MY RCM ACTIVITY BOOK

Discover all about the of Music and do some fun activities!

What happens at the Royal College of Music?

Music students come from around the world to…

PRACTISE HAVE LESSONS PERFORM

What kinds of musical instruments do you think they study at the RCM?

LET’S DRAW!

What musical instrument can you draw?

FIND THE MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS! (Solution on final page)

C H J E H P T X J D Q N B S R N O M U O R T O X O O F A A D G I O I U B O C W Y E L S K T T V L M V I O L A N Q U S Z K W R P O W H P N O O V T O O U Y E O E I I D H G D M E O Z N T L A M A V P C L A R I N E T S B C N B O V A I N A P M I T T U O E X O B O Y Z H D Y I J K O F A L U N P P C N Y C H L R D S E T L S E N S R S Z V X S S A B Q V O E Q S O X M Q F

BASSOON PIANO TUBA CELLO SAXOPHONE VIOLA CLARINET TIMPANI VIOLIN FLUTE TROMBONE OBOE TRUMPET

LET'S MATCH! Match the instrument to its musical family

Brass

Woodwind

Percussion

Strings

Keyboard

Prince Albert’s Story

In 1851, Prince Albert (Queen Victoria’s husband) had a great idea!

He organised a Great Exhibition and invited people from all over the world to show off their latest inventions.

The Crystal Palace was built to host the big event!

The exhibition made lots of money.

Albert used the money to turn part of into a special place for art, music and science.

He put his name on a lot of the buildings. If you go to South you can visit the Albert Memorial, the and the Victoria & Albert Museum. The whole area was nicknamed…

Albertopolis

Prince Albert also wanted to make a university where students could become amazing musicians. It took a little while, but eventually the Royal College of Music was built. Hooray!

Frederic needs to get to his music lesson, but he is lost in ! Can you help him find his way to the Royal College of Music?

LET’S COLOUR!

Famous RCM composers!

Composers write music for musicians to play. They can imagine new tunes and harmonies in their heads. Isn’t that clever?

Ralph Vaughan Williams was a student at the RCM and later went back there to teach.

He wrote beautiful music that was often about nature.

Have a listen to his piece called The Lark Ascending. While you listen, close your eyes and imagine you can see that skylark (bird) soaring up and down in the sky.

Gustav Holst also studied at the RCM. He’s best known for writing a series of pieces called The Planets.

Listen to Mars, the Bringer of War. It sounds like soldiers marching into battle.

ENCORE! Congratulations! You've completed your RCM activity book. For more activities from the RCM Museum, visit http://museumcollections.rcm.ac.uk/learning-resources- for-young-people/.

Solutions:

Find the Musical Instruments! C H J E H P T X J D Q N B S R N O M U O R T O X O O F A A D G I O I U B O C W Y E L S K T T V L M V I O L A N Q U S Z K W R P O W H P N O O V T O O U Y E O E I I D H G D M E O Z N T L A M A V P C L A R I N E T S B C N B O V A I N A P M I T T U O E X O B O Y Z H D Y I J K O F A L U N P P C N Y C H L R D S E T L S E N S R S Z V X S S A B Q V O E Q S O X M Q F

Frederic finds the RCM!