Extend the visit through practical educator workshops, family programs or a shared cultural experience. Connect classroom learning with the people who support your school community.
Build on each encounter through continued investigation, ensemble practice and reflection. A residency creates time to compare traditions, develop musical parts and share the cultural context behind students’ learning.
A coordinated day of sessions tailored to different ages and grade levels. Bring a shared cultural theme across your school while adjusting the questions, activities and depth of instruction for each group.
An interactive in-school field trip through selected cultures, rare instruments and their stories. Students use maps, close observation, questions and guided participation to connect what they encounter with the wider world.
Peace Culture Music brings a traveling museum, live cultural demonstrations and participatory learning into your school. Students explore the people, places, materials and histories behind rare instruments and artifacts, then make connections through questions, stories, movement and shared music-making.
Led by Montessori-trained educator and professional musician Daniel Scruggs, each visit is shaped around your students’ ages, current studies and school goals. Choose a focused school visit, a full day across grade levels, or a residency that gives students time to investigate and develop their learning.
Specialized experiences for Montessori, independent, boarding, international and IB schools—bringing cultures, rare instruments, artifacts and firsthand stories directly into the learning environment.
Immersive global experiences that connect culture, geography, history, music and the arts. Programs can support international-mindedness, inquiry and interdisciplinary learning while bringing the wider world directly to students.
Hands-on cultural exploration through real instruments, artifacts, stories and active participation. Led by a Montessori-trained educator, each experience encourages curiosity, independence and meaningful connections across the curriculum.
Students encounter an extraordinary traveling collection of 200+ instruments and cultural artifacts from around the world — discovering the people, places, histories and traditions behind them.
Students play, listen, create and ask questions. When appropriate, each participant can use a djembe for a shared rhythm experience.
Stories, traditions, instruments and artifacts open doors to geography, history and cultures from around the world — helping students make connections far beyond the classroom.
"Thank you for coming and showing everyone your instruments and collected items. I think it's very cool that you travel around the world. Your stories were very inspiring. I like the juggling story you told us. You were very good at teaching us history too. The thing is, history is my least favorite subject in school. You actually made history fun for me though! Keep up the good work."
— Note from Anna, an attendee of a PCM educational experience
"My question is: How many times have you traveled to Africa? I really want to know this. It was really cool when you played the [Didgeridoo] and made it sound like a dog and I think an elephant I also liked when you did the base drum, the snare drum, and the high hat. Basically everything you did was so so so so so so so cool!!!!!"
— Note from Sophia, an attendee of a PCM educational experience
"Thank you so much for coming to our Montessori School! I loved the steel drum and the didgeridoo. I expected the steel drum to sound like wood hitting metal, but I loved how it actually sounded! It was so cool how you made the animal sound with the didgeridoo! Sadly, I can't come back next year because I'll be in 7th grade. I hope we meet again somewhere else though."
— Note from Lacee, an attendee of a PCM educational experience
"You are the nicest guy. Some day I want to be like you. [You] really inspired me. when I grow up I want to travel the world. Where where you born? Where are you going next? Were you in Africa yesterday? You are so passionate about yourself. I am glad that a you [chose] to come and show these beautiful instruments. You really taught us a lesson. It will always be an inspiration to me."
— Note from Julia, an attendee of a PCM educational experience
"The instrument I liked the most is the [Didgeridoo] from Australia. I liked [the funny] sounds it made. The water whistle from South America surprised me when the clay pot made the whistle sound when the water was added to the inside of the pot. The crystal bowls from China sound so strong and vibrated the room. I hand [bang] a beat with just your fingers. I hope to see you again one day soon."
— Note from Tanner, an attendee of a PCM educational experience
Drawings from Daanish, an attendee of a PCM educational experience
Immersive experiences that connect students with cultures, stories, instruments and traditions from around the world.
