Music “EFFECTS”
the Plot Power📽️
An Interactive Soundtrack Adventure for Young Storytellers
Can your students transform a story’s emotions, pace, and energy by changing the music and selecting their own unique adventure?
Before you press play
📝 All students should bring their imaginations—and maybe a few silly sound ideas!
A choose-your-own-adventure that teaches how music and foley effects influence emotion, pace, and storytelling. This isn’t just a show—it’s a live HIGHLY interactive experience where kids become the “symphony” of the story!
Brought to life by 🎩Maestro Dreemie & 🎸 Minstrel Micah, this program blends creativity, rhythm, collaboration, and storytelling spark!
❤️ Warning: students may become emotionally invested in fictional characters they created 10 minutes ago!
Format & Booking
Best for Classrooms or Small Groups (35–50 students)
This show thrives in settings where students can interact, laugh, and experiment musically in real time.
Booking includes:
🎵 Up to four 45-minute classroom shows per day
🎬Option to adapt into 1–2 larger assemblies (by special request)
🎶 Customizable for music rooms, ELA blocks, or creative rotations
❤️ Warning: spontaneous composing and “plot twist!” moments may occur.
đź’ Why This Show Rocks
“We believe kids learn best when they feel the story. This program invites them to explore emotion, character, and pacing -just by changing the mood and tempo music.”
Academic Focus Areas
This interactive program is designed for students in Grades K–5, supporting key educational standards in music, storytelling, and social-emotional learning. Concepts are tailored by grade level and delivered through hands-on, high-energy engagement.
🎼 Music & Sound Design
- Exploring tempo, dynamics, and instrumentation
- Improvising live sound effects to match story action
- Understanding how music changes emotion and mood
✍️ Storytelling & Literacy
- Building characters, plot, and conflict
- Analyzing pacing and tension
- Exploring how music enhances narrative arcs
đź§ Social-Emotional Connections
- Recognizing how sound affects feelings
- Practicing collaboration and creative compromise
- Connecting music to personal experience and empathy
🎵 National Music Standards Alignment (Grades K–5)
This program aligns with the National Core Arts Standards in Music (NAfME) across all four artistic processes:
- Creating (Cr1.1, Cr2.1): Improvising rhythms, sound effects, and musical ideas to match scenes
- Performing (Pr4.2, Pr4.3): Choosing tempo and dynamics to interpret and enhance storytelling
- Responding (Re7.2, Re8.1): Listening, analyzing, and describing how music influences mood and plot
- Connecting (Cn10.1, Cn11.1): Linking music to story structure, culture, and personal meaning