11am: Arts and Crafts with Gina
12pm: Hani and Hiroo Music
Hani Niroo returns to the Small World Centre for a show with storytelling, music and drawing for children ages 8 and under with Hoora on the piano. Performing on guitar and xylophone, Niroo will sing about the sun and how there was a blue sky and lit earth after the sunrise, yet the sun missed all the colours of the rainbow. The first hour of the show children will use their creativity and draw with GINA FAYAZI and throughout the performance.
Hani Niroo has been working as a music educator in Vienna since 2008 and has collaborated on several children’s albums produced by Pardis for Children since 2015: Songs of Pardis, Songs of Pardis 2 and Songs of Norouz, to name a few. A classically trained violinist, she graduated from Tehran University with a bachelor’s degree in music and a specialization in setar. Hani Niroo studied elementary music and movement pedagogy at Orff Institut, Salzburg and has a harmony and composition diploma from Prayner Conservatory in Vienna.
Gina Fayazi is a muralist, multimedia artist, and art instructor from New Jersey. Gina has painted murals for the city of Secaucus and businesses throughout New Jersey since studying Fine Art at the Fashion Institute of Technology. She has led programs centering music, storytelling, and art at the Secaucus Public Library for all ages, especially toddlers. Gina has also presented interactive art at events with Neverland Digital and has featured visual art in a number of literary publications.
