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Mahsa Pakravan
Mahsa Pakravan is an ethnomusicologist, art educator, and music entrepreneur based in Toronto, Canada, where she has been working closely with middle eastern artists residing in the diaspora. Mahsa holds a PhD in Music from the University of Alberta, and an MA in Art Studies and BA in Music from the University of Tehran. Her PhD research explores issues of sound and space in articulating sense(s) of identity. Exploring diverse multidisciplinary approaches, Mahsa designs workshops and creative curriculum with a focus on inclusive education.
Selected Workshops Organized by Dr. Mahsa Pakravan
Sing, Play, and Jam a Long
Soundscape, landscape, and Creativity
Soundscape, landscape, and Creativity
This Workshop Series are designed based on the Orff Schulwerk approach to music education that is holistic, experiential and process oriented and is suitable for children with differing musical abilities. Children participate in this program with their parents and caregivers.
The Orff philosophy combines the elements of speech, rhythm, mo
This Workshop Series are designed based on the Orff Schulwerk approach to music education that is holistic, experiential and process oriented and is suitable for children with differing musical abilities. Children participate in this program with their parents and caregivers.
The Orff philosophy combines the elements of speech, rhythm, movement, dance, and song and provides children with the opportunity to learn new concepts through exploring and improvising.
This research-based program empowers parents and caregivers to take on an active role toward educating their children and they can also converse in the mother tongue while playing.
Instructor: Dena Nematollahi
Partnership With Alef Art Institute
Soundscape, landscape, and Creativity
Soundscape, landscape, and Creativity
Soundscape, landscape, and Creativity
This workshop series attracts the visual artists attention to their sonic environment and invites them to include sound in their art works. Using diverse mediums and techniques, students observe their surrounding landscape and tune their ears to the soundscape.
This research-based workshop motivates students to become active listeners and
This workshop series attracts the visual artists attention to their sonic environment and invites them to include sound in their art works. Using diverse mediums and techniques, students observe their surrounding landscape and tune their ears to the soundscape.
This research-based workshop motivates students to become active listeners and add new meanings to their work.
Instructors: Mahsa Pakravan,
Mojgan Mirisaee
Active Movement Meditation Dance
World Music and Multilingual Children
World Music and Multilingual Children
Dancing is a novel way of practicing active movement meditation. While dancing, we step outside of ourselves and our everyday lives. Dancing provide us with the chance to fully inhabit our bodies and liberate ourselves from our thinking minds. You find various styles of dance in different cultures. Dance has been used in diverse rituals a
Dancing is a novel way of practicing active movement meditation. While dancing, we step outside of ourselves and our everyday lives. Dancing provide us with the chance to fully inhabit our bodies and liberate ourselves from our thinking minds. You find various styles of dance in different cultures. Dance has been used in diverse rituals and ceremonies for many years and it is one of the best ways for expressing the emotions.
Bharatanatyam is one of the major forms of Indian classical dance and it expresses South Indian religious themes and spiritual ideas. This form of dance is well-known for its artistic presentation and creative expressions.
Instructor: Shima Mahdavi
World Music and Multilingual Children
World Music and Multilingual Children
World Music and Multilingual Children
This interactive workshop aims to represent diverse musical traditions as a means to motivate multilingual families to teach their mother/father language to their kids.
We provide families with the opportunity to learn new concepts through musical activities. The instructor leads the class discussions while engaging families in singing
This interactive workshop aims to represent diverse musical traditions as a means to motivate multilingual families to teach their mother/father language to their kids.
We provide families with the opportunity to learn new concepts through musical activities. The instructor leads the class discussions while engaging families in singing and performing in their native language.
This research-based workshop encourages parents and caregivers to co-create songs and musical games in non-English languages and share them with their little ones.
Instructor: Mahsa Pakravan