by Kirsten LLOYD | Mar 2, 2022 | Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 9, Music, Secondary Music, The Grades
The Grade 9s have been discussing the modern music making process and how it has changed in the past few decades. With the increase in external influences and the rise of more affordable recording technology, more artists are free to make music they way they want to...
by Kirsten LLOYD | Feb 24, 2022 | Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 8, Music, The Grades
So often, students are handed written music and asked to learn to play it. But what do you do when there isn’t any written music? The 6th, 7th, and 8th graders have been experimenting with this very question. In Music class, we have been listening to the...
by Kirsten LLOYD | Feb 17, 2022 | Grade 11 & 12 (DP), Grade 12, Music, Secondary Music, The Grades
For DP Music, the students do not sit exams like one does for History or Chemistry. Instead the focus of the course is creation and performance centered around the four different Areas of Inquiry. This year’s DP students have been working hard on preparing their...
by Kirsten LLOYD | Feb 2, 2022 | Grade 5, Music, The Grades
While Grade 5 finishes their time online, it is difficult to practice instruments as a group. So for the time being, we are working on the basics of Music Theory. The students have been learning how to count and subdivide rhythms (the equivalent of fractions with...
by Kirsten LLOYD | Jan 27, 2022 | Grade 5, Music, The Grades
The 5A class has shifted from choir to Band. The students have been assigned an instrument and a workbook, and been given their first assignment of making a video of them practicing the first few exercises. As these fledgling musicians begin this journey, it is...
by Kirsten LLOYD | Jan 12, 2022 | Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 8, Music, Secondary Music, The Grades
Throughout history, Artists have been asked to create and express in less than ideal situations. We do not always have the perfect environment available to us. The musicians at ABIS have been no different, showing resiliency and flexibility as the adapt to COVID-19...
