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.
💭 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
🧠 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