Here is an example of what year 2 have been composing in the music lab recently. We have been exploring CHANGE and CONTRAST. High/Low, Long/Short, Fast/Slow. All students have composed their own Jungle Journey with changing sounds. This is Kiley’s ……

Singalong …….

1685-1750. Exactly the same dates as ‘Mr. Ice Cream Head’ – JS Bach.

The Four Seasons: Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter.They were a revolution in music. In them Vivaldi represented flowing creeks, singing birds, barking dogs, buzzing mosquitoes, crying shepherds, storms, drunken dancers, silent nights, hunting parties from both the hunters’ and the prey’s point of view, frozen landscapes, ice-skating children, and warming winter fires.

Antonio Vivaldi -The Red Priest’.

This is a Graphic Score of ‘Winter’ from ‘The Four Seasons’.

Carnival of the Animals (Part 1) by Camille Saint-Saens

Listen to these pieces of music that describe animals.
How does the music match the animal?

What do the sounds tell you about:

The size of the animal?
How fast it moves?
What sounds it makes?
Whether it has a calm or lively personality?

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

Group 1/1

Group 1/2

Group 1/3

Group 1/4

Group 2/1

Group 2/2

Group 2/3

Group 2/4

People see and interpret the world differently.

Composers choose and organise sounds to communicate an idea.