Cultural Ireland -Discovery of Music & Sound - Module 2: Our Musical Class

Module 2: 'Our Musical Class'

Module 2 is a variation of Module 1, where instead of working on their own the children work in groups of five. Again they work with their own musical bodies, surroundings and instruments.

develop the individual repertoire from Module 1 to a group repertoire of body/voice, natural and musical sounds.
reinforce and develop the musical expression and creative learning skills introduced in Module 1
develop skills of articulation, listening to each other and sharing work
develop collaborative skills so that the final composition can be an expression of the entire group.

There are 3 Exercises in the Module. Each exercise should be completed within the same session. The duration of a session should be at least an hour long. In this module the children work together.

In Exercise 1 "Us" each group combines the resources gathered in Module 1 to create an orchestra of body/voice, natural and musical sounds.

In Exercise 2 "Our Environment", the children explore and record sounds from various environments nearby (e.g., school, park, field, sea-side).

In Exercise 3 "Listen to Us", the children combine all the music, sound animations and environmental sounds they have collected and compose a final group composition as a class.

At the end of the Module, the schools are in video conference with each other. The teacher selects sample groups to perform their compositions for the other schools and they then discuss their experiences.

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