Deborah Stuart and Will Cabell: "Home for Dinner"

Deborah Stuart and Will Cabell are long-time school residency artists and performers. In music programs and workshops they may use guitar, mandolin, banjo, autoharp, and other instruments large and small (which might include anything from washboard to "homemade" instruments.) In puppet residencies for school they have worked with teachers to tie the activities and stories to the curriculum. They have toured at home and overseas, including a cultural exchange to Russia.

Specialty:

• Folk Musicians

Programs Offered:

• Participatory children and family concerts in small settings ranging from sing-alongs to community special events
• school programs
• assemblies
• workshops

Populations Served:

• K-5
• family groups
• special populations

Availability:

• Singing Books: programs for libraries
• books fairs and literacy projects
• workshops for teachers and community educational and cultural programs on the arts as a tool for learning
• workshops for parents on making music with their young children in the home
• Deborah and Will also offer residencies and workshops on puppets and music
• including building simple rod puppets and staging favorite books and stories
• adding music to the experience. Longer residencies can be designed using shadow puppets as the art form
• again with music and curriculum links.