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Miss Susan Rocks
access. innovation. equity.
ABOUT SUSAN APPE
Local girl makes good. I grew up in the Bay Area and have been teaching music in San Francisco public schools for twenty years.
I love being a part of the solution for our next generation.
My music curriculum started with this question: Can music class be just as raucous, exhilarating and engaging as playing sports? Can a music curriculum make you want to yell "YESSssss!!" just like when Steph Curry makes a full court shot?
My goals are to give youth a way to feel powerful in the world, and to tell their story through music. I enjoy teaching a fun, physical, culturally responsive, accessible and equitable music class that includes beatboxing, instrument making, drumming, games, singing, dance, STEAM and literacy integration, rapping, song writing, improvisation and composition.
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The music and chorus program I've built is game-based, kinesthetic, social, challenging, modern, and visually exciting. I teach in a very theatrical, performance-based style, so no-one is ever bored, and I consistently hand the leadership over to the students. We improvise and compose using the building blocks of music, found objects, homemade instruments, body percussion, and games.
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