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Educator’s Series Workshop with Ellis Paul

Virtual Event

About     Events    Registration     Educator Resources     FAQsThis one-hour workshop for educators will explore using music and songwriting in the classroom. Ellis Paul is an award-winning singer-songwriter who has been a key figure in contemporary folk music for over 20 years, with more than 19 albums in his catalog. The first of his […]

CONTRA-TIEMPO Activist Dance Theater

Virtual Event

About     Events    Registration     Educator Resources     FAQsphoto by Mitchell D. Wilson CONTRA-TIEMPO ACTIVIST DANCE THEATRE CONTRA-TIEMPO is a bold, multilingual, Los Angeles-based dance company that creates electrifying, politically astute performance work that moves audiences to imagine what is possible. The company engages diverse audiences, cultivates dancer leaders, and centers stories not traditionally […]

BalletX: Excerpts from The Little Prince

Schaefer Center for the Performing Arts 733 Rivers St, Boone, NC

About     Events    Registration     Educator Resources     FAQsSPECIAL OFFER!Buy One Ticket, Get One FREE A Schaefer Center Presents and APPlause! K-12 Performing Arts Series event This 50-minute performance features excerpts from The Little Prince, designed for our youngest audience members. (The full-length ballet is featured at 7pm as part of The Schaefer Center […]

Glenis Redmond: Telling Stories Through Poetry

Virtual Event

About     Events    Registration     Educator Resources     FAQsphoto credit: Will CrooksGLENIS REDMOND: TELLING STORIES THROUGH POEMS In Telling Stories, Glenis shares her origin story. She reads poems connected to her Carolina heritage as she uplifts people and places. She also honors teachers who ignited her poetic fire when she was in middle school. […]

Educator Workshop Series: Praise Poetry with Glenis Redmond

Turchin Center for the Visual Arts

About     Events    Registration     Educator Resources     FAQsphoto credit: Will CrooksThis live, in-person workshop for educators, Glenis Redmond will teach her Kennedy Center Teaching Artist workshop on teaching students to write praise poems. Glenis gives easy-to-use activities and instructions on how to write Praise Poetry, an introductory poem form ideal for all ages. […]

Dan + Claudia Zanes: Songs of Streets and Sunshine — Brooklyn

Virtual Event

About     Events    Registration     Educator Resources     FAQsVIRTUAL EVENTDan + Claudia Zanes introduce young people to songs and the stories behind them while providing creative ideas to help everyone find their way inside the music. The videos are uplifting and interactive; part concert, part history lesson; part music class, part campfire sing-along dance […]

The Trolleys by Sara West

Valborg Theatre 480 Howard St, Boone, NC

About     Events    Registration     Educator Resources     FAQspresented by Appalachian State University’s Department of Theatre and Dance In a world inhabited only by children, “The Trolleys” are a gang of six living just outside the city. They need their light jars to survive — but the lights have started to fade and no […]

ArtsPower Theater on Demand: Laura Ingalls Wilder

Virtual Event

About     Events    Registration     Educator Resources     FAQsVIRTUAL EVENTArtsPower’s beloved Laura Ingalls Wilder chronicles the exciting adventures of the Ingalls family as they travel across the prairie in search of a little house to call home. Based on Wilder’s own childhood experiences, this original, one-act musical delights young audiences with the adventures of […]

Western Piedmont Symphony: Explore the Orchestra!

Schaefer Center for the Performing Arts 733 Rivers St, Boone, NC

About     Events    Registration     Educator Resources     FAQsExplore the Orchestra! is a fun and informative educational concert created and performed by the Western Piedmont Symphony under the direction of Maestro Matthew Troy. This concert reinforces essential standards from the K-8 NC Essential Standards in Music and will help enable students to recognize the […]

Natalie MacMaster & Donnell Leahy: A Celtic Family Christmas

Schaefer Center for the Performing Arts 733 Rivers St, Boone, NC

About     Events    Registration     Educator Resources     FAQs**THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED** Due to unfortunate circumstances affecting the artists, the full tour of Natalie MacMaster & Donnell Leahy: A Celtic Family Christmas has been canceled. This includes the APPlause! and Schaefer Center Presents performances scheduled for Dec. 1 at the Schaefer Center for […]

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Pierce Freelon: Black to the Future

Virtual Event

About     Events    Registration     Educator Resources     FAQsVIRTUAL EVENTFollowing his critically acclaimed debut children’s album D.a.D. in 2020, Pierce Freelon’s Grammy-nominated 2021 recording, Black to the Future (ages 5+), features elements of Afrofuturism, Black history, and archival voices to touch on imagination, arts, family and time-travel through a Black lens. Explore consent culture, […]

KODO Taiko Performing Arts Ensemble – APPlause! performance SOLD OUT

Schaefer Center for the Performing Arts 733 Rivers St, Boone, NC

About     Events    Registration     Educator Resources     FAQsKodo One Earth Tour 2023: TSUZUMI Kodo’s school program is a cultural and musical experience, designed to allow students to feel the sound of the Japanese taiko drum with their whole body. The students will get a chance to learn about who Kodo is as traveling […]

Educator Workshop Series with Pierce Freelon (Virtual Event)

Virtual Event

About     Events    Registration     Educator Resources     FAQsGrammy-nominated children's musician, picture book author and educator Pierce Freelon reveals how he creates immersive worlds for children and families. Pierce gives educators a behind-the-scenes glimpse into his creative practice through engaging storytelling, tutorials, and interactive Q&A.  Certificate of Completion for one (1) contact hour to […]

TheaterWorksUSA’s The Pout-Pout Fish – SOLD OUT

Schaefer Center for the Performing Arts 733 Rivers St, Boone, NC

About     Events    Registration     Educator Resources     FAQsTurn the poutiest of frowns upside down in this new musical featuring whimsical puppets and live performers in a sweeping oceanic adventure. When Mr. Fish sets out on a quest to find Miss Clam’s missing pearl, he discovers there is more to him than his permanently […]

Sonia De Los Santos – Limited space available

Schaefer Center for the Performing Arts 733 Rivers St, Boone, NC

About     Events    Registration     Educator Resources     FAQsPhoto by Krysta BrayerLIMITED SPACE AVAILABLE Sonia de los Santos delighted audiences with her En Casa Con Sonia performances featured on our virtual series in 2021. She is back with her full band in person to delight once more! Sonia De Los Santos was born with […]

Marching Mountaineers

Holmes Convocation Center

About     Events    Registration     Educator Resources     FAQsAt 285 members strong, the Appalachian State University Marching Mountaineers proudly provides visual entertainment and musical "Mountaineer Pride" to the Appalachian fanbase during all home football games, select away games, and, fortunately for us, right here on the APPlause! Series. Under the direction of Dr. Jason […]

Indigenous Enterprise – APPlause! – SOLD OUT

Schaefer Center for the Performing Arts 733 Rivers St, Boone, NC

About     Events    Registration     Educator Resources     FAQsSOLD OUT Tickets still remain for the public evening performance. Indigenous Enterprise is a Native American intertribal dance troupe founded in 2015 with a mission to share the culture of Indigenous people and increase the understanding of Native identity through film, fashion, & dance. Showcasing traditional […]

Educator Workshop Series with Terrance Simien

Appalachian Theatre

About     Events    Registration     Educator Resources     FAQsTwo-time Grammy Award-winning Terrance Simien brings us an educator’s workshop that pairs with his in-person APPlause! Series concert Creole for Kidz and the History of Zydeco. Learn about the history of this fascinating and entertaining American roots music and listen as Terrance demos the instruments and […]

Terrance Simien and the Zydeco Experience: Creole for Kidz and the History of Zydeco

Schaefer Center for the Performing Arts 733 Rivers St, Boone, NC

About     Events    Registration     Educator Resources     FAQsphoto credit: Jake SpringfieldTwo-time Grammy Award-winning Black American roots music group Terrance Simien and the Zydeco Experience bring us Creole for Kidz and the History of Zydeco. Learn about the history of this fascinating and entertaining American roots music and hear “Gonna Take You There,” the […]

Sing and Swing – A Jazz at Lincoln Center PRESENTS Production – APPlause! performance

Schaefer Center for the Performing Arts 733 Rivers St, Boone, NC

About     Events    Registration     Educator Resources     FAQsHear excerpts from the Schaefer Center Presents series’ evening performance, Sing and Swing – A Jazz at Lincoln Center PRESENTS Production, featuring songs by Gershwin, Ellington, Cole Porter, Irving Berlin and many more. Joined by a who’s who of New York all-stars, this “unforgettable” program of […]