Free Hip Hop Family Festival!

Join NJPAC Arts Education faculty in a Hip Hop Festival for the whole family before the Horizon Foundation Sounds of the City performance with EPMD & Universal Hip Hop Museum.

 

You will be able to participate in one or several of the workshops below:

You Be the DJ

An introduction to DJing’ with Cutmaster Cool V! You will have a touch and go time learning how the DJ’s do it with backspins, scratchin’ and blendin’ music to move the crowd!

Instructor: Vaughn Lee aka Cutmaster Cool V

Making Music With…

Learn beatboxing and sound manipulation to make music! As you plug into you, you will discover your voice and found objects are as instruments.

Instructor: Spencer Frowirth 

Beats By You

A guided music production workshop where the entire group shares ideas and good vibes to create an original Hip Hop beat! Both innovation & imagination are used to make beats and begin making music with technology!

Instructor: Gonzalo Silva

Tag Your Flag

Create a Hip Hop name and learn the Hip Hop style of writing to leave your mark and celebrate your creative self expression!

Instructor: Bajah Ukweli

“Say Word...R.A.P/Rhythm and Poetry.”

Learn to play with words and listen to rhythms as a way to create a group poem!

Roots & Culture Dance Workshop

Learn moves and the movements they are connected to. Experience how his/her story is inspired by and expressed through Hip Hop dance.