MISS MARIA
Actress/storyteller offers six weeks of classroom coaching
to help your students to speak well and with confidence.
“THE BARDS OF BALTIMORE”
Encouraging children to become bright articulate speakers!
When our children speak well we hear their intelligence and can feel the depths of their thoughts. Speaking beautifully will often attract the people who can help them to get what they need and want in life. I’ve spent the last 30 years teaching young people to dance and now they are clamoring to perform in movies and on TV. But they have to present themselves in a way that will entice people to listen. Like many young people around the world who speak more than one language, our children must be as versatile just in speaking English. These twelve sessions will augment the language arts work already being done by classroom teachers.
Bards of Baltimore Program
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- Maria Broom comes twice weekly for 6 consecutive weeks
- She works one hour in the classroom on voice and presentation
- Grades 3 thru 8 (best to get started in the intermediate grades)
- Mondays, Tuesdays or Wednesdays (times can be discussed)
- Students learn meditation to quiet the mind and still the body
- Students learn techniques to improve tone and enunciation
- Students work on clear expression of thoughts and feelings
- Students work on “Oh The Places I’ll Go” ~ (based on Dr. Seuss)
COST: 12 sessions over 6 weeks = $900 (24 sessions for $1500)
Maria Broom ~ aka “Miss Maria”
Known nationally as an actress for her roles in the HBO series “The Wire” and “The Corner”, Maria Broom is also a longtime professional dancer and educator. A Fulbright scholar and a former television news reporter for the ABC affiliates in Miami and Baltimore, she currently teaches storytelling and dance for the Baltimore School of the Arts, in the theater department. A performing artist with Young Audiences of Maryland, Inc. since 1990, she was named their Artist of the Year in 2007. She is also the honored recipient of the 2004 Governor’s Arts Award for an Individual Artist. Widely acknowledged as gifted and beloved by students and teachers alike, Maria has performed and taught in hundreds of schools in the city and across the state.
To schedule program: 410/922-5747 Maribroom@aol.com
