Prepare for 2015 Workshop Notes

Debbie O'Shea and Anne O'Regan

Repertoire

  • Why?
  • Most importantly teach through the chosen pieces, so they must have elements you need to teach in such a way that the students will find it easy to identify the new elements.
  • For Example - Snail Snail for teaching la, 'Vive l'amour' partner song with Down the river for teaching compound
  • What is important in your program?

List:

  • For 'events' across the school year
  • Note events for which you are likely to need music - and share repertoire ideas

Your Events:

  • Lists for all year levels
  • Look at example repertoire lists (QMP available on my site for free download)

Your Thoughts/ideas/layout etc:

  • Links to literacy
  • Here sits the Lord Mayor

oBee Bee

”Bee Bee Bumble Bee, Can you sing your word to me? My word is ….. Her word is …….”

  • What words to use?
  • Ask your teachers…
  • No Excuses words…
  • Sight words from learning place
  • Categories
Semester 2 Workbooks
  • How to get the most out of your repertoire and Concert/Performance Ideas
oMaking every moment of your lesson count - high yield activities for your music classes
  • Activities based only a few songs
Concert/Performance Ideas

Quick list of ideas:

Repeat them

Down By the Station – (Music is for Everyone) - repeat

-Half sing while the other half stop / swap

-small group

-Individuals

Add simple instruments – melody, harmony, descant…

Teddy Bear– (Music is for Everyone) - play the beat changing

instruments every 8 beats (need 8 diff instruments)

Alleluia p2 – (150 Canons) – recorder plays melody. Recorder plays

in canon.

Ideas for using Alleluia in the classroom and in performance:

More Ideas

Add a rhythmic ostinato

Calypso - (Flying Around)

Add a melodic ostinato

Calypso - Flying Around

Shalom – ostinato from Flying Around ( m l Shalom )

Add a second part

46 American Two Part – no. 25 Christ Was Born

Fire in the Mountain – David Vinden – Sing 1

Add a third Part

Rocky Mountain

Add a solo voice

Let Everyone Clap Hands with me – from Music is for Everyone

Add a duet (trio, quartet, small group)

Muffin Man – Music is for Everyone – One person sings verse 1, group

sings verse 2

Sing in canon (if applicable)

Rose Rose – 150 Rounds – Judy Johnson and Ed Bolkovac

Sing With a partner song

Add Ah Poor Bird – 150 Rounds [sp – E]

My favourite – Row RowRow your boat, farmer in the dell, Three Blind

Mice, Frere Jacques

Hum or sing on a neutral syllable

Three songs above change to neutral syllable

Add and introduction and/or a coda

Sing Sing Together – 150 Canons Intro “Sing sing singsing”

This could also be the coda – canon in the middle

Fade out at the end

Toembai – 150 Canons – repeat the first line and fade out.

Sing in canon – each part when finished repeats the first line

then conduct a fade out.

Play melody alone

It’s Raining it’s pouring – sing, play chime bars, sing

give several chn a turn

Play Bye Lo Baby Oh on Music is for Everyone as an example

Perform the rhythmic pattern

Hickory Dickory Dock

Vary the speed (Lento, Moderato, Allegro…)

Engine Engine No. 9 – music is for everyone

Add a theme

Trains – Down by the Station, Engine Engine No9., …

Weave a story line around short pieces

Add a narration

Add movement – ostinato or actions

Clap Stamp, Slap, Click – from Flying Around

Bow Wow Wow – Catch a Song

We are all stamping – from Music is for Everyone

Who Stole my Chickens

Add accompaniment (Books like 24 Nursery Songs – Denise Bacon)

Bye Baby Bunting

Change the Words (do this with caution)

Mulberry Bush – Here we go round the Christmas Tree

Sing an Australian Song

Add the Guitar – Old Bark Hut – from Penguin book of Australian

Folksongs Vol 1 & 2

Add props

There was a Princess – Music is for Everyone – cape and sword