mechanisms of speech, even though emotion is also communicated through nonverbal cues and silence. The communication of emotion is a bidirectional process, encompassing both sensitivity to others’ emotional cues and the expression of internal emotional states to others. Research shows that drumming promotes wellness, enhances awareness, and releases emotional trauma. The drumline program explores the process of voiceless communication and identifies the benefit of communicating with patience through rhythmic play while working together in syncopated patterns.

Drumline In Action

Drumline Highlight

The Young Audiences of Northeast Texas brass program is designed to teach the art of music through the playing of brass instruments, promoting creativity, critical thinking, communication, and achievement in learning skills involving different kinds of horns. This program currently resides at Moore Middle School in Tyler ISD.

After-school programming enriches students’ lives through various fine arts platforms. Teaching artists can be contracted to teach one or more classes. The classes are embedded into the after-school schedule as electives/enrichment time after tutorials. We currently operate several schools in Smith County with after-school Dance and Drumline programs.