by Kirsten LLOYD | Oct 18, 2023 | Grade 11, Grade 11 & 12 (DP), Grade 12, Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Music
In Grade 11, the DP Music students are beginning AOI 1: Music for Socio-Political and Cultural Expression. But what makes Music cultural? Is it the instruments used? But then how do you explain the different cultures that use the same instruments? Is it the...
by Kirsten LLOYD | Oct 18, 2023 | Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 11 & 12 (DP), Grade 12, Grade 7, Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 8, Grade 9, Music, The Grades
On November 13 at 6:00 PM, ABIS will be hosting the first Coffee House. Come celebrate the Music students as they share their current works-in-progress and hear from our student rock band, The Sand Monkeys. The students would love your support. Enjoy your Fall...
by Kirsten LLOYD | Oct 18, 2023 | Grade 10, Grade 7, Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 8, Grade 9, Music, The Grades
In MYP Music, the majority of the work and creation the students do is from a PBL perspective: Project Based Learning. But many of these final products do not translate into a traditional concert or gallery presentation. Introducing MYP Music at ABIS. On this site,...
by Kirsten LLOYD | Sep 27, 2023 | Grade 7, Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Music, The Grades
In Grade 7, the students are starting to dive into Adaptive Soundtracks. Many of these students have plenty of hours experience interacting with this style of Music as it is the technical name of Video Game Music. We have started by asking the question, “What...
by Kirsten LLOYD | Sep 27, 2023 | Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 9, Music, The Grades
The United Nations released the Sustainable Development Goals in 2015 and they have become important touchstones as we think about how to work towards making our world a better place. In Grade 9, the students are using their growing compositional skills to compose a...
by Kirsten LLOYD | Sep 27, 2023 | Grade 11, Grade 11 & 12 (DP), Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Music, The Grades
For the past few weeks, the Grade 11 DP Music students have been diving into the foundations of Music theory and the Mathematics that governs western tonality. To finish up, they have been asked to analyze and dissect the famous Cello suite no. 1 in G Major by J.S....
