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Susan Weber
“NEWTurtle Tales from Around the World” |
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| Against a colorful backdrop and with guitar in hand, musician-storyteller Susan Weber weaves adventures of the wise old turtle whose amazing tales impart cultural wisdom from West Africa, North America, Asia and the West Indies. Students are engaged through participation as they sing, create sound effects and learn gestures to accompany Susan in this Language Arts and Social Studies integrated performance. Turtle Tales is a wonderful performance for family night or any school assembly. |
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Susan Weber is a professional singer, songwriter and storyteller. She received Young Audiences of Northeast Ohio’s Sunshine Award for excellence in arts education in 2003. Her work as a teaching artist was recently featured in two documentaries presented by ArtsQuest and The Rainbow Channel. In addition to extensive Theater Arts and Music programming, she regularly presents ‘Arts for Learning’ and ‘Art is Education’ performances and residencies both solo and in collaboration with artists in other disciplines. Recipient of the 2006 Best Female Singer Songwriter award from the Cleveland Free Times, Susan’s recordings are heard on airwaves internationally. She served as a judge for the Cuyahoga County Public Library’s Generation Next Creative Writing Contest in 2009. Susan founded the Northeast Ohio Songwriters Circle and has partnered with Beck Center for the Arts in songwriting workshops. Her website, www.susanweber.com, explores creative process as a force for positive change in society.
ArtsQuest video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Am-djiKOQmU& Rainbow Channel video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJXEjpKXNK0
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