Updates – July 2009

COMPOSERS’ GALLERY

Enter your selected gallery of composers and choose a portrait. 

PAKISTAN CONNECTION 

Listen to the National Anthem of Pakistan and singing in praise of the prophet Muhammad as part of this interactive presentation.  

LABUAT

‘Soye de aire’ –  pintando una canción.

CRAY MACHINE

An experiment that allows you to combine animations with sound effects.

Invent a Mix and Match Music Quiz

Invent questions and answers for a music quiz on Listen 3: Mix and Match. Questions and answers should be based on one or more of the Listen 3 links. They need to fit the boxes easily, so only use a few words for each one!

How many mix match pairs do you need? This is up to you to decide and may depend on the topic for your quiz. For example, Listen 1: Mix and Match has 70 questions; Mix Match Mozart 1 has 14 questions; Mix Match Mozart 2 has 16 questions.

When your quiz is ready please POST YOUR QUIZ HERE, or in COMMENTS below. Please note that all posts will be reviewed and will not appear on this space unless approved for publication.

Good luck with your music quiz!

Musical Instruments Research Task

Design a MUSICAL INSTRUMENT TRAIL that could be published on Tanbur Music Education Links

Example format for the trail

             Tanbur Page Title                                        Link Title

1. Quiz                                          INSTRUMENTS OF THE ORCHESTRA

2. Listen 1

3.                              

4.                         

5.                       

6.                         

7.                           

8.                                    

9.                                    

10.                                                       

As an example, refer to the ‘Mozart trail’

Now add a sentence or two about your musical instrument trail.

Post your MUSICAL INSTRUMENT TRAIL  here!

Orchestra and Opera

THE ORCHESTRA is a new Listen 1 link featuring the ‘Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra’ by Benjamin Britten. The Animated Science website provides this interactive resource, beginning with a screen shot of the orchestra that is designed to lead you on a voyage of discovery…

 

Over on Listen 3 the PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA have updated their site. They provide lots more about the orchestra, with excellent listening tracks, pictures and information for all the instruments.    

 

FAMOUS OPERA COMPOSERS from Dallas Opera is another addition to Listen 3, with information and listening excerpts for twelve famous composers of opera.

March 2009 Music Education Blog Carnival

In three weeks time I will be hosting the March 2009 Music Education Blog Carnival. If you would like an article, essay, or blog post featured in the carnival, please submit using the March 2009 Music Education Blog Carnival Submission Form

The Collaborative Piano is hosting the February 2009 Music Education Carnival with links to a wide variety of articles from over two dozen bloggers.

Humming along to Mozart

Jennifer Green Mozart, MD – Music for the Mind and Body writes about the power of music to heal the critically ill.  Music teachers play Mozart to their students for many reasons and occcasionally I’ll use some with mine.  I know they love the music and there may even be the faint buzz of humming along.

Watch out for an even longer MOZART TRAIL with new links coming in January 2009.