This past week, my students and I explored Wild Swans and Alexander Rag by Australian composer Elena Kats-Chernin.
World Music Exploration 2010/11 Week 1 - Aboriginal Dance
We are exploring music from Australia this month. At the beginning of the term, we watched the following clip of aboriginal music, called Aboriginal Dance 1.
A New School Year to Try out New Ideas in the Music Studio
After having my students take the VARK Learning Preferences questionnaire last year, I discovered that my students fall under three general categories:
Visual (mostly in combination, Visual-Aural or Visual-Kinesthetic)
Aural-Kinesthetic
Read/Write
Help Maestro Become a "Canada's Stuck on Band-Aid" Superstar
Family, friends and students are familiar with Maestro's singing talents. This summer, my little Lakeland Terrier is set to conquer the world: Maestro and I entered Canada's Stuck on BAND-AID(r) Brand Jingle Contest at Taste of Calgary.
Useful Music Websites
A great big thank you to my teaching colleagues on LinkedIn for sharing their favorite music websites: