Dwayne Morgan

Dwayne Morgan is a spoken word artist who first stepped on the stage in 1994. Since then, Dwayne has self published four books, and two audio recordings. At age 27, Dwayne currently performs throughout Toronto, while touring through the U.S., England, and Germany annually. Dwayne is on the roster of the Royal Conservatory of Music's Learning through the Arts Program, and often makes presentations to high school students about the importance of writing, sharing their views, and the English language. Dwayne's work is influenced by hip hop culture, and manages to touch a place deep inside of us.
 
Awards
Canadian Urban Music Award for Best Spoken Word Recording, 2001
Harry Jerome Award For Excellence in the Arts, 1998
African Canadian Achievement Award for Youth Achievement, 1998
 
Selected Publications
The Man Behind The Mic (Up From The Roots, 2002)
The Evolution, 2000 (recording)
Long Overdue, ( Up From The Roots, 1999)
Another Level, 1998 (recording)
The Revolution Starts Within, (Up From The Roots, 1996)
Straight From The Roots, (Up From The Roots, 1995)
 
Books in Print
Morgan, Dwayne
The Man Behind The Mic, (Poetry) Up From The Roots, 2002, $15.00
 
Dwayne Morgan, 416.822.1465
e-mail: dmorgan@upfromtheroots.ca
website: http://www.upfromtheroots.ca

Poet in the School
(Toronto)

phone: home: 905-428-2331
             cell:    647-284-9135

email: dmorgan@upfromtheroots.ca

Dwayne Morgan is a spoken word artist who first stepped on the stage in 1994. Since then, Dwayne has self published four books, and two audio recordings. At age 27, Dwayne currently performs throughout Toronto, while touring through the U.S., England, and Germany annually. Dwayne is on the roster of the Royal Conservatory of Music's Learning through the Arts Program, and often makes presentations to high school students about the importance of writing, sharing their views, and the English language. Dwayne's work is influenced by hip hop culture, and manages to touch a place deep inside of us.

Grade Levels: 7 - 12 with a preference for high school

Fees: Standard

Classroom Approach:
Teachers have a couple of options.

In the class, Dwayne can run a series of creative writing workshops, which aim to equip the students with tools that they can utilize at any time in their writing. Some of the tasks would require that the students work individually, while others will require group work

As a spoken word artist, Dwayne can also do lecture style performance and discussions, where topics such as the importance of language, self publishing, the connection between hip hop culture and literature are explored.