
Education Program
Creative Revolution
Artist
Zakiyyah
Grades
4-12 + higher ed
Format
Assembly





What do you do when you’re interested in a field of study, line of work, or genre of music but don’t see a lot of other people who look like you? Ask Zakiyyah. In this engaging, multimedia program for upper elementary through high school students, Zakiyyah demonstrates the power of “creative disruption” throughout history and in her own life.
As a young student at Boston Arts Academy, Zakiyyah came to love the sound, challenge, and technique of classical singing, but struggled to see a place for herself in the genre. That’s when she began “remixing” classical music with the hip-hop she grew up with, creating a new unique sound all her own: Hip-Hopera. (Students will be amazed at the sound she created!) Zakiyyah shows kids how she got to the sound she discovered, and how that same journey to self-actualization is at the heart of all movements for social change throughout history.