SPARK your happy with this smile inducing concert for kids!
Date/Time: Oct 1 2022, 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Surrey, Surrey Arts Centre | Event calendarCost: $16.00
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We are thrilled to present Grammy nominated, Mil’s Trills and their high-energy, interactive performance Let it Out! as part of Surrey SPARK Stages series of performances for kids and families. Brooklyn-based, Amelia “Mil” Robinson is an artist educator who brings people together through inspiring songs. Let it Out! is all about helping kids reduce their stress levels by identifying and processing their emotions in positive and fabulously fun affirming ways. This concert is sure to SPARK your happy! Laugh, sing, and move with family and friends!
This is an American Sign Language interpreted performance. Call the box office at 604-501-5566 to reserve seats for audience members who will be using the services of the interpreters.
Bonus Workshop
Take part in the Mil’s Trills music-making workshop, Make Messy Music with Mil’s Trills: A Beginner’s Guide to Songwriting happening earlier in the day. Kids will collectively create music that the performers will play at this afternoon concert!
About Mil's Trills
Amelia “Mil” Robinson is a community leader, educator, composer, and performer born and raised in Brooklyn, New York. Trained in Suzuki for piano and voice from the age of three, Amelia’s affinity for building community propels her work towards creating collaborative songwriting experiences via her Family Music project, Mil’s Trills, and pedagogy called Messy Music Method.
With 25+ years of experience in the family music space, Amelia has been recognized for an excellence in bringing joy to children (Jubilation Foundation Fellowship ’18-’19), has received multiple grants (Brooklyn Arts Council 2020-21), and is an award-winning recording artist (Parents’ Choice GOLD, NAPPA, International Songwriting Competition, BRIC B-Young, Jamie Oliver’s Big Feastival).
She is certified in Responsive Pedagogy from Teachers College at Columbia University, has trained with Lincoln Center Education, and has worked under great composers such as Michael Nyman (The Piano) and Evan Lurie (The Lounge Lizards, The Backyardigans). As an educator, Amelia created early childhood music programs and curriculum at Stephen Gaynor School and Avenues: The World School in NYC. Amelia’s music has appeared in partnership with Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move! Initiative, Target’s Coffee and Crayons, the London Symphony Orchestra, and with the East End Film Festival where she composed and conducted a multi-media interactive orchestral piece, The Cycle Symphony, incorporating 500+ bicycle-bell playing participants (Time Out London #1 Critic’s Choice).
Ages: 4-11
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