Beaumont School Music Department

Here is a link to Friday's revision document. Let me know if it goes down. Mr Guinane

Click here to access your Google Classroom. You will need your username and password which will be shared with you in the lesson. You must proceed as a student (obviously) so you can join the class properly. You will find I will have assigned you your homework there. Please submit your homework via Google Classroom. If you do it by hand, you can scan it in the Google Classroom app and submit it there. It's going to be epic.

Year 10, Click here to hear all the studies, and read my feedback. Well done everyone. Mr Guinane

Hi gang, Just to confirm a few things: Studies are due on Wednesday 7th October, by 5pm. Please email an audio file to beaumont.music@beaumont.herts.sch.uk . You will get Fri, Tues and possibly Weds to work on your studies in lessons, so ensure you have your instruments for those lessons. Embedded below are the solo pieces I played at the start of the lesson, as well as the slide I projected. Please ask for help if you need it. Thanks, Mr G Studies from David Guinane

Dear all, Please click here to access your recordings from today's lesson. Evaluation: 100 words per paragraph (roughly), based on the sheet given out, which is also provided here . Word processed or handwritten. Any questions please shout. Well done everyone, a great start! Mr Guinane and Ms Doan

As promised, here is the picture from Friday's lesson.  We will give you Wednesday to continue to work on your composition and we will come and listen to your ideas. Please don't forget the pep talks you got in the lesson!

Listen to the two remaining set works in the Anthology and complete the comparison table in as much detail as you can.   Due: Wednesday 5th November Click here for the link to the table.  You are more than welcome to change the font, but please be mindful of the Taste Police, Doan and Guinane. Below are the two set works:

Please answer (in full sentences where applicable) the following question on Handel's  And the glory of the Lord .  Your answers should be succinct (i.e. please don't go on and on about irrelevant information!). Due:  Friday 24th October 2014 1) How is the joyful mood or "affection" of this chorus achieved by Handel? 2) Name three different types of musical texture that feature in this chorus.  Give examples. 3) Name the four voice parts that perform this chorus. 4) What instruments accompany the singers? 5) How many different melodies are used by Handel in the chorus - give details please. 6) Identify two ways in which the last three bars of the extracts ('hath spoken it') are given a dramatic setting. 7) Give bar numbers where you can hear: a) One voice part b) two voice parts c) three voice parts d) All four voice parts together 8) In general, how are the words set to music? 9) How is the word "revealed" treated throughout the pie...

Please record your variation on Twinkle Twinkle Little Star  and submit it by Wednesday 8th October.   Our preferred method of submission is via email.  However, please do come and use iPod 1 if you need to.  Please ensure you label the track with your name. Click here for the chords if you need. We are really encouraged by your progress in today's lesson - keep noodling and playing! D & G

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

1) Give concise definitions of the following terms: monophonic , homophonic, and polyphonic , giving examples from And the glory of the Lord . 2) Write key facts about Handel and his oratorio Messiah.   We are looking for quality, not quantity.  Please do not cut and paste from websites. Use information and summarise. Due: Wednesday 1st October 2014

After today's lesson, select one of the following questions to answer: 1) How does John Williams create the flying sensation in his ET flying theme? 2) Describe how the extract reflects "Mars, the bringer of war". 3) How does Copland write music which reflects the gun battle in his ballet music "Billy the Kid"? For each extract, y ou may wish to refer to instruments, rhythm, melody, pitch, dynamics, texture or any other features that are relevant. Here are the two example answers you saw in the lesson. The playlist is below: Due: Wednesday 17th September 2014

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

Hello Year 9! Please find your compositions embedded below. Click here for the homework sheet if you need it. Homework: A side of A4 (written or typed) addressing the four paragraphs on the sheet. Due Weds 11th June Well done today, a really great start. See you on Twitter .

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, Here is the file, should you need it for your homework. Reminder: Room 49 Wednesday 19th March, Period 4 Instruments on Monday 24th March, Period 4 Room 49 Wednesday 26th March, Period 4 Cheers, Mr Guinane

Hey dudes, Before Friday's lesson, please make sure you have read through my composition 'bible', and be prepared to work on a short composition for the next few weeks. Bring with you anything you think you might need. You will need to produce some kind of score and recording (I will go into more detail on Friday). Any questions please ask. Mr Guinane

Hi Year 10, Clearly an unfortunate set of circumstances has meant you haven't seen me for a while. I miss you all terribly I can assure you. Please have your completed drafts of your 'Performance Commentary' (the paragraphs we were working on in class) done by Fri 17th Jan. I will collect them in during our lesson. Any questions please come and talk to me. Thanks, Mr Guinane

Hi Year 9, I hope you enjoyed this morning, I was very impressed by some of your three note compositions, so well done. Just a reminder, you homework is to write a short evaluation of your composition, following the paragraph headings on the paper given. The guidance paper can also be found by clicking here . You can find your pieces here . Due next Wednesday, 12th June. See you all next week. Mr Guinane

Year 10, Your homework this week is to complete the 'Descriptive Music' sheet for ONE movement of the Bliss Colour Symphony. The links are below: Due WEDS 6TH FEB. Come find me if you have any problems. Thanks. Mr. Guinane Purple: Red: Blue: Green: