Chloe Tower is a teaching artist, director, performer, and dancer currently based in Honolulu, Hawai’i. Originally from Orlando, Florida, she graduated with her BFA in Theatre for Youth from Samford University in 2021 and is about to enter her second year as an MFA candidate in Theatre for Young Audiences at the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa. Chloe has worked professionally as a teaching artist with Seattle Children’s Theatre and Garden Theatre, and co-created an applied theatre program in Taitung, Taiwan and Galette-Chambon, Haiti. Most recently, she assisted in devising and performing in The JoyMobile, a nonverbal clowning show, that toured through the island of O’ahu this past year. She believes in the power of play, collaboration, and social emotional learning through theatre education to empower the next generation of creative and empathetic artists.
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Chrysa Kovach is a community music facilitator who loves helping others start or continue their musical journeys. Whether it is through teaching or through grant writing, she is always looking for ways to make music education accessible for everyone.
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Sarah Gordin is the artistic director and founder of Philly Children's Theatre, as well as a theatre/dance/music teaching artist and director. Sarah received her BA in Theatre from Muhlenberg College. She also studied at the National Theatre Institute Advanced Directing Program at the Eugene O’Neill Theatre Center and The Theatre Academy of London.
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Binji Seidu Zakaria is a Theatre for Development (TfD) Facilitator/Community Theatre Artist from and based in Ghana, precisely the Northern region of Ghana. An Advocate and Activist for Minority Groups in Ghana. Binji is the Founder/CEO of Nasanba Community Theatre. He has 8 years of rural community work experience. He holds a Master of Philosophy in Arts and Culture and Bachelor of Arts in Theatre Arts from the University of Education, Winneba, and specialized in Theatre for Development (TfD) in each program.
Read moreArts Practices to Improve our Everyday Wellbeing | An Interview with Kathleen Cicero
To continue the exploration of arts therapy and how it is applicable to our generation, I had the opportunity to interview Kathleen Cicero who has her Undergrad in Music Therapy from Eastern Michigan University and will soon be on her way to becoming a certified arts therapist. I wanted to interview Kathleen Cicero because she is right at the cusp of transitioning from learning about music therapy to putting it into practice, and I think she has a lot of insight into why more people should and are becoming involved with arts therapies. We had a lovely conversation spanning topics from the basics of music therapy to further accessibility to creative youth. I have taken our conversation and summarized the main questions and answers we were able to touch on, in order to provide Creative Generation’s audience with the best possible access to this information. If you would like to watch the full interview you can follow the link here or click the button below. I want to thank Kathleen for her time, and I hope you all enjoy our conversation on Music Therapy.
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