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....
by Peter LAWSON | Sep 21, 2023 | Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Music, The Grades
Lunchtimes in the music room have taken on a life of their own. A young band of committed musicians from grades 3 and 4 have been coming regularly to work on their recorder, ukulele and ensemble skills. See this video- Lunchtime video. They have created an orchestra...
by Kirsten LLOYD | Sep 14, 2023 | Grade 11 & 12 (DP), Grade 12, Music, Secondary Music
For AOI 3 (Absolute Music), the Grade 12 DP Music students are learning about experimental and avant garde composition techniques popularized during the 20th century. Instead of focusing on the traditional ideas of tonality and melody, many composers began to look...
by Peter LAWSON | Aug 31, 2023 | Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Music
by Peter LAWSON | Aug 24, 2023 | Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Music, The Grades
It’s been great seeing the students again this week, and meeting the Grade 1 students and other newbies to the school. I am very excited about the year ahead- if this week is anything to go by, the year will fly by! I am impressed with the discipline, respect...
