LIVERPOOL CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT – Liverpool Elementary band members were in for a treat recently when they had the chance to sing the blues with Syracuse bluesman and Los Blancos frontman Colin Aberdeen.
Aberdeen visited LE as part of Blues in the Schools, a program created by The Blues Foundation. Blues in the Schools offers the opportunity for students of all ages to engage in multidisciplinary, whole-language learning using the study of music, math, language arts, history, anthropology, and sociology in a hands-on approach celebrating creative self-expression. By bringing the blues genre into the classroom, students are exposed to these traditional subjects and an open dialogue about cultural diversity.
In addition to sharing the history of the blues with LE students and performing, Aberdeen asked students to write their own blues lyrics, which he then brought to life by combining the lyrics with music on his guitar.