356:  The sound of play

356: The sound of play

Author: Jeff Utecht & Tricia Friedman September 4, 2024 Duration: 39:28

 

💡 On our power of play series this week we talk with 

Hayes Greenfield is founder of Creative Sound Play (CSP), a sound-based, generative learning system for Pre-K, as well as an award-winning jazz musician, notable film composer, and innovative educator. His book, Creative Sound Play for Young Learners (Routledge, Eye on Education Series, 2024), invites educators to use sound-making as collaborative educational play.

Hayes began working as a teaching artist in public and private K-12 schools. He created and implemented curricula for K-12 students, and professional development workshops for special needs District 75 teachers in New York City. Notably, he created a Pre-K program for PNC Bank's "Grow Up Great Initiative," devoted five years to codifying CSP at the Lenox Hill Early Childhood Center's Head Start program, and consulted at Bank Street Head Start.

Founder and lead educator for CSP, Hayes guides Pre-K teachers in his sound-based pedagogy and offers in-person and remote coaching sessions to accompany his self-paced video curriculum. An exceptional speaker Hayes has presented at the NAEYC, NHSA, A Joyous Celebration of Ideas, the Next Wave Center for Artistry and Scholarship, and other conferences.

A jazz musician, Hayes is proud to be endorsed by Yamaha, Vandoren, and Eventide. He has released 10 critically acclaimed CDs including two award-winning family CD's Jazz-A-Ma-Tazz and Music for a Green Planet, and has performed at festivals and venues throughout the US, Canada, and Europe. Hayes' Jazz-A-Ma-Tazz school assembly program has reached over 300,000 young people and his music has been wonderfully received and reviewed in The New York Times, The New Yorker, Wall Street Journal, Billboard, Child Magazine, Downbeat, Jazz Times and more. As film composer, Hayes has scored more than 70 films, documentaries, commercials, animations, and TV specials.

 

🎙️Connect with our guest 

https://www.creativesoundplay.com/


https://www.hayesgreenfield.com/


https://www.instagram.com/creativesoundplay/


https://www.facebook.com/thehayesgreenfield


https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiC0eCONgJfJSXJGO6fALsA

 

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