Students from year 3 created their own original music inspired by the nature around them during a field trip to Rotfai Park in Bangkok.

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People see and interpret the world differently.

Composers choose and organise sounds to communicate an idea.

Check out this great story from Paraguay. Instruments made from materials from a landfill garbage site and played by local children and young adults.

Both are appearing this week at Muang Thong Thani (Impact Arena). Sting on Wednesday, Elton John on Thursday.

Dave Brubeck, famous American jazz pianist and composer, died today, age 91.

Here is a link for more details: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-20609327

Here is a video of his most famous jazz piece, ‘Take Five’.

Dave Brubeck is playing the piano, not the saxophone.

Unusually, the music is organised into groups of 5 beats.
You can count 1 2 3 4 5 throughout the music.

The saxophone player is improvising, that means he makes up his music to fit with the piano music.

Listen to this very famous piece of music by the German composer Carl Orff (1895-1982).

How is the music changing?
Can you imagine a story to go with the music?
If this was film music, what would the film be about?