Thinking differently about learning.
What We Do.
Making Waves is an innovative STEM+Music program that sharpens students’ creative and analytical skills while building community, developed by GRAMMY-winning artists Third Coast Percussion and University of Notre Dame engineering professor Jay Brockman. Using principles drawn from grade-level standards in engineering, math, and science, as well as best practices in music education, students design, build, and analyze custom musical instruments and then compose and perform original works using those instruments.
We offer a variety of services including:
Classes and workshops for students, teachers, and community organizations at all grade levels (K-12 and high education)
Curriculum consulting
Custom-designed musical instrument kits
Educational software development
“Sometimes students feel like music is a creative subject and math and science are analytical subjects. This project is all about teaching students that any subject is both analytical and creative.”
--David Skidmore, Executive Director and Performer, Third Coast Percussion
I personally love music, like, I'm always listening to music and stuff. When I got to make the instruments, it made me think, I could do this at home, to make more varieties of music, instead of just the same thing over and over.
--Demi Brown, student, Pierre Moran Middle School
“If this would have happened when I was in this age group, it would have opened up a door for music that I never got to experience.”
--Warren Alwine, parent
“Just to see the joy, and the sense of pride in themselves, and their family, and their community, it's just priceless, It's a hard feeling to express, very positive and very humbling.”
--Tonda Hines, 21st Century Community Learning Center Coordinator, Elkhart Community Schools
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