Black Tie Music Academy is THRILLED to be an ECM partner for the 2018-2019 school year and beyond! We bring Charleston’s best music educators and performers to your students. Allow us to share the secrets of songwriting, the science of music, and provide content-heavy and performance-based opportunities for your students. Our experiences are extremely flexible in terms of subject, length, and grade level.

Out of This World! – Students learn about our solar system and the 8 planets using the 8 notes in the musical scale.

Songwriting – Help your reading/writing students explore a new format of expression: writing a pop song. Tips and tricks will be discussed, along with a performance in the school to show off what they’ve learned.

Storytelling Open Mic – This experience gives students the chance to write a song, story, or poem and present it in an open mic setting complete with a spotlight, sound system and microphone, student MC, and comfortable jazz-lounge vibe.

Musical Math – Students will discover all of the many ways music is related to math! This experience includes student participation, singing, and performing in groups.

The Science of Music – This experience combines how light and sound waves are produced and culminates in a trying to produce sound in a vacuum. Very fun!

Instrument Petting Zoo – This is our most popular class and 100% hands-on. Students love to learn about and play over 20 instruments. We can relate content to periods in history, materials in construction, how sound is made, etc.

Period music/experience – Is your class learning about a particular place in time? We’d love to teach about traditional dress, dance, and music of the period!