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Contact:
Lynda LeVan, 423-648-6043, lhl@cdmfun.org
Director of External Affairs
PopTots Brings Music to Life for Toddlers
Chattanooga Symphony & Opera’s Wind Quintet at
Creative Discovery Museum
(April 30, 2010) - - Creative Discovery Museum and Chattanooga Symphony & Opera (CSO) team-up to present PopTots, a series that uses musical performance and instruction to help toddlers develop cognitive and fine motor skills. The program will be presented in the Museum’s Auditorium on Saturday, May 15 at 2 p.m.
The CSO’s Wind Quintet will perform an interactive concert for toddlers and adults. A 30-minute performance will be followed by 30 minutes of hands-on music exploration led by Museum staff. Children and adults will have the opportunity to play more than 20 rhythm instruments including drums, claves, chimes, bells, and shaker eggs while learning about the educational ways music can improve a child’s speech, motor skills and creative thinking.
“Music is a strong learning tool in early childhood development,” stated Liza Blair, Creative Discovery Museum’s Art Manager. “It’s great for kids to experience music and get their hands on instruments and play music for themselves. Everyone has their own rhythm that relates to how they move and walk. Working with music and adjusting their innate sense of rhythm to the rhythm of the class helps children develop their cognitive skills and fine motor skills.”
Participation in PopTots is free with Museum admission. Pre-registration is not required. Funding for this presentation is provided by Allied Arts of Greater Chattanooga and Tennessee Arts Commission.
About Creative Discovery Museum
Creative Discovery Museum is open Mon-Sat: 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Sun: noon-5 p.m. 321 Chestnut Street, Chattanooga, TN 37402. Creative Discovery Museum is recognized as one of the top children’s museums in the nation. It is a non-profit organization dedicated to educational enrichment for children age’s 4-months to 12-years-old through interactive, hands-on experiences that foster creative and critical thinking. Creative Discovery Museum focuses on a broad range of areas encompassed by Visual Arts, Performing Arts, Technology and the Sciences. In addition to its exhibits, Creative Discovery Museum provides local residents and visitors with special events, educational programming, teacher resources for the classroom, field trips, after school programming, early childhood education classes, artist residencies, camps, art lessons, science demonstrations, and a branch of the local library. Creative Discovery Museum is a funded agency of Allied Arts and Tennessee Arts Commission and the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
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