Posts Tagged ‘music’

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

On Friday the Year 4s travelled by bus to the magnificent Hamer Hall to see the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.

4T Music Excursion

Narrated by the hilarious comedy group Tripod, we learnt how music can imitate different sounds such as chickens, a busy street or even a sneeze! By simply lowering notes in a harmony, you can change the whole feel of a song from happy to sad and gloomy. We also celebrated 100 years since the birth of an American man called Leonard Bernstein. He was a very well known composer, conductor, music lecturer and author – just to name a few. Through his work we learnt how by purposefully making something ‘stick out’ (this is called incongruous) you can surprise the listener.

Listen to this piece below. What does it make you think of? 

MSO 2018 from Missstirtilas on Vimeo.

If you could play any instrument, what would you play and why?

 

Bumblebee Performance

Last Friday, we had our Bumblebee choir finale. All year 3 and 4 students are aprt of the Bumblebee choir. Our director Mrs Collins chooses lots of interesting songs, some slow, some fast and some in between.

During our last concert we sung 4 songs. One of the choir’s and audience’s favourite was If I Were a Rich Man from the musical ‘Fiddler on the Roof.’

Listen here for a taste:

What has been your favourite song to sing in Bumblebee?

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

On Friday the Year 4s travelled by bus to the magnificent Hamer Hall to see the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. 

First video playing from Missstirtilas on Vimeo.

Frank Woodley and the MSO

Narrated by the hilarious comedian Frank Woodley, he introduced us to the different sections of an orchestra, the instruments and how they are portrayed or viewed by one another. We learnt about many famous ‘dead’ composers and how through music we keep them alive. 

At the end we were treated to use our own /musical instrument’ to become part of the orchestra. Watch the video below to see if you can guess what our instrument was supposed to represent in the piece. 

Second MSO from Missstirtilas on Vimeo.

If you could play any instrument, what would you play and why?