Poetry combined with hip-hop, classical and pop music has young poets competing for prizes from $100 to $1,000 at this year’s Dranoff 2 Piano Fusion “Piano Slam.”
The music-poetry mashup is at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts on Wednesday, April 23.
Since its inception in 2007, Piano Slam has been a platform for young poets in Miami-Dade County to merge their creative writing with classical and contemporary music.
“It is a fully STEM-integrated creative writing program in schools inspired by music,” says Emily Cardenas, executive director of Dranoff 2 Piano Fusion, adding that for audiences it is a “dynamic, professional show.” A curriculum is periodically adapted in collaboration with Miami-Dade County Public School educators and administrators in line with the annual theme and integrated into classroom activities.
This story was originally produced by WLRN, South Florida’s only public radio station at 91.3 FM, as part of a content sharing partnership with MIA Media Group. Read more at WLRN.org
