2020 Afterschool, Residencies, & Daytime Enrichment Programs
I’m a NYC DOE licenced vendor and after school teacher
of the below seven cutting edge music, creative arts and technology courses.
2020 after school and residencies include PS. 118, PS. 321, PS. 107, and PS. 10.
RAISE THE BAR
HIP HOP SONGWRITING, RECORDING, AND PERFORMANCE CLASS
Raise The Bar Grades 3-5
SONG SAMPLES
Raise The Bar: A collaborative Hip Hop and R&B songwriting, recording and performance class. Grades 3-8
Learn the ins and outs of collaborative songwriting and recording of a structured Hip Hop & R&B song. Choose to rap, sing the chorus, play a role in writing or performing. Help to curate and participate in a choreographed live performance at the end of the Raise the Bar program.
Students receive a professionally mastered MP3 of the song. They are guided by an established Billboard Charts and Rolling Stone Magazine featured artist known to us as Mr. Marc.
SURVIVE MUSIC/LYRIC VIDEO
Written, recorded, and produced by Raise The Bar students grades 3-5
WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
HIP HOP VERSION
Written, recorded, and produced by PS. 118 Raise The Bar students
DANCE ADVANCE
EDUCATIONAL DANCE PARTY
Dance Advance: A healthy, high energy, learn-through-dance, educational dance party
Grades Pre-k - 5th Grade
Let it all out in this high energy “learn-through-dance” educational program where a renowned MC fully engages and guides children through creative exercise and learning while having dance party fun. Exciting break out dance party activities every 5-10 minutes like "Time Machine" and "Speed Dance" incorporate creative expression, team building, positive socialization, math, history, and language skills. The program covers a broad spectrum of age groups, with advanced curricula offered for higher grades. Dance Advance is the future of learning through stimulating fun activity.
Summer 2019 Dance Advance partnership with the Brooklyn Public Library
AUDIO PUPPETRY
VOICE OVER RECORDING AND PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT
Audio Puppetry
Design and create a personality for your very own puppet, then bring that puppet to life by recording voice overs for an end of year performance!
An experienced live performance instructor and audio engineer walks students through the process of designing their very own personalized puppet, and then records puppet voiceovers performed by the students using industry standard professional music equipment.
Students then prepare for a one of a kind, end of year puppet / voice over performance! It's like a real life Pinocchio story!
COMING WINTER 2020
Video Production: Shooting and editing: Grades 3-5 - Learn how to shoot video using a smartphone, edit a full length video, and score music using royalty free licensed music.
Audio Engineering Grades 4+5 - Learn the technical aspects of recording and mixing a professional song. Using free software, student will be ready to record anywhere on their own by the end of this course.
Beat Making: Grades 3-5 - Learn how to produce hip hop and pop music beats.
Smartphone Photography and Visual Storytelling: Grades 3+ - Learn the ins and outs of taking engaging photography, editing high quality photos with different apps, and writing a story line to your photos.
Marc Herstein, Park Slope Brooklynite, educator, entertainer and father, has a gift in fully engaging children and retaining their ongoing participation. Marc brings over 20 years of live performance, songwriting, beat production, video production, event production and audio engineering experience to a wide array of programming for pre-k through middle school aged children.
Marc began producing hip hop music in the late 90’s and was featured on the world renowned Lyricist Lounge albums. He has released records that have hit the billboard charts and have been recognized and quoted in Rolling Stone Magazine. Marc diversified his portfolio and began hosting highly successful children's dance parties as the resident MC and premier event host for the world renowned, family dance craze, Baby Loves Disco. To date, marc has toured over 50 cities hosting family dance parties for multigenerational audiencess
Marc now has built upon his accomplishments by developing unique, cutting edge educational programming that seamlessly support the identity of a school.
Outside of his entertainment and education experience, Marc has worked for three major nonprofit organizations in NYC and has led marketing, events and volunteer departments for the past 14 years. His own early education includes District 15's PS. 230 and MS 51, as well as Laguardia High School of the Performing Arts as a vocal major. Marc is known for his high energy and integrity, he is a champion of children and their learning in fun environments.