Joe Sallins

Performer • Educator • Composer • Arranger • Choreographer • Clinician Percussionist • Piccolo Bassist • Pianist, Classical and Jazz

Joe is a very versatile multi-instrumentalist, composer, and choreographer. He plays percussion, electric bass, piccolo bass, and keyboards. Joe also choreographs dance workshops and student performances. Expect high energy, interactive, feel-good concert assemblies with lots of audience participation tailored to the needs of elementary, middle or high school, college or special-needs students. Joe’s assemblies and hands-on workshops will have everyone involved.

Joe has a wide range of experience in arts in education programming. He has worked with students of all ages and has years of summer arts camp experience. He has conducted after-school programs for at-risk middle school students.

HANDS-ON WORKSHOPS

  • Percussion — Ranges from no experience required to arrangements for school bands
  • Movement — Choreographs dances from America and traditional dances of Senegal, Guinea, and Ghana
  • Chorus — A moving journey into the history of traditional and contemporary Gospel
  • Poetry and Rhythm — Songwriting and creating and reading poetry set to original music and sound effects.
  • After School Programs, Field Day Programs, and Summer Camps
  • African Drumming and traditional chants and Drum Circles
  • Contemporary Keyboard, Electric Bass and Electric Guitar Clinics — arrangements provided.

CONCERT PERFORMANCES

  • Family Concerts or Festivals
  • The Two-Man Trio, in which Joe simultaneously plays the electric bass and keyboards, with a drummer accompanying him. This is phenomenal and must be seen.

Program Logistics

Performances are one hour (can be adapted if necessary)

  • Require about 16’ x 20’ performance space (cafetorium, stage, gym, outdoors)
  • Set up time is one hour
  • Joe will bring a sound system, unless you have a good in-house system
  • Allow 15 minutes between performances
  • No audience limit (check with your fire marshal)

Workshops are one hour (can be adapted if necessary)

  • Require about 16’ x 20’ performance space (cafetorium, stage, gym, outdoors)
  • Needs to be set up in same location as performance
  • 30 to 40 students or faculty participants
  • Six chairs
  • Allow 15 minutes between programs
  • Programs are loud! Consider the effects on neighboring classrooms
  • Additional artists may mean simultaneous workshops are possible

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