1. Bright Sparks for Key Stage 1 Creative work in the classroom 1

2. Benjamin Britten 2

3. Benjamin Britten was born in Suffolk in 1913and lived there for most of his life. 3

4. Benjamin Britten He played the piano and viola He first started composing when he was 5 years old He’s only 5!! 4

5. Benjamin Britten Britten wrote lots of music for young people including a very famous piece of music called: THE YOUNG PERSON’S GUIDE TO THE ORCHESTRA 5

6. Orchestral families Orchestras are divided up into families: Strings Woodwind Brass Percussion 6

7. Orchestral families - Woodwind FluteOboe Clarinet Bassoon 7

8. Orchestral families - Brass Trumpet Horn Tuba Trombone 8

9. Orchestral families - Strings Violin Viola Cello Bass 9

10. Orchestral families - Strings And, of course, the Harp! 10

11. Orchestral families - Percussion Timpani Bass drum Xylophone 11

12. Orchestral families - Percussion and also... 12

13. Listen.......to the opening 2 minutes of THE YOUNG PERSON’S GUIDE TO THE ORCHESTRA and follow the next few slides as the families play.... 13

14. Lay out orchestra 14

15. woodwind 15

16. brass 16

17. strings 17

18. percussion 18

19. Lay out orchestra 19

20. Orchestral families – your class Divide the class instruments into ‘families’ Tuned Drums Metal (triangles etc) Shakers Get them to sit in their families. 20

21. Orchestral families – your class Can everyone learn this rhythm? Lon-don Phil-har- -mon - - ic LP LPO LPO 21

22. Orchestral families – your class Let each family play the rhythm on their own. Now play the rhythm in the order Britten uses: Everyone (tutti!) Woodwind Brass Strings Percussion Tutti! 22

23. Variations A musical variation is where you take one piece of music and change it slightly to make a new piece. Listen to variations A (flutes) – D (bassoons) in the Britten. What character does each instrument have? How does the music change in each variation? 23

24. Variations – dynamics and colour Explore different dynamics in each family: Loud/forte; soft/piano Explore different ways of playing your instruments: Struck, scraped, fingers Combine playing technique with dynamics 24

25. Variations – speed and time Explore playing the rhythm much faster or much slower. Combine this with dynamics/technique. Explore playing the rhythm in ¾. It might sound like this.... 25

26. 3/4 ( 123) Lon - - don Phil-har- - mon - - ic LP P L P O O L L 26

27. Variations Compose your own set of variations. Each family writes a variation based on one or more of the ideas of dynamics/colour/speed/time. Start and end your piece with the ‘theme’. 27

28. Fugue At the end of the piece, Britten writes a fugue. A fugue is where each of the instruments comes in in turn, playing the same tune. Listen to the Britten fugue....can you hear all the instruments coming in in turn? What do the brass instruments do when they join in right at the end? 28

29. Fugue Create a new rhythm – use the name of your school or the name of the form? Start the rhythm off in one instrument and gradually each player by turn. 29

30. Fugue-et it mate! When all but one family are playing the fugue see if the remaining family can join in with the LPO rhythm. I would recommend the drum family for this purpose! 30