KiaOra music whanau!!

Hey team

Welcome to 2018!!!! Hope you all had a wonderful summer break. I had a very relaxing holiday which was sweeeeet!! Just letting you know that if you would like to access course outlines for 2018 or task sheets then visit my site.

https://sites.google.com/hornby.school.nz/soundarts/home

Will see you all next week! I am really looking forward to our 2018 adventures have some cool ideas ready to go!!

11 music

So, all those deadlines are fast approaching!!  Solo performance is WEEK 8, next week, wednesday and thursday will be our assessment days. This week we will have a practice performance on thursday, this will be a good chance to get some peer feedback which is vital and also good for our confidence. Composition first draft is week 9, first draft means it is still a work in progress. This will be the stage where i can give you some feedback before you hand it in as a final piece! There are  some awesome sounding songs so can't wait to hear them!
Soooooooooooooooooooooo keep up the great practise! Jump on the music site and check out the marking criteria on bottom of the task sheets! Are you doing everything you can to achieve the grade you want???????

Year 11 composing.

Today we made our first blog post on the beginning of the composing process! ( If you haven't then get on to that asap!) The beginning stages of composing are important so that we can head in a creative direction that works for us. We have looked at a variety of styles of composing including hanging out with the wonderful Matt Barus a christchurch singer/songwriter. Hopefully this has lead everyone into a direction of composing that they are interested in! So, get ready for the composing process, keep the blogging/diary going and I look forward to hearing the beginnings of NZ's next greatest song!!

Year 11 solo performances

This week, I would like you to research your first song choice for solo performances. It is important that we understand the music we are performing. Understanding the music and making a connection with your song is what makes the difference between getting an Achieved and an Excellence. You should know the following information about your song,
1. The original composer.
2. The performer of the version of the song you are doing.
3. What is the song about? What story does it tell? What can you do to show that in your performance.
Make sure you make a blog post on your research and add a link to the version of the song.

Keeping it up!!

Kia ora team, This is my teachers blog for all things Music. I will post once a week for each class. This will be mostly on what we have done that week, some next step ideas and some videos of the week.