Click here for another easy rhythm activity.

Click here for Mr. Henry’s Rhythm rap!

Click here for an easy autumn trail rhythm.

And who doesn’t love my favourite song, “Oh A Turkey Knocked at my Backdoor”  Click here for this perennial favourite.

Click here for the body percussion to the Harry Style’s song, “Kindness”

For Music Listening, we have the beautiful, soothing, Pavane by Gabriel Faure.  Click here to listen to the Berlin Philharmonic.

Click here for some beautiful painting by Monet.

Click here for an orchestral and choral version.  Simply stunning!

 

 

September 27, 2021

Song written, recorded and filmed with students from Sk’elep School of Excellence in Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc, Kamloops, British Columbia.

Click here to listen to this amazing song!

 

 

 

 

Susan Aglukark is a Canadian singer who blends Inuit folk music traditions with country and pop songwriting. Her most successful song O’Siem is a joyful greeting for family and loved ones, and a call to turn away from racism and prejudice. O’Siem is also a Coast Salish word meaning “a welcoming of honoured guests.” Aglukark has spent her lifetime promoting inclusivity and acceptance.

O’Siem, we are all family
O’Siem, we’re all the same
O’Siem, the fires of freedom
Dance in the burning flame

Siem o siyeya, all people rich and poor
Siem o siyeya, those who do and do not know
Siem o siyeya, take the hand of one close by
Siem o siyeya, of those who know because they try
And watch the walls come tumbling down

Siem o siyeya, all people of the world
Siem o siyeya, it′s time to make the turn
Siem o siyeya, a chance to share your heart
Siem o siyeya, to make a brand new start
And watch the walls come tumbling down

Fires burn in silence
Hearts in anger bleed
Wheel of change is turning
For the ones who truly need
To see the walls come tumbling down

Click here for Susan Aglukark singing this beautiful anthem.

Click below for a beautiful version from icdr: beyond borders.

 

September 27, 2021.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Welcome to the wonderful world of Benjamin Britton’s “Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra – Fugue”

Click here to hear the Leonard Bernstein orchestral version.

Click here to listen to another orchestral version by “Rattle”

Click here to see a Zoom ballet version!

Click here for a “light” version!

Click here to learn more about the fugue form.

Click here to see how to compose a fugue on the beach!  Super fun!

Click here for our body percussion song of the week, “Top of the World”

Click here for our scarves song, “The Best Day of my Life”

Click here for our level 3 rhythmic activity to “The Greatest Showman”

 

September 13, 2021.

Our music listening for this week is The Russian Sailor’s Dance from the opera “The Red Poppy”, composed by Reinhold Gliere.

Click here to hear the song and see a picture of Gliere.

Click here for an orchestral version.

Click here to listen to a marching band version.

Click here for the world of dance version.

Click here for a piano duet.

Click here for Jambo Bwana.

Click here for our easy back to school rhythm activity!

Click here for a tricky body percussion to In the Hall of the Mountain King.

 

 

 

 

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May 14, 2021

Click here to celebrate the good times!  Both rhythm sticks and body percussion are in this song by “Kool and the Gang!”

Click here for “Summertime’s Coming!”  Again, with body percussion and rhythm sticks with a rap feel!

 

 

 

 

May3,2021.

May the 4th be with you!  Here are some fun activities to honour Star Wars Day!  (May 4)

Click here for a super easy Star Wars rhythm play along.

Click here for The Mandalorian Theme using sixteenth notes.

Click here for an easy Star Wars Theme rhythm play along.

Click here for a fun Poison Rhythm activity.

Click here for a very challenging Sevens pattern!

Click here for a Mandalorian Drum and rhythm play along.

 

 

 

 

Welcome to one of the most well-known pieces of music from the Romantic era, Carnival of the Animals by Camille Saint- Saens.

The first song is the Introduction and Royal March of the Lions.

Click here for the Royal March of the Lions Listening Map.

Click here for a body percussion and rhythm stick activity.

Click here for a piano version.

Click here for another piano version.

Click here for a rhythm activity.

Click here for a picture of Saint-Saens and the orchestral version.

Click here for another orchestral version.

Click here for some beautiful illustrations of lions with the Royal March.

Click here for an animated version!

Click here for another animated version with a live orchestra.

 

 

Click here and go to 2:45 on the video to see the map and listen to the music.

Click here for a piano duet and symphony version of Hens and Roosters.

Click here for a computer graphic version of Hens and Roosters.

Click here for a cute graphic of Hens and Roosters.

Click here for another graphic of Hens and Roosters.

Click here for some live “chicks” for Hens and Roosters!

Click here for some beautiful illustrations for Hens and Roosters!

Click here for the wild donkeys computer graphics!

Click here for  wild donkeys piano duet!

Click here for real wild donkeys!

Click here for another piano duet of wild donkeys!

Click here for beautiful illustrations of  wild donkeys!

 

Click here for The Tortoise rhythm play along.

Click here for an instrumental version of The Tortoise.

Click here for a Tortoise graphic.

Click here for another Tortoise graphic.

Click here for a Tortoise graphic.

Click here for some beautiful tortoise graphics with a symphony orchestra.

Click here for some information on tortoises.

 

 

Click here for The Elephant.

Click here for a double bass and piano version of The Elephant.

Click here for a cute graphic for The Elephant.

 

 

Click here for The Kangaroo

Click here and go to 45 sec. for The Kangaroo Listening Map.

Click here for a bit of Ogden Nash’s poem and some live kangaroos in The Kangaroo.

 

 

 

Click here for a beautiful graphic for The Aquarium!

Click here for The Aquarium!

Click here for The Aquarium scarf activity.

 

 

 

Click here for Animals with long ears!

Click here for Animals with long ears graphic!

Click here for live long ears!

 

 

 

 

 

Click here for a Cuckoo in the  Woods listening map.

Click here for Cuckoo in the Woods graphic.

Click here for Cuckoo in the Woods clarinet and piano duet.

Click here for Cuckoo in the Woods piano computer graphic.

 

 

 

Click here for The Aviary scarf activity!

Click here for The Aviary cute graphic.

Click here for another Aviary graphic.

Click here for The Aviary orchestral version.

 

 

 

Click here for Fossils Rhythm Stick Play along

Click here for a Fossil listening map.

Click here for an interesting Fossil scarf, movement, and rhythm activity.  All in one!

 

Click here for an orchestral version of The Pianists.

Click here for a computer version of The Pianists.

Click here for the pianists.

Click here for all the songs!

 

 

 

 

Click here for Yo Yo Ma’s beautiful cello version of The Swan.

Click here for an orchestral version of The Swan with a ballerina.

 

 

 

 

Click here for the computer version of The Finale!

Click here for the orchestral version of The Finale.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

April 7, 2021.

Some of you may know that there are some chicks hatching around our school for the next few weeks!  There’s no better time then, to do a unit around “Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks” by Modest Mussorgsky.

Click here for some body percussion fun.

Click here for a fun graphic!

Click here for another fun graphic!

Click here for the final graphic.  Which one did you like the best?

Click here for a fun piano version!

Click here for an orchestral version.

Click here for a listening map.