Watch this YouTube clip with your class (= launch of Neil Finn + Paul Kelly 2013 concert tour) … and suggest the class watch the 9pm live broadcast of the final concert of the tour on YouTube (free). Kelly and Finn are two amazing singer song-writers. Paul Kelly also has an app to explore the link between poetry and lyrics.
“A Great Landscape” was a 2008 DVD created by www.vea.com.au and is available via Click View. It discusses Indigenous self-expression through music, focussing on a Hip Hop band.
If you want to show this 36 min video to your class for Reconciliation Week (or any other week), here are some possible questions:
Name a famous Indigenous Australian band – “Yothu __________________________ ” Name a famous Indigenous Australian Hip Hop band? ________________ and the Young ___________________________ Do Indigenous people own their land? If not, then what is the relationship between Indigenous people and the land? How does music support Indigenous identity? What do lyrics describe in Indigenous music? What is empowerment? Music and song allow indigenous people to share _________________ with a wider community and audience. Clapping and click sticks are ___________ - phones Didgeridoos are ____________ - phones In the past, who was NOT allowed to play didgeridoo, according to sacred law? Is Indigenous Australian history always written down? What political issues do contemporary Indigenous artists address? How can music be used as a means of protest? What type of band was “No Fixed Address”? Reggae, Folk, Pop or Hip Hop? When did Archie Roach come to fame, with the song “Took the Children Away”? During the Sydney 2000 Olympics, what did “Midnight Oil” have written on their costumes? Why? Who is Shane Howard? “Solid Rock” was the first Pop song to feature the didgeridoo. About what were the lyrics written? What prevents some Indigenous artists from accessing mainstream venues (at times)? What is CAAMA?
You can view the animation at anz.whymusicmatters.org
The 'Music Matters' campaign has produced an animation inspired by this year's MCUI song, "Different People (Stand Together)". The animation follows the song's evolution, from writing and recording, to the performance by 600,000 school children on 1 November 2012. The animation was designed by Motionlab, a Sydney-based animation studio led by Luke Heise and Aaron Bartlett.
"Being part of this project has been a great experience for the team here at Motionlab. Being lovers of music ourselves, we're proud to get behind a project that supports the future of young Australian musicians," says Luke.
Originating in the UK in 2010, the Music Matters campaign is a collective of people across the music community, including artists, songwriters, labels, managers, publishers and music stores, formed to remind listeners of the value and significance of music, explains MCA's new Board member, Catherine Gerrard, who is a member of the Music Matters Steering Committee and Chair of the Australasian Music Publishers' Association.
"The Music Matters campaign is a fresh and innovative project designed to reawaken our connection to the value of music. The idea for Music Matters and Music: Count Us In to collaborate was warmly embraced from the outset. It makes sense: two real-life examples of the importance of music," she says.
Go to resource: BBC Music (UK) provides video performances and information on a range of classical, jazz, world and contemporary music genres. Read more…
www.classicalarchives.com/feature/dont_miss_this.html
This is great fun … On May 2, 2011, the Copenhagen Philharmonic amazed commuters at the Copenhagen Central Train Station, as they created a kind of orchestral “flash mob” – performing Ravel’s famed Bolero, with the musicians gradually assembling in place as the work progresses. The video – which shows not only the assembling orchestra, but also the delighted faces of the commuters – has generated overwhelming interest, and indeed has exceeded the orchestra’s expectations.
Watch this TED talk on YouTube www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3jYVe1RGaU with Middle School students. Then ask them to self-organise into groups (with internet access) and pursue their own choice of ‘big question’ to do with music.
Play this film clip of “Best Coin” to your class … discuss why people respond emotionally to music … then discuss ways they could create their own flash mob in your community. www.wimp.com/bestcoin/
Explorations in sound, technology, recording techniques and instrument design by Diego Stocco.
“I always been fascinated by the raw musical power that an orchestra can express, so, after creating a series of videos where I’m performing a multi-track piece with an instrument I designed, I decided to take the concept a step farther and create my own orchestra made of unusually unique instruments.
The project started by handcrafting a diverse selection of instruments, then I wrote a composition where I could fit them all in and finally performed each part. I hope you’ll enjoy it as much as I enjoyed doing it!”
http://www.diegostocco.com/custom-built-orchestra/
“I always been fascinated by the raw musical power that an orchestra can express, so, after creating a series of videos where I’m performing a multi-track piece with an instrument I designed, I decided to take the concept a step farther and create my own orchestra made of unusually unique instruments.
The project started by handcrafting a diverse selection of instruments, then I wrote a composition where I could fit them all in and finally performed each part.”
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLhsmFHa2vM
A 3 minute documentary showing the ‘making of’ Somewhere Over the Rainbow – a track by Sandy Hook students to help keep the memories of loved ones alive. Music therapy in many ways.
An instructional video on playing orchestral excerpts on Double Bass, as performed by Hal Robinson.
The visual quality is very raw, but the Double Bass sound is amazing.
A good video to show Middle School students who are studying instruments of the orchestra.
A 5 minute video summary of a presentation given by Michael Griffen to students re. multiple intelligences.
Once you sign in (free), you will receive a link (via email) to watch 3 free video lessons on basic djembe technique.
jozzbeatinteractive.com/jellymusic-pilot
Jozzbeat is offering FREE access to its new online Music education software (for 5-13 year olds) from February to April 2012. Click on the above link to find out more information. The program suits classroom teachers without ANY musical background, as well as being fun for music specialists. It requires having a digital projector or interactive whiteboard in the classroom, and giving brief feedback after lessons.
www.funmusicco.com/rhythmclock/
FunMusicCo has prepared a video tutorial on how to prepare and use a rhythm clock (suits primary and perhaps Year 7). All the files you might need are also free on the website.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9p0BqUcQ7i0&list=SP2FCE4EAED0A3000B
This fun YouTube clip is great to share with students of all ages – funky string players hamming up Mission Impossible theme.
Great fun for Middle School aged students with glockenspiels (or keyboards) … view it here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXPrUkjENrQ (recorder)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DH8Fb1kKsGM (glockenspiel)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBF-_WMY8HU (crockenspiel)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=26ho9yEAOrI (gameboy)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYabXLTDSxw (ocarina)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjxQARym4DQ (zither)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmG34QB07Bc (mobile phone)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpg2k2C103k (squeakaphone)
Go to resource: Improvisation and Conducting from a Dalcroze Workshop in Thailand 2008, run by Sandra Nash, demonstrates Dalcroze music and movement activities for music students of different stages. Read more…
THIS YouTube channel of Australian Art Orchestra shows interplay between Indigenous Australian singers and musicians from the Australian Art Orchestra. Play video/s to students and ask them to compare the treatment of melody/pitch and duration/rhythm. Which aspects are similar, different and interesting? When both groups play together, which aspects of music create unity? How is the fusion of the two groups achieved?
These two YouTube clips feature the gorgeous music of the Stiff Gins, sung in Indigenous language.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8Iz2nyy6F4 Yandool
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikilFioL9SQ with Sydney Children’s Choir at TEDx
This blog, set up by Jozzbeat to discuss the Ramp-Up project, shows what Australian teachers can achieve by sharing their musical questions / comments / videos via an online community.
How does one find authentic creativity? In his last talk before passing away, Malcolm McLaren tells remarkable stories from his own life, from failing school to managing the Sex Pistols. He argues that we’re living in a karaoke culture, with false promises of instant success, and that messiness and failure are the key to true learning.
http://www.ted.com/talks/jose_abreu_on_kids_transformed_by_music.html This TED video (10 mins) describes 30 years of Jose Abreu working with El Sistema and at-risk kids. |
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2013/may/09/scratch-orchestra-of-kinshasa-congo
The members of the Orchestre Symphonique Kimbanguiste – the world’s only all-black orchestra – are self-taught and started out playing homemade instruments. Now the band’s founder is to be given a major international accolade.
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=lang+lang+piano Lang Lang is a flamboyant young pianist with plenty of showmanship. He pulls huge crowds, and plays Classical music. Watch some YouTube clips with your class and discuss what makes him so appealing to audiences around the world.
Go to resource: Make Music by TVO Kids is an online game about combining and editing musical instruments.
http://youtu.be/TWZBssrijbY Minister Peter Garrett speaks about the importance of music education to all students.
Go to resource: Multicultural Perspectives in Music is a NSW Department of Education and Training site, and a collaboration between the NSW Creative Arts Unit, Musica Viva Australia, and Sirocco. Read more…
Here are some songs to use within a unit on multicultural influences on pop music:
POLYGENETICS: Multi-cultural Pop Music influences
Paul Simon / Graceland Africa concert http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBMAXQ28V-w
Yothu Yindi – Treaty http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7cbkxn4G8U
The Corrs – Breathless http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6TKVDHEj5M
Zumba – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKZNWtV0kGc
Bohemian Rhapsody – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJ9rUzIMcZQ
Muppets version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgbNymZ7vqY
KPop – Gangnam Syle???
Grace Jones’ remake of Johnny Cash’s Ring of Fire has techno, country and reggae influences – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUmAO2iNe2E
The Blind Boys of Alabama’s - Amazing Grace = African-American + English spiritual + rock http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zE4k76VjGdY
Truth Hurts’ “Addictive” = R&B tune + hip hop beat + Hindu sample
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlSSdDv7LYA
Shakira is Columbian with a Lebanese father (hence Arabic influences).
“Whenever, Wherever” – pop melodies, spaghetti-western guitars, rock rhythms and Latin undercurrents.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=weRHyjj34ZE
Freddie Mercury and his duet with Spanish Opera singer.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkBQDcGoxXI
Stay Stay Stay – Taylor Swift (ukulele)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bieHmn8C_Tk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9b3_1CcXtY Over the Rainbow / Wonderful World (ukulele)
Inner Circle – Bad Boys (=reggae beat) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4MRmEPNUxY
Go to resource: Music Room, by Rob Fairbairn, Mark Leehy, and Kevin O’Mara, and published by Bushfire Press, consists of six levels for primary students. Read more…
www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-21661691 Jane O’Brien (BBC) explores how music may one day be used as mental health medicine.
This year’s wiki site for ‘Music Count Us In’ is up and running. So far there are lyrics, scores, mp3’s, a sing-along movie and a karaoke movie. Keep looking because more resources will be added over the next weeks. Just follow this free link:
http://musiccountusin2011.wikispaces.com
Hope you enjoy it, Sally
THIS clip shows Monday night’s Sydney Town Hall concert of 600 govt secondary school students singing Mozart’s Requiem, with NSW Combined Schools Orchestra. Brett Weymark did a brilliant job conducting on 13/5/13, as organised by the Arts Unit, NSW. http://vimeo.com/user11416839/review/66213329/84bcb23e4f
Following the release of his 19th album and a biopic of his life, Paul Kelly spoke to the BBC’s Tom Donkin about the art of storytelling, and borrowing from the giants of literature. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-22141229
For Paul Kelly’s last concert of the season, he will be streaming live from the Opera House concert … to YouTube!
Message from Paul Kelly:
Get some popcorn, get some drinks, gather your pals. On Monday 18th March YouTube will be streaming FINKEL live from the Sydney Opera House.
9 PM (AEDT) sharp. Neil, Elroy, Dan, Zoe and I will be singing it up for our last show! PK
“Stories of Me” was released in 2012. It is is a documentary about the life and career of the acclaimed Australian singer-songwriter, Paul Kelly. The film explores the relationship of Kelly’s art to his life and personal journey, and the hurdles he faced along the way. It also shows the way that Kelly’s work has been informed by Australian society and his work has in turn given voice to the experiences of many Australians, and at times the life of the nation
A free teaching kit can be downloaded FREE from THIS WEBSITE (after first creating a free login & password). It is designed for Year 11 and 12.
Here is a live student ballet of Peter and the Wolf (in 4 YouTube segments) from 2012.
Part 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCoBFTw64b0
Part 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwrtNxCLFx0
Part 3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEmq9O_ifNw
Part 4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHhHVnBguS8
Combining music and musicians from around the world … Playing For Change (Peace through Music) is a movement to connect the world through music.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJ4bXR0By-g – the making of the movie
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEuggfL-u3k - interview and clips from the movie
Talk with your class about which instruments might be added to pop songs. Here are some ideas: Moves like Jagger (whistling); Baker St (synth, sax, congas); You’re the Voice (bagpipes); I Will Wait (banjo); Feel So Good (trumpet). Are there any instruments that could NOT be used in pop songs?
http://www.musiceducation.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/youtube-lesson-compilation.docx
THIS link takes you two random uses of YouTube in music-related lessons. If you have suggestions, PLEASE email them to schools.mpfl AT mca.org.au
Go to resource: Rhythmic Workshop Part 1 from a Dalcroze Workshop in Thailand 2008, run by Sandra Nash, demonstrates Dalcroze music and movement activities for music students of different stages. Read more…
Go to resource: Rhythmic Workshop Part 2 from a Dalcroze Workshop in Thailand 2008, run by Sandra Nash, demonstrates Dalcroze music and movement activities for music students of different stages. Read more…
Michael Griffin presents a 5 minute video summary of a presentation designed for school students (and staff), re. listening to music while studying – including styles of music that are helpful to study/learning & when music can hinder.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jr4jR87dDQc&feature=youtu.be Lots of short clips from Sydney Symphony’s teacher training sessions and school concerts – lots of teaching ideas in the video.
Benjamin Zander has two infectious passions: classical music, and helping us all realize our untapped love for it — and by extension, our untapped love for all new possibilities, new experiences, new connections.
Musical Ideas Worth Sharing (YouTube) www.youtube.com/watch?v=HH1aINvOq8Y
TEDxAldeburgh Overview – the YouTube clip is a teaser for a series of TEDx talks on musical topics
Andrew Bird is a one man band and composer. He gives a talk (video clip) for TED conference.
4MBS FM has been involved in the making of this concert and documentary for 28 years.
Read more here: www.cbaa.org.au/news/4MBS-Gothic-Symphony-Documentary-Receives-National-Cinema-Release
Trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfVg9vn4jCc
Archie Roach’s song “Took the Children Away” has been adopted by Canadian indigenous people, as the lyric content (Australia’s Stolen Generation) has parallels in Canadian Indian history.
Lesson plan idea: Read and discuss Archie Roach’s lyrics … watch the YouTube clip which puts Australian historical and indigenous images to “Took the Children Away” … watch the YouTube clip which puts Canadian historical images to the same song … discuss any other countries which could borrow Roach’s song to apply to their own national history.
YouTube (Australian images & the emotional trailer from the movie “Rabbit Proof Fence”)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLXzKYP1uCw
YouTube (Canadian images)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkXXdIowJx0 Precision drumming and good fun to watch! The Swiss Top Secret Drum Corps (Edinburgh Military Tattoo) in August 2012. Play it to your class, and talk about the importance of “practice makes perfect” in music.
Katie Wardrobe tutorial – how to make worksheets (easily) with Sibelius
http://www.abc.net.au/iview/#/search/Artscape
Artscape: Dr Sarmast’s Music School
Currently available on ABC iView (free) in 2 episodes:
“Melbourne-based Afghan musicologist Dr Ahmad Sarmast, returns to Kabul after 15 years, with a dream to create the first national institute of music and return their musical rights back to the children of Afghanistan.”
The “Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain” (currently in Australia) have provided free video tutorial and sheet music for “Hot Tamales” via their website.
There’s a new way to let students view YouTube clips online … www.viewpure.com. The teacher copies the URL address from a YouTube clip, pastes it onto the viewpure.com website, clicks “create”, and it creates a new webpage (which students can view) with the YouTube clip on its own (without ads or comments). Copy and paste the newly create URL address and give it to your students.
Here’s an example I entered into ViewPure of ACO playing to surfing footage …
http://viewpure.com/m0NJyVCQpIs
HINT: Don’t click on the “Download” button (bottom of ViewPure screen) – it is only advertising!
Comedian Victor Borge entertains us with this YouTube clip: What Does a Conductor Do?
Here are some amusing (string) clips to share with students of all ages:
(1) I Will Survive (2) Pachelbel’s Canon (3) Titanic by MozART Group & while you’re having fun … (4) Hedwig’s Theme on Wine glasses
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