Alexander Hamilton Grange Museum - NYC ■ Apollo Theater in Harlem ■ Abrons Art Center Theater ■ Arts Connection ■ Bank Street School for Children ■ Beaver Tales Festival ■ Boys and Girls Club of Bellport ■ Brooklyn Heights Synagogue ■ Center for Arts Education ■ Chappaqua Library Children's Room ■ Childtime Learning Center ■ Children's Museum of Manhattan ■ City of White Plains Dept of Parks & Rec ■ Cornelia Street Café ■ Croton Free Library ■ Desmond Fish Public Library in Garrison ■ Dix Hills Public Library Kwanza Program ■ Everybody Wins Foundation, Inc. ■ Fieldston Outdoors ■ Fieldston Lower School ■ Flushing Town Hall/Queens Council for the Arts ■ Friends of the High Line (Manhattan) ■ Friends Seminary School ■ Girls Scouts of Putnam Valley ■ Greenwich Dept of Parks Santa Brunch ■ Hans Christian Andersen Statue in Central Park ■ Hempstead Public Library ■ Henry Waldinger Memorial Library Valley Stream ■ Historic Hudson Valley ■ Hofstra University Museum ■ Horace Mann School ■ Hovnanian School in New Milford, NJ ■ Hudson River Clearwater Revival ■ Hudson River Museum ■ Hudson River Park's Pier of Fear ■ IS 109 Jean Nuzzi Intermediate School ■ Jack and Jill Group of Westchester County ■ Jamaica Family Center ■ Kravis Center West Palm Beach ■ Lee F. Jackson School White Plains ■ Lincoln Square Neighborhood Center ■ Logan Center-University of Chicago ■ Marble Collegiate Church ■ Math and Science Exploratory School in Brooklyn ■ Microsoft Corporation ■ Montclair Public Library ■ Mrs. Green’s Natural Market ■ Music For Many Inc. ■ National Association of Black Storytellers’ (NABS) ■ Conference National Coalition for 100 Black Women Kwanza Celebration ■ Negril Basic School ■ Newark Public Library ■ New York Parks Department ■ Public Library ■ Old Dutch Church of Sleepy Hollow, NY ■ Ossining Parks and Recreation Dept ■ Palo Alto Public Library; Mitchell Park Branch ■ Peekskill Waterfront Summer Series ■ Pelangi School in Bali, Indonesia ■ Philipsburg Manor Pinkster Celebration ■ Philips Manor House St Nicholas Day ■ PS 39 Francis J Murphy Jr. School ■ PS 47 Broad Channel ■ PS 55 Henry M. Boehm School ■ PS 86 Elementary School ■ PS 101 Forest Hills ■ PS 163 Arthur A Schomburg Elementary School ■ PS 197 The Ocean School ■ PS 199 Shakespeare School Bronx ■ PS 298 Betty Shabazz School ■ PS 527 East Side School for Social Action ■ Queens Borough Public Libraries ■ Quench Corporation ■ Rhose Island Black Storytellers ■ Rockland County Annual Storytelling Festival ■ Salvation Army ■ Sarah Burke House ■ Scarsdale Historical Society ■ SPEF - Stamford Public Education Foundation ■ State Theater of New Jersey: Milk & Cookies Series ■ Sugar Hill Children’s Museum ■ Speak Story Series (WV) ■ Storytelling Center of NY ■ Teardrop Park, NYC ■ Tessa International School ■ The Beekman Hotel, NYC ■ University Plaza Nursery School ■ Van Buren Public Library Newark ■ Van Cortland Manor's Animals and Acrobats ■ Warner Public Library, Tarrytown ■ Westchester Council for the Arts ■ WHUD's Kids Fair ■ Westchester County Center ■ Yaffa Cultural Arts, Inc. ■ Yonkers Family Day ■ Yonkers Riverfest
“A huge, thank you, to you all so much for working with PS 57 today! Thank you Mario and April for your excellent performances! The children absolutely enjoyed themselves. I look forward to working with you in the future.”
“I just wanted to send you my sincerest gratitude for a wonderful event last Sunday. I feel bad that I didn’t have much time to chat with you as I’m so busy the day of the event, but I didn’t want you to think I wasn’t appreciative of the beautiful music and entertainment provided by you and your musicians. I received nothing but compliments about the event. You have become such an integral part of the event. ”
“The Museum has been fortunate to have worked with April since opening the Museum in 2015. She is a brilliant member of the Museum’s storytelling team. Her voice is layered and unpredictable, yet familiar and easy to pay attention to. She knows how to deliver a narrative that fully engages adults as well as members of the Museum’s target audience of children ages 3-8. She is a solid performer who collaborates generously when given the opportunity to develop a new idea with our team.”
“Kids as young as three and as old as 4th grade were completely enthralled by April and her stories from around the world. She drew them in with music and captured their imaginations. The program was a wonderful part of our International Cultures Festival.”
“Thank you again for your amazing performance this Saturday! I’ve received a number of phone calls and emails from folks who keep telling me how fantastic you were! I hope you’re feeling better. I look forward to working with you again in the future.”
“On behalf of the Beth El community I wanted to thank you for your engaging and informal learning/storytelling at Beth El, during the last hour of the of the most challenging day of the year! From the moment we met you were gracious and enthusiastic. Rabbi Dorsch and I really appreciated how you were flexible with your songs and stories. Your Hiney Ma Tov was remarkable! Last night the children were attentive and having fun! How do I know? Because their parents came to the Rabbi and I to thank us for offering the children a meaningful activity so they could pray!”
“We cannot stop talking about you and how fabulous Tuesday was! We loved the original lyrics to the 50 Bowery song – I want to print them in a fun way to keep the song going!!!”
“April Armstrong, Teaching Artist, has been fabulous. She has carefully worked with me to tailor and modify her presentations for my class. She asks questions, listened to suggestions, and has been responsive to the students’ needs. What a success it has been!”
“Your enthusiasm, expertise, creativity and dedication made the Wheatley Midterm Experience 2012 an overwhelming success. Thank you for providing our students with an experience that they will surely remember way beyond their years at Wheatley. ”
“Many thanks to you and Mario for all you do to make St. Nicholas Day such a wonderful children’s event at Philipse Manor House. We always look forward to seeing and hearing you!”
“April Armstrong was exceptionally captivating for the kids. She did a good job of integrating stories, music and drama. April also included science and social studies.”
“Thanks for the great performance yesterday April!”