Singing Story Trail: An Early Education Program for Families from Riverwoods & Surrounding Area
Two Dates:
Saturday, June 19 at 10:00-10:45 am outdoors at Riverwoods Village Hall
Saturday, July 10 at 10:00-10:45 am outdoors at Brushwood Center
Join musician Karen Girolami Callam, or Ms. Karen, for Singing Story Trail at Riverwoods Village Hall, and at Brushwood Center at Ryerson Woods! We’ll share stories and songs and swirling rainbow scarfs, plus the music we make with our own feet, hands, and voices. Come stroll and explore amidst the trees and sky!
Ideal for ages 1-5 with an adult, but older children & siblings are always welcome! This program is free for Riverwoods Residents but registration is required.
Ideal for ages 1-5 with an adult, but older children & siblings are always welcome! This program is free for Riverwoods Residents but registration is required.
About Ms. Karen
Karen Girolami Callam has decades of experience telling stories in song—singing, teaching, and performing all kinds of music, from bilingual children’s classes to her own jazz trio to classical choral works to liturgical cantoring. She currently teaches at Chicago’s venerated Old Town School of Folk Music and is entering her 4th year of a professional development music residency in North Chicago’s preschool. She works with teachers and students to build confidence, comfort, and a joyful repertoire of music and movement. Karen is fully bilingual and loves to sing and speak Spanish in her classes for a full immersion experience. Her warmth and groundedness ease the most reluctant participant and bring families back session after session.
Karen performs regularly with the Chicago Artists Chorale and has sung with the Apollo Chorus and the Chicago World Music Chorale. She co-created two CDs of Spanish-language children's music with Evanston’s Puerta Abierta Preschool and taught Everybody Move bilingual children’s music/movement classes for years. Karen has lived in Spain for three years of her adult life, most recently with her family of five, where she sang with Sevilla's opera house, Teatro de la Maestranza. Karen studied communications and Hispanic studies at Northwestern University and runs a 23 year-old bilingual communications consultancy working with nonprofits, schools, and foundations. She lives in Evanston with her husband and their three children. |