BARBARA MARTINEZ early childhood music & movement specialist
Music Teacher for Lower School, Ethical Culture School , NYC (current) Maternity replacement.
Currently starting this temporary position teaching Pre-K – 2 nd Grade students. Monthly assemblies. Singing games, instruments, solfege in
Kodaly method for Grades 1 and 2, as well as beginnings of jmusic literacy. Working with head teachers to chose a repertoire of songs that are connected to the curriculum. Focusing on having fun singing age appropriate songs that pull from both North American and international sources, encouraging good singing technique, exploring percussion and Orff instruments, doing creative movement games.
Curriculum focus includes starting and stopping, and varying tempos, all with guitar and/or percussion accompaniment.
Teaching Specialist, Music & Movement Residency, Bank Street Head Start Preschool, NYC (current)
Currently teaching a 12-week residency for a thriving community of integrated Special Education Pre-K students. Working with head teachers to chose a repertoire of songs that are connected to the curriculum. Focusing on having fun singing age appropriate songs that pull from both North American and international sources, encouraging good singing technique, exploring percussion and Orff instruments, doing creative movement games. Curriculum focus includes starting and stopping, and varying tempos, all with guitar and/or percussion accompaniment.
Music Teacher for Family Center and Lower School, Bank Street School for Children , NYC (Spring 2011) Sabbatical replacement
Taught music to coed classes of 10-24 students from Daycare – Kindergarten. Classes with the Family Center were integrated special education and included classes with children as young as 6 months. Whole and small group in the classroom, half group or whole group in the music room. Teeny Tiny Music. Weekly Singing Assembly with the entire Lower School and Weekly Singing Assembly with the Family
Center. This curriculum was based on singing, building on a varied repertoire of songs. Worked on playing surface rhythms and steady pulses on instruments and also through movement. Explored responding to cadences, tempo changes, and mood changes with their bodies and on various Orff and percussion instruments. Worked on developing inner hearing. Encouraged children to choose songs for the group to play, to orchestrate and to sing along as they played. Children developed their own “sound” as they played and sang and learned to identify “musical” sounds. We prepared five group dances to present on Field Day with the entire Lower School and families.
Movement & P.E. Teacher for Lower & Middle School, Bank Street School for Children , NYC (Fall 2010) Maternity replacement.
Taught creative movement and P.E. to coed classes of 10-16 students from Preschool – 2 nd Grade. Movement: Used combination of live percussion instruments and recorded music, students warmed up with “Brain Dance” concepts. Explored themes like Levels, Speeds,
Shapes, Animal Movements, Self Space/General Space, Stopping & Starting, Mirroring. Classes ended with relaxation activities to slow down our breathing. The objective of the curriculum is to explore movement as an expressive experience. The challenge for all age levels:
“Voices off and bodies on!” P.E.: Although I was hired because of my experience as a dancer, teaching gym at this age level taught me how to work on similar concepts in a different context. The focus was pre-gym sports (dodging/darting/balls/bean bags/paddles/scooters/hoops, etc.), but necessary skills were the same (Coordination, Spatial Awareness, etc.) Bank Street’s unique environment (lab school within teachers college) continues to nurture my development as a teacher.
Flamenco Dance/Singing/Creative Movement, After School & Summer Camp, Bank Street School for Children (2002 to present)
Flamenco Dance, After School, Little Red School House , NYC (since 2008)
Founded two flamenco after school programs. Weekly classes (at two levels at Bank Street) introduce K–5th Grade students the basics of flamenco dance technique: arm and hand movement, feet tapping, hand clapping, turns, marking steps. Classes explore the challenging rhythmic patterns with hand claps and castanets and melodies through singing. Using fun games, theater skits, and movement exercises, children also learn about expression, choreography, good rehearsal technique, theater/dance terms, and Spanish. Students work toward a presentation of a group choreography/song at the end of the semester. The program at Bank Street became very popular, expanding to two levels, to Summer Camp and to Little Red School House.
Independent Teaching Artist, Young Audiences and Learning on Stage , serving schools all over the U.S. (since 2002)
Conduct school shows, lecture demonstrations and workshops in elementary and secondary schools, colleges and universities. Nine years of experience participating in/leading school programs as a representative of several dance companies, including Andrea del Conte Danza
Espana . Recurring school shows and workshops at schools such as Ethical Culture/Fieldston School, Horace Mann School, New York
University and many others (see full list below.)
Performing Artist (Singer/Dancer) for numerous dance companies in the U.S. (since 1999)
Member of Flamenco Arts, Oscar Valero Flamenco Company, Pasion y Arte Flamenco Company, Spirit of Sepharad, Andrea del Conte
Danza Espana, Juanito Pascual Flamenco Ensemble.
Responsibilities also include choreography and musical arrangements.
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BARBARA MARTINEZ early childhood music & movement specialist
Classes, Workshops, Residencies
Bridge for Dance, NYC
Casa Galicia Center, NYC
Childrens Arts & Sciences Workshop, NYC
Dance Manhattan, NYC
East Harlem Tutorial Lab, NYC
Ethical Culture/Fieldston School, NYC
Fazil's Studio, NYC
Florentine Music School, NYC
Harlem Educational Activities Fund, NYC
Herricks High School, Mineola, NYC
Horace Mann School, NYC
Little Red School House, NYC
Lotus Music & Dance, NYC continued…
Lower East Side Girls Club, NYC
Pleasantville Middle School, NYC
Pomona Cultural Center, Pomona, NY
Riverdale Country School, NYC
Saint David’s School, NYC
Master Classes
Le Cirque du Soleil “Corteo”, NYC
New England Conservatory, Boston, MA
Performing Arts High School, Houston, TX
Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY
Baruch College, NYC
School Shows/Lecture Demo Tours
City Center Arts, NYC
Learning On Stage, New England
The Yard Artist Colony, Martha’s Vineyard, MA
P.S. 87, NYC
Young Audiences of New York
Young Audiences of New Jersey
Young Audiences of Virginia
Summer Programs
Summerbridge, NYC & San Francisco, CA
SummerDance, New Paltz, NY
SummerStage, NJ
Way Off Broadway, NY
CONCERTS
Singer/Dancer (soloist) Vocalist Series, William Masselli, prod. (Carnegie Hall, Weill Recital Hall, NYC)
Singer/Dancer/Choreographer (soloist) Caravan: The Spirit of Sepharad (Worlds Fair Theater, NYC)
Singer & Dancer (soloist) Espiritu Gitano & Friends (Symphony Space Leonard Nimoy Theater), NYC
Singer (soloist) Pilar Rioja: The Legendary Queen of Spanish Dance (El Repertorio Español, NYC)
Dancer & Singer (soloist) Son de Aka, opening act for *SiSe* (Bowery Ballroom, NYC)
Dancer & Singer (soloist ) Gazpacho Andalu (LA MAMA ETC., Bronx Community College, The Alwan Center, NYC and many others)
Singer & Dancer (soloist) Nacho Nacho: Gypsy Storyteller; Flamenco & Indian Fusion Concert (Elebash Recital Hall, CUNY Graduate Center, NYC and Thalia Spanish Theater, Queens, NY)
Dancer & Singer (soloist) World Music Institute 20th Anniversary Benefit (Town Hall, NYC)
Soloist & Choreographer Flamenco Sepharad (Center for Jewish History, 92nd St Y Theater, Merkin Concert Hall, NYC & Hamilton College, Iowa)
THEATER
Singer (soloist) EL DUELO, Elba Hevia y Vaca, dir Pasion y Arte Flamenco Company (Philly Fringe Festival, Philadelphia, PA)
Singer/Dancer (soloist) Andrea del Conte Danza Espana (Thalia Spanish Theater, The Joyce SOHO, NYC and The Palace Theater, CT)
Singer & Dancer (soloist) Lore of the Miners with Arts Flamenco Company (The Joyce SOHO, NYC and many others)
Actor/Dancer/Singer (soloist) CONFESSIONS: Modern interpretation of the writings of St Augustine, Amelia Arenas, dir. (Casa Italiana/NYU, NYC)
Actor/Dancer/Singer (soloist) HELL: A modern interpretation of Dante’s Inferno, Amelia Arenas, dir. (The Rubin Museum of Art, NYC)
Dancer (Gypsy Woman) Carmen & La Traviata (The Metropolitan Opera, NYC)
Principal Dancer Six Months to Live; Karim Noack, choreographer (LaMAMA, NYC)
Singer (Children’s Chorus) Der Rozenkavalier, Othello, Werther, Cavalleria Rusticana, I Puritani, Un Ballo in Maschera - Franco Zeffirelli, director
(The Metropolitan Opera, NYC)
FESTIVALS & GALAS
Brazil Night with Brazooka Band, The Plaza Hotel, NYC
Instituto Cervantes Festival , Riverside Church Theater, NY
Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS
Choreography 101
Creative Communities Festival
, NYC
, City Center Studios, NYC
, South Street Seaport, NYC
Flamenco & Its Roots , Baruch College, NYC
First Night , Montclair, NJ
Latino Festival , Portuguese-American Center, Yonkers, NY
Lotus Music and Dance 20th Anniversary Gala , NYC
Carolina Herrera Award , National Arts Assoc., Riverside Church, NYC
Orchard Street Music Series : World Music & Dance, NYC
Panama City Jazz Festival
Summer in the Square
Juanito Pascual, Panama City, Panama
, Union Square Park, NYC
First Saturdays , Brooklyn Museum of Art, NYC
Nova Scotia Jazz Festival /Jose Conde Quartet, Halifax, Canada
World Music Festival , Brooklyn Children’s Museum, NYC
World Voices Festival , The Palace Theater, CT
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BARBARA MARTINEZ early childhood music & movement specialist
CHOREOGRAPHY
Spirit of Sepharad with The Gerard Edery Ensemble (Museum of
Jewish Heritage, NYC and many others)
FILM
Feature Film - Background
Looking For Miguel/Buscando a Miguel , Juan Fischer, director
Herakles Via Phaedra , Ellen Stewart, dir. (LA MAMA ETC., NYC)
Buscando a Miguel/Looking for Miguel , Juan Fischer, dir. (Hidden
Eye Productions)
Confessions and Hell , Amelia Arenas, dir. and Fortuna Productions
(The Rubin Museum of Art & Casa Italiana/NYU NYC)
Flamenco Sepharad , with The Gerard Edery Ensemble (Center for
Jewish History Theater, NYC and many others)
RECORDING
(Hidden Eye Productions)
The Heights , Chris Terrio, director (Merchant Ivory)
It Could Happen to You , Andrew Bergman, director (Tristar)
Kiss of Death , Barbet Schroeder, director (20th Century Fox)
10 Dates , Linda Taylor, director (independent)
Student Film - Principal (Dancer)
Duende , Cassie Bryant, director (NYU Tisch School)
Background Vocals Juanito Pascual: Language of the Heart
Narrator Mexican American Health, Fabien Pisani, director
Soloist & Voice-Over Brad Cresswell & Amelia Arenas: Hell
Background Vocals Pedro Cortes: Hoy
Background Vocals John Margolis: Christine’s Refrigerator (Winner
Tarantella , Courtney Andrealis, director (NYU Tisch School)
Documentary Film - as herself
Cubama , Juan Fischer, director (Hidden Eye Productions) of the JP Folks Song of the Year and CD of the Year. Tanta Belleza, the track that Barbara sings on, appeared in the HBO/Cinemax documentary The Kidnapping of Ingrid Bettencourt.)
LIBERAL ARTS Bachelor of Arts Degree, 1998 (Honors) - Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
Double-major in Comparative Literature* & Visual Arts (*Spanish, French, Italian & Portuguese literature with a focus on literary translation)
Several undergraduate visual arts credits in painting, printmaking, graphic design, film history and art history at Rhode Island School of Design
EARLY MUSIC EDUCATION Kodaly Institute (2007) New York University - Certificate
DANCE Flamenco : Juana Amaya, Isabel Bayon, La Conja, La China, Carmela Greco, Raquel Heredia, La Meira, La Repompa, Concha Vargas,
Marco de Ana, Vanesa Coloma, Alfonso Losa (private and group study at independent studios in NYC, Spain & Venezuela) Modern Dance
(Simonson Technique): Lynn Simonson, Te Perez, Diane McCarthy, Katiti King (Dance New Amsterdam)
ACTING Lee Strasberg Method: Lily Lodge (Elaine Aikins/New York Actors Conservatory)
VOICE Jazz: Barry Harris (Lincoln Center Neighorhood Center/University of the Streets) Classical: Elena Doria and Constance Green (Met Opera)
Flamenco: Advanced Studies in Flamenco Singing (Cristina Heeren Foundation, Seville, Spain --full scholarship)
INSTRUMENTS Piano: Miranda Hentoff and Ellen Starr; Guitar: Arturo Martinez and Carlos Darci de Seixas
LANGUAGES Fluent in Spanish, Portuguese and Italia; Proficient in French
UNIONS Member of American Guild for Musical Artists (AGMA) and Fractured Atlas
AWARDS & RECOGNITION Full scholarship, intensive summer session in Advanced Flamenco Singing at The Cristina Heeren Foundation in
Seville, Spain - Selected by the Venezuelan national newspaper, El Universal, as one of 99 Venezuelans to Watch For in 2008
BOARD MEMBER Andrea del Conte Danza España
CERTIFIED C.P.R. and R.T.E. as of 2011
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