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Creating Connections with Children with Special Needs
in Education, Institute

Creating Connections with Children with Special Needs

A Spotlight on the Work of Teaching Artist Sherry Norfolk and Greater St. Louis Wolf Trap Sherry Norfolk has always been a storyteller. It’s one of the reasons she became a librarian, and it’s the primary reason why she decided to transition to become a full-time Teaching Artist and an award-winning professional storyteller. Norfolk’s vocal range can make her audience do a double take, as...

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25 Feb 2021
Creating Better Engagement Opportunities in the Classroom
in Education, Institute

Creating Better Engagement Opportunities in the Classroom

New Wolf Trap-ICF Study Offers Insight on the Value of STEM-Focused Arts-Integrated Learning and Its Role in Teacher Development Each day, teachers enter the classroom facing one constant challenge: how do I engage my students in learning? If “creativity is just connecting things,” as Steve Jobs once asserted, how can I, as a teacher, help encourage those connections for my students? This past spring, Wolf...

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25 Feb 2021
Wolf Trap Celebrates Love
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Wolf Trap Celebrates Love

This Valentine’s Day, Wolf Trap celebrates love of family, friends, and music with some stories from our archives. From budding romances and lasting friendships to developing a love of the arts, Wolf Trap has offered people from across the region a beautiful setting in which to gather and enjoy shows together in a casual, relaxed atmosphere. Celebrating Love and Romance Longtime Wolf Trap patron Ann...

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08 Feb 2021
Date Ideas for Music Lovers
in Experience

Date Ideas for Music Lovers

The ultimate Valentine’s Day gift is time spent together. To help celebrate this day of love, Wolf Trap rounded up a list of music-themed date ideas that can be enjoyed from the comfort of your home. Get Happy at Home Let the stress of the day go with an at-home happy hour. Make a playlist of both of your all-time favorite songs and then listen...

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04 Feb 2021
On Deck at Wolf Trap
in Foundation

On Deck at Wolf Trap

Visitors to Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts may have noticed some renovations and construction underway. For the past few years, Wolf Trap Foundation has been planning improvements to enhance the Park for patrons and artists, and to improve the Wolf Trap experience for decades to come. Thanks to the generosity of several visionary donors, who have dedicated funds for long-term enhancements at...

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04 Feb 2021
Celebrating Black History Month
in Experience

Celebrating Black History Month

Wolf Trap celebrates African American performers in R&B, pop, country, opera, dance—and every genre in between—that have shared their incredible talents with our audiences. Join us in recognizing some of these legendary and iconic Black performers. John Legend John Legend, the first Black man to have achieved EGOT status by winning at least one Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony Award, is a multi-talented artist with...

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26 Jan 2021
Sharing Love & Knowledge Through Music
in Education

Sharing Love & Knowledge Through Music

What exactly is a “Drumcussionist”? Wolf Trap Master Teaching Artist “Uncle Devin” Walker coined the term to describe his joyful flair for combining drums and different percussion instruments—even one’s own body—to take children and their families on a journey through rhythm and music genres....

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26 Jan 2021
New Year’s Resolutions for the Music Lover
in Foundation

New Year’s Resolutions for the Music Lover

Start an “Album of the Month Club” …Like a book of the month club, but for your ears! Get together virtually with your friends or family and discover new artists and genres. Allow one member to pick the album of the month for your group to listen to and analyze. Better yet, make it a weekly appointment and get to know 52 new artists this...

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18 Dec 2020
Gladys Knight; Pre-show activities and productions shots form Gladys Knight and The O'Jays
in Experience

Wolf Trap’s Masked Singers

They sang. They danced. They wore a different kind of mask. In honor of The Masked Singer’s Season 4 finale, take a look back at some of Wolf Trap’s talented performers who have appeared on the wacky and entertaining reality hit! LeAnn Rimes Season 4 winner and acclaimed country singer LeAnn Rimes brought the house down with her rendition of Brandi Carlile’s “The Story” during...

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17 Dec 2020
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