Anna Meredith Connect It Primary classroom lesson plan Written by Rachel Leach Lesson outcomes After this lesson, pupils will be able to: listen and reflect on a piece of orchestral music invent their own musical motifs and structure
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Anna Meredith Connect It
Primary classroom lesson plan Written by
Rachel Leach<br>
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Lesson outcomes After this lesson, pupils will be able to:
• listen and reflect on a piece of orchestral music
• invent their own musical motifs and structure them into a piece
• perform as an ensemble
• learn musical language appropriate to the task Copyright : Words - Rachel Leach, Design - BBC 2<br>
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Curriculum checklist Learners will:
• play and perform in ensemble contexts, using voices and playing musical instruments
• improvise and compose music for a range of purposes using the interrelated dimensions of music
• listen with attention to detail and recall sounds with increasing aural memory Copyright : Words - Rachel Leach, Design - BBC 3<br>
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Glossary of music terms Copyright : Words - Rachel Leach, Design - BBC 4<br>
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Lesson 1
Watching and listening and doing! Copyright Rachel Leach & BBC<br>
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LESSON 1 Copyright : Words - Rachel Leach, Design - BBC 6 Background – the composer Anna Meredith (b. 1978)
British composer and performer
Born in London, grew up in Scotland, studied in York and at Royal College of Music<br>
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LESSON 1 Copyright : Words - Rachel Leach, Design - BBC 7 Background – the music Connect It
Written in 2014 especially for BBC Ten Pieces.
Doesn’t contain any instruments at all, just body percussion and vocal sounds<br>
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LESSON 1 Copyright : Words - Rachel Leach, Design - BBC 8 Watch the orchestral performance https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02b5cqg<br>
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LESSON 1 Copyright : Words - Rachel Leach, Design - BBC 9 Learn these four patterns:<br>
LESSON 6 Copyright : Words - Rachel Leach, Design - BBC 24 You can use Anna’s techniques: • Canon
• Mexican wave
• Moving across the space
• Everyone ending together<br>
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Copyright : Words - Rachel Leach, Design - BBC 25 Taking it further – cross-curricular activities ART: Make a graphic score of your new piece by inventing abstract symbols for all of the new motifs.
LISTENING: Have a listen to Kerry Andrew’s ‘No Place Like’<br>
