Click here to see welcome video!
I hope you are enjoying learning at home.
Last time, we met a little boy called George, who went to meet an orchestra for the
first time! When he arrived, the musicians were busy rehearsing for a performance.
Do you remember which instrument George decided that we would like to play?
Please click on the picture to have another look at George's film if you can't remember:
Today we are going to watch and listen to an amazing orchestra play an exciting
piece of music - I bet you won't be able to sit still!
The Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra is from Venezuela in South America,
and the musicians are all young people who have learned to play their instruments
as part of a plan to give some of the poorest children the chance to learn music
and help them with their lives. The scheme is called El Sistema, and was created by
Simon Bolivar, a Venezuelan national hero.
Please watch the video by clicking on the picture below:
Just WOW!!!!
Some things to think about:
- What can you say about what you have just seen?
- Did it make you happy or sad? Did it feel awake or asleep?
- Did you notice how the musicians were dancing when they were playing?
- And could you see how everybody - the musicians in the orchestra and everyone in the audience - was smiling and laughing?
- Did you hear how much the audience were clapping at the end of the performance?
I think everyone enjoyed it, I hope you did too.
Activity
Do you remember the four families of the orchestra?:
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strings
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brass
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woodwind
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percussion
You will have seen lots of the instruments in their families in the video.
I would like you please to match up the instruments with their musical families
in the pictures and then colour each picture in it's family colour.
Please click on the box below for the worksheet:
and please click on the box below for the answers.
I am looking forward to seeing your answers and your beautiful colouring.
Please send your work to your class teacher in the usual way - a scan or a
photo is fine.
Thank you very much for working so hard on this, I hope you enjoyed learning
about the instruments in a Symphony Orchetra. We will learn more next time.
See you soon.
Mrs Sumner
Thank you to the Sydney Youth Orchestra, Sydney Opera House and BBC Proms
for making these resources available for us to use.
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