Looking for ways to give students input for musical programs? In this podcast episode, I discuss a process I used for giving my fifth graders input for their recent musical program, based on the book "To Be a Drum," by Evelyn Coleman and Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson.

Listen to the podcast here:

• Links to blog posts about musical programs
• Links to songs
• Freedom Train (in this blog post)
• Banuwa
• Obwisana 
• Links to resources
• World Music Drumming
• Hand Drumming resource
• Outline of process:
• Choose a book
• Read the book
• Type up the book into a script for small group input
• Give students 20-25 minutes to work in small groups and write ideas
• Compile the ideas, songs, performance pieces, etc. into a script
• Keep asking for input 
• Perform!
• Have students reflect after performing
• Link to episode 8: Planning for a program
• What I'm Consuming: Spooked! Podcast