Mary+Knysh


 * [[image:marysmilepark.JPG width="288" height="192"]] |||||| =Mary Knysh=
 * Artistic Discipline:** Music
 * Website:** www.rhythmicconnections.com
 * Email:** mary@rhythmicconnections.com
 * Telephone:** 570-204-9783 ||

Mary Knysh is a professional musician, multi instrumentalist, recording artist, innovative workshop facilitator, facilitator trainer and educator. Mary is a Remo endorsed drum circle facilitator, a white belt in NIA movement, an Orff Schulwerk clinician and has presented at Orff conferences throughout the United States and Australia. She is a teaching artist and professional development specialist with the Pennsylvania Council of the Arts, Young Audiences of New Jersey, and New York state BOCES. Mary’s innovative work with early childhood has been featured with NJ Young Audience’s “Creative Beginnings” program and with PA Council of the Arts “Early Childhood Communication Through the Creative Arts” program. Over the past 12 years, Mary’s drumming facilitation and work has been featured in NYC’s “Community Drumming” summer events held in Wagner Park, Battery Park City, every July and August and she has recently been a featured guest facilitator/trainer at the Drum Circle for Teachers Conference in Tokyo, Japan. She travels throughout the United States and Internationally offering facilitator trainings, performances, workshops, and artist in residencies. Mary is the author of the book, "BoomDoPA" that serves as a guidebook for facilitating music improvisation activities with groups of any age and experience. Over the past twenty five years Mary has worked with a wide range of communities including educational, health care, and varied community groups. She is a master teacher with Music for People—founded by cellist David Darling and flautist Bonnie Insull in 1986 to promote self-expression through music improvisation. As an Orff Schulwerk clinician, Mary’s teaching encapsulates Orff’s well-known quote: “Tell me, I forget. Show me, I remember. Involve me, I understand.”

//Mary’s resource materials include “Drumming and Storytelling” DVD 2007, “BoomDoPa: A guide to Ethnic Influenced Music Improvisation” and “Rhythms All Around” CD/activity book combination. Mary’s CD’s include “WalkAbout” 2004, “Rhythms All Around” 2005, “Sussurus” 2000, and “Heart Like A Feather”//