Teacher Resource Pack 2019

Welcome to the GOE resource pack 2019 Visit our website at www.nottinghammusichub.org.uk to download a Power Point version of this resource pack, designed to be used on your smart board and complete with live video and audio hyperlinks. For each piece of music featured in the Great Orchestra Experiment you will find further information and follow up activities, linked to the National Curriculum for music at KS2 – see page 17 for full National Curriculum requirements. The various activities can be done in any order and last from five minutes to a whole lesson Look out for the clock which means an activity can be completed in less than 10 minutes! Ensure the Power Point version is viewed as a slideshow to enable hyperlinks to work If you have any queries about the activities in this pack or if we can help in any way, please contact info@nottinghammusichub.org.uk

Top Tips for creative work Get inspired! Listen to the original piece of music Get some ideas! Read the ‘creative brief’ in the blue box and try out some musical ideas Develop ideas! Explore how you can use the interrelated dimensions of music to make your piece more interesting: Nottingham Creative Musical Primary Create your own music inspired by one of the pieces featured in the concert. Four shortlisted entries will receive a workshop and performance in their school with the Villiers Quartet. The winner will be awarded Nottingham Creative Musical Primary 2019 Video or record a performance of your work and submit your entry by Tuesday 11th June 10am For more information and to register your interest email info@nottinghammusichub.org.uk Creative Challenge activities are found in the blue boxes throughout this resource pack

Music timeline: with 1830 1880 1964 2010 2017 The future… ? The Gnome March to the Scaffold 1812 Overture Hungarian Dance The Trojans Imperial March Firetrack William Tell 1958 1981 2016 2019 1869

Instruments of the orchestra The Robin Hood Youth Orchestra has some extra instruments, not often found in an orchestra: Bass guitar and guitar Saxophones Baritones Indian percussion French horns timpani trumpets trombones Brass Woodwind Percussion Strings tuba percussion Double bass harp piano Click here to watch video clips to find out more and hear each instrument played. 1st violins 2nd violins clarinets bassoons violas cellos oboes flutes

Film music: John Williams Indiana Jones John Williams has composed the music for over 75 films, including most of the Star Wars films He has won five Oscars, 18 Grammys, three Golden Globes, two Emmys and five BAFTA Awards for his music John Williams has written the music for lots of famous films. Can you name the films below? Recording music for film: Film music is very carefully composed to match the action and mood of the film When the music is recorded for a film, the conductor watches the film on a big screen as the orchestra plays, to make sure that the music matches the action exactly Click here to watch John Williams conducting music from Star Wars in a recording session Click here to see Steven Spielberg and John Williams talk about the music in Jaws National Curriculum links: Appreciate and understand a wide range of high-quality live and recorded music drawn from different traditions

Berlioz: March to the Scaffold Creative Challenge! Composing with dynamics Compose a piece of music using dynamics as a starting point How can you use dynamics to change the mood? You might build excitement, make the music calm or surprising? Composed in 1830 as part of the Symphonie Fantastique Famous for telling a story through music – known as ‘programme music’ The music tells the story of the composer’s dreams when he is upset that the woman he loves does not love him back In March to the Scaffold the music gets louder to depict a procession getting closer and closer. Contrasting dynamics are used to highlight important events in the story. In music we say ‘dynamics’ to mean volume. We have some special words: Forte (for-tay): loud Piano (pea–ah-no): soft Crescendo (cre-shen-dough): getting louder Diminuendo : getting softer Download a decibel meter app onto a phone or tablet measure the difference in decibels between your loudest & softest clapping, playing or singing. Can you measure how loud other sounds are around school? National Curriculum links: Listen with attention to detail Improvise and compose music using the inter-related dimensions of music Play and perform in solo and ensemble contexts Develop an understanding of the history of music

Firetrack Click here to find out about a different Indian instrument, the sitar Why not have a go at mixing your own Indian music track? Click here to try it out! Firetrack features Indian percussion instruments, we heard: If you have access to ipads, try the interactive drumming app ‘RealTabla!’ Tabla: two drums played while sitting on the floor Dhol: often used at festivals such as Divali as it can be played while walking and dancing NC links: Appreciate and understand a wide range of …music drawn from different traditions Improvise and compose music for a range of purposes using the inter-related dimensions of music

Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture Creative Challenge! Opposing groups Compose a piece of music using two opposing groups of instruments / voices. Decide how the two groups will interact – will they argue, chase each other, have a conversation etc? Tells the story of a battle between the French army led by Napoleon and the Russian people It was very popular and made Tchaikovsky famous, but he didn’t like the piece of music! We sang two different melodies to represent the two sides of the battle We heard different groups of instruments – string quartet, large orchestra, cannons and 750 young people! National Curriculum links: Improvise and compose music using the inter-related dimensions of music Appreciate and understand music from different traditions and from great composers and musicians Develop an understanding of the history of music

String Quartets We heard the Villiers Quartet – find out more and watch them in action at: http://villiersquartet.com/media/ Elizabeth Kelly wrote Blue Flame just a few weeks ago! Find out more and hear her music at: http://www.elizabethakelly.com/index. html Great composers from Haydn, Mozart & Beethoven to the present day have written music for string quartet Pop artists often feature a string quartet, from The Beatles to Jess Glynne A string quartet has 4 instruments: New music is being created by composers every day. Why not create your own music and enter our Creative Music ChalleNGe? See page 3 to find out more! National Curriculum links: Appreciate and understand music from different traditions and from great composers and musicians Develop an understanding of the history of music Violin 1 Violin 2 Viola cello

Brahms: Hungarian Dance no. 7 Role of the Conductor The Conductor's role is to hold the music of the orchestra together and bring the ideas of the composer or creator to life. Most of their work takes place before they ever meet up with an orchestra – studying, exploring and analysing the music, seeking to understand the composer's vision. While we played you conducted. Here’s the special pattern of 2 that we use in conducting: Listen to Hungarian Dance – can you conduct in time with the music? Watch out for the changes of tempo (speed)! NC links: Listen with attention to detail Develop an understanding of the history of music Interrelated dimensions of music (metre)

Feeling Good Michael Bublé Muse Composed in 1964 and first performed at the Theatre Royal in Nottingham! Nina Simone made a famous recording of the song in 1965 Lots of artists have covered the song, including Michael Bublé, John Coltrane, George Michael, Muse & the Pussycat Dolls Listen to and compare two versions of Feeling Good. What is the same? What is different? Which do you prefer? Listening hints: Instruments? (timbre / texture) Tempo? (speed) Dynamics? (volume) Sound quality? (timbre) Mood? National Curriculum links: Listen with attention to detail and recall sounds with increasing aural memory Appreciate and understand a wide range of high-quality live and recorded music drawn from different traditions and from great composers and musicians

How to Train your Dragon Creative Challenge: compose with a drone Start by creating a drone - will you use 1 note or more? Create a melody to fit with the drone. You might want to use a pentatonic scale, often used in Celtic music, e.g. G A B D E Can you add some extra musical ideas to make a longer piece of music? You might vary dynamics, tempo, add an extra part etc. Listen to the Flying Theme This music features drones (long held notes) A Celtic style melody is played over the top (hear this at 0:23) Does the music make you think of flying? Why? Ask your music teacher to help you to play the Flying Theme – see next page National Curriculum links: Improvise and compose music using the inter-related dimensions of music Play and perform in solo and ensemble contexts Appreciate and understand music from different traditions Use and understand staff and other musical notations

How to Train your Dragon Play the Flying Theme = drone + melody (listen at 0:23): DRONE: play long notes on D & A (E for trumpet / clarinet & baritone) Violin & guitar: Flute (optional guitar): Viola: Cello & trombone: Clarinet, trumpet & baritone:

Tequila We heard an ostinato (repeating pattern): 1958 Latin-flavoured rock & roll song from the USA Tequila became a no.1 hit and has been covered by many artists, featured in films and at sports matches. ‘Tequila’ is a city in Mexico Written by Daniel Flores (Chuck Rio) and recorded by the Champs Can you play this on your instrument? Creative Challenge: compose with an ostinato Start by creating an interesting rhythm - you might use running / walks or something else Play your ostinato on one note, then try changing some of the notes to make a melody (tune) Can you add some extra musical ideas to make a longer piece of music? You might vary dynamics, tempo, add an extra part etc. National Curriculum links: Improvise and compose music using the inter-related dimensions of music Appreciate and understand music from different traditions and from great composers and musicians Use and understand staff and other musical notations Play and perform in solo and ensemble contexts

The Greatest Showman Hit musical film from 2017 Inspired by the story of the Barnum & Bailey Circus and the lives of its star performers Sing along with songs from the show: Creative Challenge: compose with echo This is Me uses an echo effect (listen at 1:10) Start by creating a rhythm or melody Use echo & imitation to develop your ideas further Will your echo be an exact copy or will it change in some way? How else could you make your piece more interesting? National Curriculum links: Listen with attention to detail Improvise and compose music using the inter-related dimensions of music Appreciate and understand music from different traditions Play and perform in solo and ensemble contexts

How this resource can help you to meet the requirements of the national curriculum for music at ks2: National Curriculum area: See page: Play and perform in solo and ensemble contexts, using their voices and playing musical instruments with increasing accuracy, fluency, control and expression 7, 14, 15, 16 Improvise and compose music for a range of purposes using the inter-related dimensions of music 7, 8, 9, 13, 15, 16 Listen with attention to detail and recall sounds with increasing aural memory 7, 11, 12, 16 Use and understand staff and other musical notations 14, 15 Appreciate and understand a wide range of high-quality live and recorded music drawn from different traditions and from great composers and musicians 6, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13,15 16 Develop an understanding of the history of music. 7, 9, 10, 11 Pupils should be taught to sing and play musically with increasing confidence and control. They should develop an understanding of musical composition, organising and manipulating ideas within musical structures and reproducing sounds from aural memory. Pupils should be taught to:

Artsmark is an award for schools who school. demonstrate their commitment to putting arts and cultural provision at the heart of their Attending the Great Orchestra Experiment and completing follow up activities in school can contribute towards your school gaining Artsmark status. For more information about Artsmark visit http://www.artsmark.org.uk/ Arts Award is a range of qualifications that support and inspire young people to grow their arts and leadership talents: it's creative, valuable and accessible. To find out how attendance at the Great Orchestra Experiment and participation in follow up activities can contribute towards your pupils gaining an Arts Award qualification, please contact info@nottinghammusichub.org.uk Further information can be found on the Arts Award website

Nottingham Music Hub is part of ChalleNGe, Nottingham’s Cultural Education Partnership.  ChalleNGe works collaboratively to ensure children and young people in Nottingham engage with inspiring and accessible cultural experiences. Our partnership of arts organisations and educators is open to all city schools and aims to: deliver a cultural learning offer that is complementary, visible and accessible;   address barriers to creation and participation by children, their families, educators, artists and arts organisations take risks, share challenges and celebrate the exemplary  Get in touch to tell us about the cultural learning taking place in your school. Become a ‘Cultural Challenger’ to receive training, news of Nottingham’s creative cultural education activities, invites to previews, ‘behind the scenes’ events and more. CulturalChallengers engage with the partnership and help to develop opportunities for their pupils to be informed and inspired curators, makers, audiences and champions of culture citywide.   Simply email cathy.mahmood@ntu.ac.uk with Cultural Challenger in the subject line and you’re signed up!  For further information contact: Cathy Mahmood, ChalleNGe Manager, at cathy.mahmood@ntu.ac.uk Tel 07808 165209 

How to get young people more involved! Many of the young people you saw playing in the Great Orchestra Experiment started out learning in a whole class ensemble just like your pupils! They attend Nottingham Music School on Saturday mornings at Nottingham College Clarendon. There are many different groups and orchestras throughout the week. From our brilliant beginner Area Bands to the more advanced Robin Hood Youth Orchestra family of ensembles, from rock and pop to samba and world music - we have something for everyone! The next step for most Year 4 children is to join area band: click the link on the right watch a short video and find out more For more information on all of our ensembles, take a look at our website http://www.nottinghammusichub.org.uk/make-music and speak to your Nottingham Music Service teacher

Summer Sing, June 13 2019 – booking opens soon! Thank you and goodbye! We hope you enjoyed your experience at The Great Orchestra Experiment. Please email any feedback or questions to info@nottinghammusichub.org.uk For more information about Nottingham Music Service events, or Nottingham Music School, please visit our website www.nottinghammusichub.org.uk If you would like a digital version of this pack with active hyperlinks please visit our website: www.nottinghammusichub.org.uk/resources/mu sic-resources Upcoming Events! Summer Sing, June 13 2019 – booking opens soon! Music Camp, September 9 – 14 2019