Song of the Soos
soos /soo-s/ noun: the sound the leaves make when the breeze blows through the trees
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Music Together® Classes
Shows
If you would like to book one of the following shows, please Contact Susie.
A Harp of Fishbones
Inspired by Joan Aiken’s tale of the same title, orphan Nerryn goes on a journey in search of her origins. The harp that she plays helps her on her way. A 40 minute, interactive, one-woman marionette musical in the style of Czech miniature marionette theater, A Harp of FishBones is the culmination of a workshop done with Mirek Trejtnar of Puppets in Prague. It is performed with 9-inch tall wooden marionettes, carved by the puppeteer herself.
The Brave Little Parrot
A fable from the Buddhist Jataka tales, a little parrot attempts to put out a whole forest fire all by herself. Will others come to help? This 8-minute moral tale is performed cantastoria-style. Cantastoria is Italian for “sung story” and is a form of picture story recitation involving a narrator or singer and painted images on cloth.
“Hope is a thing with feathers that perches in the soul, and sings a tune without the words and never stops at all.” ~ Emily Dickinson
More Class Offerings
If you are interested in any of the following and would like to rally up a class or workshop for kids or adults, please Contact Susie.
Hand Puppet Making
Participants each design their own original character, and create a hand puppet using felt or papier mache.
Cantastoria
Learn the history of Cantastoria, perform one, and begin the steps to making your own.
Puppetshow Making
Take your already made puppets and collaboratively create a story for them to perform!
Village Sing!
Come together in song. Learn rounds, silly songs, seasonal tunes and more. All voices welcome.
The Soos Gallery
Take a look at Song of the Soos in action! Click the image below to see more.
About
Song of the Soos provides music, puppetry and storytelling experiences to both adults and children. Founder and Director, Susie George, is a puppeteer, storyteller, singer and harpist who resides in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Susie is the Center Director of Music Together® Song of the Soos as well as a Certified Music Together teacher who has brought music to families since 2014. She has taught clown classes to children and adults at Wisefool New Mexico, and has been both a Kindergarten and Lead Elementary teacher at the Santa Fe Waldorf School. Susie attended Emerson College in Boston where she received a BA in Theater Studies with an emphasis on acting and puppetry. For many years, she toured regionally and internationally as a resident puppeteer with the Bread and Puppet Theater where she worked closely with founders Peter and Elka Schumann and performed in an abundance of circuses, pageants, stage shows, street shows and operas. In Santa Fe, Susie collaborates with the New Mexico Museum of Art as a member of its marionette theater, Teatro Duende and performs her own original work as the director of the Song of the Soos Theater.
