April 27 – May 1

Don’t forget to sing O Canada at 12 noon on Sunday to thank frontline workers.  See last week’s post for more information.

Each week I will post a link to a new listening selection. If you have permission, listen and send a picture of your response to me: catherine.raap@burnabyschools.ca . I started an online gallery of artwork I have received from your listening responses. If you would NOT like to have yours added, please let me know when you email me. For privacy reasons, I will edit out names and divisions.

Okay, here are the instructions:

Find a quiet space and listen to the music actively. What does that mean? Active listening is when you listen to music carefully and give it your full attention. (Listen to the music more than once).

Collect the sound with your ears and brain. Think about what you are listening to. Allow the music to affect you and respond to it.

Response options:

• You can move or dance to the music,
• write a story, poem or journal entry,
• create art, or
• build a 3D sculpture with blocks/lego/or any other materials you have at home

Take a picture of your response and send it to me. Don’t forget to write your name, division and the name of the piece you are responding to.

Here are some questions you could consider:

• What do you hear?
• What do you see when you hear this music?
• What do you think about or feel when you hear this music?

For this week, our listening selection is Somewhere Only We Know sung by PS22, an elementary school choir from New York City.  

Music Monday is coming up next week on Monday, May 4th. On that day, at 9:30 am (BC time), there will be a coast-to-coast-to-coast sing–along of Hymn to Freedom (last week’s song). I hope you join in!  Music Monday is an event organized by the Coalition of Canada for Music Education. From 6am-6pm on May 4th, there will also be music celebrations streamed on Coalition Canada’s website, YouTube channel and Facebook page. I’ll send out more information next week. 

Don’t forget to head over to the your grade level tab. The story from last week, Oscar Lives Next Door is still there. For primaries, I have also added a practice video for Hymn to Freedom. For intermediates, you have an assignment on Oscar Peterson and Hymn to Freedom due by the end of the week as well.  

For additional music activities, explore the online resources/links. Check out the gallery too!