MUSIC PROGRAMS

Details

* Each program consists of a series of weekly workshops
* After-school workshops, or weekend half-day or full-day workshops
* Program length: one to ten workshops
* Implementation of many of the curriculum expectations from the Ontario Curriculum Guidelines for the Arts – Visual Arts
* Designed to link with many curriculum themes or subject areas
* Workshops can be adjusted to work within any space or environment
* Activities can be adjusted to accommodate any age level of students
* Workshops can accommodate 8-20 students

    Workshop Choices

    Vocal: The Songs We Sing

    Children will explore beat and rhythm, while learning how music communicates thoughts, feelings and messages. Using parts of the body, as well as their own voices, students will learn the elements of creating a song and, in turn, create their own fun and imaginative musical pieces.

    Vocal: A Cappella Bands

    Students will learn how voices can be used to create sounds like instruments and then arrange their own piece of music to perform in a cappella style. The class will be taught the importance of vocal warmups, posture and breathing techniques, while learning about pitch, phrasing, and harmony.

    Percussion: The Sounds We Play

    Using percussion instruments, like boomwhackers, sticks, drums, tambourines and bells, students will begin to understand the elements for creating patterns in music. Through improvisational and conducted music, students will learn about timing, rhythm, beat and expressing feeling and emotion through music.

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    Percussion: African Roots

    Students will listen to, perform and discuss African music and culture, as it relates to the popular music of today. They will demonstrate knowledge of the major characteristics of African music and will learn to recognize those characteristics through a series of listening exercises. The workshop will conclude with a concert where students will perform.

    Vocal & Percussion: A Pocket Full of Rhymes

    Using well-known Nursery Rhymes, students will explore rhythmic and melodic patterns, loud and soft dynamics and the elements of communication through music.The words will be the springboard into creating creative movement, vocal and musical pieces, using percussion instruments.The class performs their final creations at the end of the day.

    Vocal & Percussion: Words We Can Sing

    Poetry can be lyrical in nature and therefore, serve as the inspiration for a musical piece. Students will explore pattern, rhythm, beat and emotion in poetry and then create their own poetic pieces. From these creations, groups of children will create their own musical interpretations using the spoken and the singing voice, as well as percussion instruments. Musical creations will be performed at the end of the day.

    Music Appreciation: Music Then & Now

    Through a fun and imaginative assortment of games, physical exercises, visuals and musical pieces, students will explore various types of music throughout history and learn about the historical significance of the music then and now.