We have been contacted by a parent regarding the 150 year celebrations of the Alban Way. There is a lot going on in terms of events and lectures. If you are interested, click here for more details.
Year 13, Three things: 1. Attached is our 'thread' that might help you structure an essay on the Wagner. Add it to your notes. 2. Your first task for homework - fill in the grids for each of the Schumann miniatures. 3. Your second task - answer this essay question: To what extent could ‘Yellow Bird’ be described as a piece of folk music? Make reference to instruments and their handling, melody, harmony, rhythm and metre, texture and tonality. (13) Please ask if you have any questions, and remember Thurs after school and Fri lesson 6 are good times to catch me (let me know if you are coming). Mr Guinane
Your task is to create a presentation/handout about folk music, Capercaillie's Skye Waulking Song , and the instruments which are used in it. Answer the following questions, and whilst doing so, make your answers look pretty and well presented. Make sure you include pictures. 1) What do you know about folk music? How is it passed down from generation to generation? 2) Capercaillie are an example of a folk fusion band - what does this mean? 3) What is "waulking"? 4) What instruments can you hear in the Skye Waulking Song ? 5) What are the story and the lyrics about? 6) Give some brief, useful facts about the band Capercaillie. Make sure you print it off, show me, and then put it in your folder by the end of the lesson.
Here is the powerpoint used in today's lesson: Thursday 27 th May 2010. Programme music symphonic music from 1820 onwards - intro View more presentations from hanhdoan . Homework: Listen to Tchaikovsky's Romeo and Juliet Overture on the Spotify playlist (or click here to go directly to it) from 5:57-7:25. Complete the 1st table of your handout , noting any features which reflect the conflict between Romeo and Juliet. Due: Tuesday 8 th June 2010