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Updated 2/19/2023

Steve Ferraris

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    VT

Institution/Business Type: Artist / Creative (Individual)

Drumming for Success-I am a percussionist trained in West African hand-drumming. I have 30 years of experience presenting Arts-in-Education residencies. Drumming for Success is an engaging hand-drumming experience with Social-emotional skills (SEL)development embedded in the drumming curriculum. My residency programs are known for energizing and galvanizing the entire school community during and after the culminating performances. I’m available for assemblies, workshops and artist residencies in W. African drumming. All residencies are customized to meet the school's scope, scheduling and budget. I provide the instruments of an authentic African djembe drum orchestra. From 2020-present I have been providing professional development seminars for teachers in the Bennington, VT school district, training them to facilitate the Drumming for Success (DfS) method in their classrooms.

All residencies include:

  • Opening Assembly for the whole school
  • 5 classes per day
  • Teacher workshop
  • Culminating performance event

  

 

Find Me

Steve Ferraris (He)
Job Title: Drummer/Arts-in-Education
Phone: 802-683-0006
Address:
1011 Rt 5 North
Norwich, VT 05055

About

Overview

Institution/Business Type:

Artist / Creative (Individual)

Legal Status:

Commercial / For profit - Sole proprietorship

Overview

Institution/Business Type:

Artist / Creative (Individual)

Legal Status:

Commercial / For profit - Sole proprietorship

Disciplines

Primary Discipline:

Music - Traditional

Additional Disciplines:

  • Dance - Ethnic

Activities and Services

Activities and Services:

  • Arts Instruction / Lessons
  • Performance / Concert / Reading
Seasons Active: spring, summer, fall, winter
Events Per Year: 35

Communities

Populations Engaged:

  • Adults
  • Businesses
  • Elders
  • Families
  • General Public
  • Immigrant Populations
  • Nonprofits
  • People with Disabilities
  • School Groups
  • Teens
  • Youth-At-Risk
  • Incarcerated (or Formerly Incarcerated) individuals
  • Veteran/Active Duty Military Personnel

Languages Available:

  • English

Geographic Reach:

  • Multi-State Region
  • National
  • International

Accessibility of Services

Accessibility of Services:

  • Access accommodations for people who use a wheelchair and have limited mobility
  • Access accommodations for people who are blind, partially sighted, and have low vision
  • Access accommodations for people who are Deaf and hard-of-hearing

People who do not speak, people of short stature, people with learning disabilities.

I Have Worked With

Artist Info

Teaching Artist

Teaching Settings:

  • Arts and Cultural Center / Venue
  • Community Site / Center
  • Corporate Business
  • Healthcare Facility
  • School / University

Ages Served:

  • Elementary School-age
  • Middle School-age
  • High School-age
  • College-age
  • Adults
  • Seniors

Subject Areas:

  • Arts Integration - Foreign Languages
  • Arts Integration - History and Social Science
  • Arts Integration - Mathematics
  • Music

Fee range:

$500 - $5,000

Teaching Artist

Teaching Settings:

  • Arts and Cultural Center / Venue
  • Community Site / Center
  • Corporate Business
  • Healthcare Facility
  • School / University

Ages Served:

  • Elementary School-age
  • Middle School-age
  • High School-age
  • College-age
  • Adults
  • Seniors

Subject Areas:

  • Arts Integration - Foreign Languages
  • Arts Integration - History and Social Science
  • Arts Integration - Mathematics
  • Music

Fee range:

$500 - $5,000

State Arts Agency Roster Artist

  • Vermont Teaching Artist Roster
  • New Hampshire Education Roster

Touring Artist

Technical Requirements:

  • 2 microphones

Fee Range:

$500 - $2,500

State of Residence:

Vermont

Minimum Number of Performers:

2

Maximum Number of Performers:

2