Southland Sings

06/02/2023

From the Page to the Stage is now available. This book teaches how to write and original musical or play with elementary school aged children. In ten clear steps you can create a show, even if you have little or no experience in the arts. The book is currently #1 in Contemporary Education Methods on Amazon. Get a copy today, the Kindle digital download is only 99 cents (for a limited time) Get your copy now!

From The Page To The Stage: How To Create An original Show With Your Students

04/03/2023

Here is a little more info on the book launch. Ann Noriel, President of Southland Sings has written the book: From the Page to the Stage. This book is for anyone who works with elementary age kids, It shows you, in ten easy steps, how to create an original show with your kids and how to make your show performance ready. The book will launch mid May and if you'd like to be on the launch team, you will be given access to buy the book for .99 cents. Here are the options on how you can help.
Option 1. Buy the book for .99 cents, read it, leave a review and share on your social media.
Option 2. Buy the book for .99 cents and leave a review.
Option 3. Buy the book for .99 cents.
The .99 cent price will only be available for a week and as a launch team member you will be notified when it becomes available. If the book has a lot of early sales and reviews then that will help to organically market the book when we have the full launch, which will be one week after the launch team has done their magic.

03/26/2023

Ann Noriel, President of Southland Sings is publishing a book entitled: From the Page to the Stage. It's a how to book that gives elementary school teachers step by step instructions on how to create and produce an original show with their students. It's all the ideas and tricks I've learned through the years as a teaching artist. The book should launch in May and if any of you are interested in being part of the launch team leave a comment or DM us on FB. We'll be happy to give more details. Thank you so much!!

Southland Sings is a creative organization using the arts to unlock potential in every life we reach. We bring in-classroom educational workshops and performances to children throughout Southern California.

05/05/2021

Coming this Friday an original animation from Ms Aguinaga's class at Vena Avenue Elementary

Ms. Aguinaga's Students at Vena Avenue Elementary

01/17/2021

One of Southland's most valued teaching artists and dear friend, Benito Galindo, unexpectedly passed away in his sleep early Tuesday morning, January 12, 2021. He was such an important part of our program and dearly loved by his friends, colleagues, fellow teachers and students. Thank you, Benito, for sharing your talents, friendship and knowledge with so many of us, we will miss you so very much.

07/01/2020

We are pleased to announce that Southland Sings has been approved for three California Arts Council Grants: Jump StArts- working with incarcerated youth in Orange County ACCESS program, Artists in Schools- working in both special education and general education classrooms, and Youth Arts Action- delivering Summer and after school programing to students at Oak Grove Center. This will be an exciting year of program delivery and expansion. The arts bring hope and healing to our students, this is just what is needed in times like these.

04/02/2020

We at Southland Sings wish for all of you to stay safe and healthy. Though it's difficult to not be in the schools now, we know this too will pass and we will once again be serving our students. Until then we are thankful for your support and looking forward to when we are back doing what we love most: creating music with our students.

12/31/2019

12/12/2019

Dear Friends of Southland Sings,

Can you feel it? There’s a certain something special in the air. And despite the added hustle and bustle, you can’t help but walk with a little extra spring in your step.

As you move through your holiday to-do list, the smell of baking gingerbread seems to emanate from every brightly decorated store, making you feel all festive and cozy. Between Christmas, Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa, December is the season of light.

It is also the season of music.

It’s nearly impossible to move around the city without singing along with Johnny Mathis’ velvet voice, Frank Sinatra’s crooning, or Brenda Lee rocking around the Christmas tree. We can’t help it. Why? Because all human beings make music. It permeates every culture on the planet. Music is central to our humanity.

Over the past year, Southland Sings has given the gift of music to nearly 1,000 young people across Los Angeles, Orange, San Bernardino, and Riverside Counties.

We have helped gifted children, homeless children, at-risk children, children with moderate to severe disabilities, incarcerated children, and children in general education classes to discover their voices through music and poetry.

In our My Story, My Voice: Poetry to Song workshops, children create and perform their own musicals. They write the story, the lyrics, compose the music, choreograph the movements, and perform their work for a live audience at the end of each unique 14-week residency program.

As our reach expands, Southland Sings is receiving more calls for our services than we can currently fulfill. I hope that you will consider a gift to help us bring the creative power of music to even more underserved children.

Here’s what you can do to help --

During this season of music, please consider a donation of $100, $500, $1,000 or whatever is comfortable to contribute to help us give the gift of music to the young people in your community.

Thank you so much for your support! As always, we appreciate your vital involvement in Southland Sings.

Happy Holidays!

Ann Noriel

11/28/2019

Happy Thanksgiving from all of us at Southland Sings. Thank you for your support.

05/03/2019

Great article on the positive effects of singing in a choir

Once again the powers that be want to make cuts to the National Endowment for the Arts. This is your proof in the pudding that choir matters.