Hello Douglas Road Music Students!

Hello! I’m using  this blog to stay in touch with my music students at Douglas Road.  I’ll be adding new content every week, with assignments, links, videos and other helpful tools to assist you.

Here is the blog post for April 13th-17th, 2020:

First of all, I miss you! I hope you’re all doing well and are managing to stay safe, healthy and happy! Some of you have parents working from home and they are trying to get work done, look after you AND help you with your schoolwork, so we all need to help each other!

Most important: get outside at least once a day, (staying at least 2 meters apart from everyone you don’t live with!!! – that’s like the width of a car, or a VERY tall man!) This is SO important! Even if YOU don’t get sick, you could pass it on to someone who could get very sick! ) Being on the balcony counts too, but going for a walk/hike/run/skip is better if you can. (Remember to get permission, or take your parents with you!!!) 

While you’re outside, try this:
Assignment #1

LISTEN. Listen… listen… to all the different sounds you can hear. Listen for at least 5 minutes. The sound of your breath, the birds, the cars… Try identifying where the sounds are coming from. Write them down when you get back inside (or bring a notebook and a pencil/pen with you). Leave your DEVICE inside your home! See if you can make/recreate the sounds – with your mouth, your body or with materials at home – then make a musical pattern of the sounds. (AABB, AABA, etc.) Write it down, use a kind of code. (For instance: 3 note Bird Call, (3NBC) 5 note Bird Call (5NBC), Wind Chimes, Wind Chimes (WC, WC), Branches in the wind, (Wnd), etc.)

Please take a picture of your pattern and send it to me. Have fun! 

Also, please do a Musical Weekly 5  activity, at least 2 or 3 times a week (or more, if you’re inspired!)  Choose an activity from the list below,  and keep working on it until it’s ‘finished’. (Some activities don’t have an end, just move to the next level when you’ve mastered the one you’re on).  links on the menu above

You can switch back and forth between activities. When you’re finished, send your work to me: Judith.Lea@burnabyschools.ca, Also, let me know if you have questions, comments, concerns or suggestions! Tell me how it’s all going! (you can post comments here too). I’d love to hear from you! (Humour is most welcome but no silly comments or questions, thanks. 😊 ) 

Here are the Musical Weekly 5 Activities: 

• Dance Moves
• Rhythm Race
• Note Master
• Creative Composer 
• Pro Performer!

For this week, we’ll just start with Rhythm Race, Note Master and Dance Moves. (See links, pics, videos and descriptions in the page links above)

Remember, these are not ‘due’ at any specific time, but please do them as part of your flex time this week.

Stay healthy, happy and safe. Over and out (for now)

Ms. Lea