Green Elephant

Our first group performed today. They did Wonderwall, originally by Oasis. There was clear evidence of progress made as musicians and a real sense of performance style as well. Well done!

Don't forget that you should have written a final paragraph, telling me what you enjoyed about this unit, what you would do differently if you could do it again, and finally, as we end our time in music - how will you continue to make music next year?

Term 3 concert

The concert was a great success. Many thanks to all students, teachers and parents who took part and attended - see you next term!

M3B Rocks!

Here they all are, hard at work rehearsing for next week's concert. It promises to be good!

M3 Rock Stars!

So, M3B are currently in training to be rock stars. They are learning how to play chords on keyboard and guitar, and working on a class version of the Stiff Little Fingers song 'At the Edge'. Pretty soon it will be time for them to choose their own group and song and begin working on a cover version of their own. If you see any of them, ask them "Who's the man?"!

Links in the margin for chord finders and teach yourself guitar sites - check them out and enjoy!!

Picture of SLF taken from http://www.punkhairstyles.info/ not very rock'n'roll, really!

M1B Elements Homework

In class we have been exploring and learning about the elements of music. Knowing about these elements gives us a vocabulary which helps us to discuss and evaluate music, and helps us to compose our own music ina more structured way. Your homework is to choose one of the elements, and represent it as a piece of artwork. You might choose to use drawing or painting, collage, fabrics or a combination of any art media you like. Represent the element of your choice in a creative yet simple way - have fun! You are being assessed through criteria A -Knowledge & Understanding and it will be marked out of 8 for this task. It's due to be handed in to me in class on Wednesday 23rd January.

A page from Tom Johnson's famous book (unfortunately out of print) Imaginary Music. No. 65, "Syncopated Texture" http://www.kalvos.org/johnson.html

M1B Music

M1B are composing pieces using AABA form, and assessing each other. Here are some of them hard at work in the classroom:





HOMEWORK: Add a comment (click on the comment link below this post) and tell me how you felt when you were assessed by the others in your group. In what ways is it different (better? worse?) than just being graded by the teacher? Don't forget to leave your first name on the comment so I know who posted it! This should be done by the start of the new term (January 11th 2008)

M3 research essay - some helpful links

Have a look in the sidebar menu for some links to websites which might help you with your research. Don't forget to cite all your sources!