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Kingfishers Music

Kingfishers enjoyed their music lesson all about Mussorgsky’s ‘Night on Bald Mountain’. (Click here to see a live performance of the whole piece:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52iOdAVU4C8) They were asked to imagine what kind of story this instrumental piece of music could be telling, with the only non-musical clue being the title. Children first listened, then they did quick sketches of the story the music suggested, before responding to the music with physical movement. Each group’s performance was different. In the videos here you will see asteroids hitting Earth, a gun fight, a huge monster attacking. 

After the lesson, Kingfishers enjoyed their first ukulele lesson, learning the chords C and Am and playing some games. Children who have had lessons with Mr. Bell got the chance to show off their skills.

Norfolk County Music Festival 2024

Our Ukulele Ensemble and Salsa Band both performed at the Norfolk County Music Festival last Friday with excellent results. Our Ukulele Ensemble were given the highest marking of ‘Outstanding’ for what the judge called “an exceptional performance, both artistically and technically.” The confidence of this group comprised of 41 children from Years 4 to 6 grew as the performance went on and the last song, ‘Green, Green Grass’ by George Ezra, was described as having “fantastic confidence and strength of rhythmic playing, particularly on the stops. Love expressive singing. Nice keyboards too.” 

Our Salsa Band received ‘Highly commended +’ for “a generally correct and creditable performance with greater evidence of artistic interpretation.” Children also had to persevere through some technical hitches. We are very proud of all the children who took part, for the dedication to practice and their performances on the day. A big thank you goes to Mr Leaver, Mr Bell and Mr Weitz for their support and time in getting the children ready for the performances.

Video links: 

Salsa Band: https://fb.watch/qZrDZoeQ0B/

Salhouse Ukulele Ensemble: https://fb.watch/qZs66pb5Ix/

Calling all Musicians!

Every Friday at Salhouse we enjoy our Music assemblies. This week we had a special performance by Miles from Year 4 on the keyboard. He has been learning the instrument at school with Mr Bell and at home with his dad, and he wowed us all by playing Green, Green Grass, Starlight and Kingston Town. 

Are you learning an instrument? (It doesn’t matter what level you’re at!)  Would you like the chance to show off your skills to the whole school? Then just let your teacher know and we will arrange a date!

Music

Today we began to learn about how music is written down. Kingfishers were so interested and knowledgeable that they began to create their own compositions using crotchets, quavers and rests. They learnt the names of the notes and recorded these underneath then performed their compositions to the class.

Singing Assembly 7.3.23

Today we had special performances from Toby and Blossom. Since his last guitar performance, he has passed Grade 1 and is now working on some Grade 2 pieces. Blossom, meanwhile, has been hard at work on the piano and she demonstrated how she likes to sing the notes she is playing on the keys. Finally, Grebes played some jazz ukulele to Miles Davis’s ‘So What’ and Frankie even volunteered to improvise a solo on the spot!

Grebes – Music 28.2.23

Currently Grebes are learning to play So What by jazz legend Miles Davis. 

We have learned to play the chords and are just beginning to learn the C Lydian scale so we can write and improvise our own melodies to go with the backing track. (Click here to hear the backing track.) We also enjoyed this jazzy version of a song we learned before Half-Term, Bon Jovi’s ‘Livin’ On A Prayer’. 

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