..”Me!” Focusing on writing note names, rhythms, tempo, and dynamics…IRC students are composing!
“Can you name a composer?”…
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Sharing Music From Home
This week IRC students were invited to “share music from home.” They played piano and violin, showed off recorders and homemade instruments, rocked the guitar and drums, demonstrated how to play rhythms on a piece of paper, and sang their hearts out. Talented young spirit celebrated by respectful audience appreciation.
Back to Basics
After our creative improv show we’re now working on rhythm and note reading …with a little composition, of course.
IRC Improv Night, Stage A
IRC Improv Night had Improv Troupe on Stage B and Grades 3-6 classes performing Music Improv on Stage A. The students wrote all the music, but none was written down. There was an iPad DJ, a student conductor, graphic scores, music to silent acting, and many more creative, brave ideas. Well done, team!
IRC Improv Night was amazing
IRC Improv Night featured the Improv Troupe and they were brilliant. We also performed this past week at ArtsFest. Here are some pics of the students in action….
Recorder apology note
Grade 2 and 2/3 parents, I am sorry for the squeaks and noise but your children are reading music! And owning it.
Kindergartens working hard at playing
Contemplating composition while others practise Hot Cross Buns.
Teaching the little ones
Grade 2 and 2/3 performance
For the IRC carol sing-a-long/PJ Day, Room 204 composed and performed their four-part ostinato in a jazz carol arrangement. Room 206 taught the school to sing “Sing Noel” and accompanied us on mallet instrument.
In a reflection
I asked the students, “what does improvisation, in Music and in Drama, feels like to you?”
They answered..
More like recess than school and it feels like real life and I love it.
It means to me that you can act or sing or dance to show others how good you can do it or do it just for fun. It inspires us to be more creative.
It means to me that I can just be free in music and I can express my feelings in drama
It feels like a party in my music and my mind.
It feels like you haver a million ideas rolling in your mind and then you have to choose one.
Improvisation in music or drama is when you get to express your feelings. It makes you think hard, learn hard, and not really care what people think about what you think.
To me improvisation feels like freedom where I can get my feelings out without someone criticizing me.
Improvisation makes me really happy because it’s super fun to do and can turn out very funny.
To me it feels like I can show my funny feeling to the class and show my creative feelings, and really who who I am.
I feel I am free having fun and being myself.