Beaumont School Music Department

Year 11, Your homework is to amalgamate/bring together/combine our lessons on jazz into one single, definitive document. It must contain: History/Background Info (all the stuff from our lesson on Thursday) Famous Musicians (based on your homework, with as many musical facts as possible) Musical Features (Thursday's lesson and our "C Jam Blues" fun times) Mindmap, Revision sheet, Website, Multimedia experience, I don't mind, but I want it handed in  before Wednesday. Finally, here is a "Jazz 101" playlist I am putting together for my Big Band. You can have access to it to if you have Spotify (which you should have). Any questions please ask. Mr Guinane

Your homework is to provide me with four short biographies of four jazz musicians. Each should be approximately 100 words long. No copying and pasting, present it however you wish, and if you need some suggestions try Miles Davis, Charlie Parker, Duke Ellington, or the greatest guitarist who every lived, Django Reinhardt. Due Thursday lesson 3. Any questions please tweet. Mr Guinane

Hi Year 10, Click here for the track you need to complete your homework. Alternatively, find a YouTube video of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, 3rd Movement (Rondo). Any questions, email or tweet. Thanks, Mr Guinane

Hi Year 11, Please keep checking back as I fill this out: Naomi Baker: Please record in your lesson on Wednesday 12th March, see me to discuss this Sidney Brass: Hannah Brown: Please record in your lesson on Tuesday 18th March, see me to discuss this Sarah Chamberlain: Tuesday 4th March, 1100 (During Clarinet lesson) Tom Cunliffe: Elise Cutforth: Ollie Davies: St. Peter's 12th Feb Tom Dawes: Tuesday 1st March, 1330, Room 30 Ed Etheridge: Wednesday 12th March, please arrange a lesson in either period 6 or 7 with Mr Bitelli and let me know Jack Gentle: Alistair Gibbons: Tuesday 4th March, 1130 (During Clarinet lesson) Emma Goodyear: Friday 21st March, Room 30, 1330 Cameron Halsall: Monday 24th March, break time Alice Hancock: Matt Hill: Monday 17th March, please arrange a lesson in either period 2 or 5 with Mr Butler and let me know Megan Hodges: Friday 21st March, Room 30, 1330 Tom Holmes: Friday 7th March, Room 30, 1330 Josh Howell: Thursday 20...

Please find below, for your listening pleasure, a selection of cadenzas from famous classical concertos. As you know, cadenzas are found at the end of the first (fast) movement of a three movement concerto. Characteristic features of the cadenza were: it was unaccompanied: it was for the solo instrument alone (although the orchestra might creep in near the end of the cadenza) the tempo was free: the soloist would often vary the tempo, using rubato or perhaps starting off slowly and accelerating towards the end of the solo it was often based on material from earlier in the movement it showed off the soloist’s virtuosity by including rapid scales, arpeggios, ornamentation, a wide register and so on the cadenza was either written out by the composer, composed by the soloist, or by another composer the cadenza almost always happened at the same point in the movement: near the end, just before the coda cadenzas often end with a long trill by the soloist, which is ...

Dear Year 11, I would just like to draw your attention to Ms Doan's amazing Pinterest and Pearltree resources for revising Areas of Study 2 and 3 (see diagram below).

Here is an overview of Spotify playlists for the GCSE Areas of Study.  Click on the names to take you to the playlists. Area of Study 2 (Shared Music) African A Cappella Music Baroque Classics Solo song Gamelan Area of Study 3 (Dance Music) Waltz Disco Bhangra Line Dancing Tango Club Dance Irish Jig and Reel Area of Study 4 (Descriptive Music) Programme Music Film Music More descriptive Music Pirates of the Carribbean

Dear Year 11, Your creative task exam will take place on WEDNESDAY 17TH APRIL. You will receive a 'slot' closer to the time. We will do more creative task practice in lessons before then, and we are happy to give you guidance on 'practice' submissions. Any questions please come and talk to us. Thanks

Dear Year 11, EVERYTHING coursework related must be handed in by FRIDAY 22ND MARCH. If you are at all unsure as to what to hand in, you will find an electronic version of my amazing checklist here . I want to sign EVERYONE's list. You all have one. There are several slots available if you have any remaining controlled assessment time left. Just come and speak to us. You have all worked very hard throughout the course, make sure your coursework submissions are indicative of your hard work. Take ownership and get it all sorted. Talk to us if you have any questions or issues. Thanks.

Hi Year 11, We spoke about the 12 bar blues in Jazz, and about how easy it is to hear once you are used to how the progression sounds. Below is a Spotify playlist to demonstrate what I mean. Listen to these tracks, enjoy them, and try to identify where the 12 bar blues starts and finishes. I will add more tracks over the coming weeks. Any questions please come and see me. I promise not to blabber on too much about jazz. Mr. Guinane

A few Year 11 students have been asking about the revision guide. Click here to view the blog post from last year about this book. Click here to access the Spotify playlists for your specification.

Hi Year 11, Here is the first version of the ensemble performance schedule. If there are any problems please read the sheet as it tells you what to do! Take ownership and make sure you are on the ball, please do come to us if you have any problems. Click here to access the schedule. We very much look forward to hearing your performances.

Here are two videos for you from the lesson:

Here is the Spotify playlist and a few videos to keep you going!