Music Bulletin Week Beginning – 15th June 2020 Your musical update from Ms Charatan, Ms Welch and Ms Li Hello everyone! We have continued with the sports theme this week. Next week you will be sitting end of year summaries, so we hope that these songs give you drive and energy to revise and reach your goal! Please also check out the information about our end of year concert – we are looking for submissions: get thinking about what song you might want to play. Work hard, keep making music and have a great week! AJK Songs of the Week: Sports 2! Many thanks to Ms Khemchand for choosing these. This was the song for the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Y7: Waka Waka – Shakira (2010) ARK JOHN KEATS Africa – it’s message is to encourage you to aim for your goals. Y8: Eye of the Tiger – Survivor Theme song for the film Rocky III, a sports drama film (1982) directed by and starring Sylvester Stallone. A real hit!
Y9: We are the Champions – Queen This was one of the anthems for the 1994 FIFA World Cup. You will study Queen for GCSE music – get ahead and listen (1977) now!
Força means ‘strength’ in Portuguese. This was the official Y10: Força – Nelly Furtado (2004) anthem of the Euro 2004 Championship in Portugal. It’s also a great example of a Fusion! Y11: Happiness – Alexis Jordan This was the official song of the Women’s World Cup 2011 (2010) in Germany. This song is featured in lots of sports and is a popular choice Y12: Song 2 – Blur (1997) for players’ ‘goal songs’. It has also been title music for FIFA. End of Year Concert! SOCA Medley • Normally we would have Here is an amazing opportunity run by ARK to take part in a music video! our Summer Festival in • Head to www.arkmusicresources.co.uk/enrichment July – but since that (Password: MusicResources) cannot happen this year • Scroll down to find the Spotify playlist with all the we are pleased to songs – keep listening to these, so that you have announce our first ever these rhythms in your bones! AJK Remote Concert! • Download the sheet music and/or lyrics • We are looking for video performances from YOU! It can be • Listen and sing along to the audio tracks of all the any instrument/voice, style, and any length. You could even parts (soprano/alto/baritone), which are towards the bottom of the collaborate with your friends to create something online. page • We will be in touch with how and when to submit your • The full choreography video can be found on this page as well, and a performances (this would involve recording video/audio). video teaching how to drum the rhythms using pots and pans, or body For now, get thinking about what you might like to play - percussion! do get in touch if you’d like help or advice. We can’t wait to • Email Ms Charatan when you are ready to record your part. hear your ideas to make this happen! [email protected]
Making music at home Challenge of the Week: Be a DJ!
• Read these pages to find out all about Djing. • Don’t forget about the ARK online platform • Go to this website to find some online DJ full of music enrichment opportunities. The decks. You can also download it on the app password is MusicResources. store or google play – search ‘YouDJ’. • Learn the cup song! See the original here. • Watch this video to teach you how to do it o Follow the tutorial here. • CHALLENGE: record your own set and send o Play the cups and sing along with this track! - to Ms Charatan! • Learn how to BeatBox! [email protected] https://ed.ted.com/lessons/beatboxing-101-beat-nyc • A more experienced DJ member of AJK • Make music on Chrome Music Labs staff will be our judge…. Watch this space!
Staff Recommendation of The Week: Ms Sufi Listening/Video Suggestions Peponi – Paradise (African Style) by the Piano Guys and Alex Boye • Learn all about the Opera – The Magic Flute (GCSE and A Level may When asked about her recommendation, Ms like this one) https://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-secrets-of-mozart-s- Sufi said ‘I love how the music video for it takes magic-flute-joshua-borths you to another world, and how it combines • Learn all about different instruments on this Youtube playlist. African drumming with classical music. It is a • Songexploder – listen to this podcast and find out all about famous genius rendition of the Coldplay song Paradise!’ songs are made. You can listen to the original here. • Learn all about Jazz and Blues through ‘Royal Albert Home’ Why not encourage your form tutor to put their recommendation forward for next week’s bulletin?!