Greetings!

Hello, everyone! My name is Ms. Amy Camp, and I am delighted to join the ABIS community as the music teacher. This is my 13th year of teaching music, and I have taught all ages, from 3 year olds to high school seniors in various places around the world. I am a musical...

Exploring African rhythms

Grade 7 and 8 have been exploring West African music. Their focus was principles of cyclic rhythms. After rehearsing their Concert number Djole, the students are busy creating their own compositions based on the knowledge they gained during the project. Here are some...

Recorder Time!

In grade 3 we have been learning basic recorder techniques. Students practised a variety of simple pieces to develop performing skills. There were solo performances held in class where each student could video record their performance and add to their website. Now,...

Peter and the Wolf

We have finished one of the units in Music called Peter and the Wolf. Students learnt that music can be composed to support a story or a picture and it is called a programme music. They learnt some of the instruments of a symphonic orchestra – shape, sound, what...