by Kirsten LLOYD | Jan 25, 2024 | Community and Service, Grade 9, Music, Secondary Music, The Grades
In a PBL (Project Based Learning), the Grade 9 practiced their fledgling composition skills through the lens of Advocacy Music. Each student selected a Sustainable Development Goal to use as stimuli for their compositions. As a class, we focused on how to use timbre,...
by Kirsten LLOYD | Jan 25, 2024 | Grade 8, Music, Secondary Music, The Grades
The grade 8 students have been wrapping up a long unit looking at the musical styles and genres of the Americans. Starting with understanding the historical impact of the trans-Atlantic slave trade on the Northern and Southern American continents, the students looked...
by Kirsten LLOYD | Nov 30, 2023 | Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Music, Secondary Music, The Grades
As part of the Year Five assessments, the grade 10s will be completing the E.Portfolio. This culminating project of their MYP learning is an opportunity for the students to share what they have learned over the past five years. Each year, the IB sends out a new unit...
by Kirsten LLOYD | Nov 16, 2023 | Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 11 & 12 (DP), Grade 12, Grade 7, Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 8, Grade 9, Music, The Grades
The first (of hopefully many) Coffee House performances was a great success. Our MYP and DP students presented their works with professionalism and class, sharing the connections to the AOIs and learning goals with the audience. A huge thank you to the students who...
by Kirsten LLOYD | Nov 12, 2023 | Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 11 & 12 (DP), Grade 12, Grade 7, Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 8, Grade 9, Music, The Grades
Albert Einstein. Brian May. Francis Arnold. James P. Allison. Beyond their contributions to science and technological advancements, what do these people have in common? They were all musicians. There has always been anecdotal evidence about Musicians and...
