We will start this week with an awesome Flash Mob! Who doesn’t love a Flash Mob? This one was performed in Valencia, Italy, and features a whole lot of musicians playing a very famous piece of music called The Year 1812 Solemn Overture by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. The piece is more commonly known as The 1812 Overture. Tchaikovsky was a Russian composer and this piece was written to celebrate the Russian’s successful defense against Napoleon's invading army from France in 1812. Click here to see this Flash Mob of The 1812 Overture. If you are patient and listen all the way through, I am fairly confident that you will recognize the piece starting at about the 4:30 mark. What do you think of the idea of a Flash Mob? What was the reaction of the people in that square? Would you have reacted differently? The same? I think my favorite part of this was that there were musicians of all different ages performing together!
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Check out these talented girls making music from their home! They are certainly not professionals and they make mistakes while they are playing, but they are awesome! They are playing a style of music called “boogie woogie.” Do you like it? Does it make you want to dance? Do you think it is easy for them to play on two pianos/keyboards at the same time without being able to see each other? Do you think they had to practice that a lot? Do you want to learn more about Boogie Woogie music? Click here for an awesome, music-filled video on the history of Boogie Woogie.
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Ok, this next video is amazing! Do you know what Boomwhackers are? They are tubes of plastic that are made to an exact length to achieve a particular pitch. In order to play songs, you need many tubes and you have to strike them in the right order. Here, we have students from Harvard University playing three different songs on Boomwhackers. Do you think it takes a lot of work to be able to put something like this together? Also, did you recognize the wooden box that the musician on the left was sitting on? It’s called a cajon and we have one in our music room!
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This next video is from the Vancouver Youth Choir performing a piece called “Rise Up.” Why do you think they used different soloists? Why didn’t they have just one? What emotions did you feel when listening to this song? Would you have the courage to sing by yourself like that?
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This next video is just outstanding! It’s a commercial for Honda and features a car driving (as most car commercials do!) but check out how the sounds are made for this video! It's so cool how many sounds that people can actually make!
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Finally, here is this week’s Piano Guys video. It is a combination (sometimes called a mashup) of two songs. One is from the movie, Frozen, called “Let It Go” and the other is from a long time ago. It is a piece called “Winter” written by Antonio Vivaldi. It is from a larger piece of music called The Four Seasons. I am sure you can guess what the names of the other movements are! By the way, the scenery in this video isn’t generated by a computer. They really brought a full-sized piano to this place. Do you think that would have been difficult to do?
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I hope that all of you are doing well. The weather is starting to get better and that is helping my spirits. It was wonderful to see so many of you last week during our car parade! Stay well!
"Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and that which cannot remain silent." - Victor Hugo
-Mr. Baur :)
URL 1 - https://safeyoutube.net/w/xWE4
URL 2 - https://safeyoutube.net/w/XWE4
Ok, this next video is amazing! Do you know what Boomwhackers are? They are tubes of plastic that are made to an exact length to achieve a particular pitch. In order to play songs, you need many tubes and you have to strike them in the right order. Here, we have students from Harvard University playing three different songs on Boomwhackers. Do you think it takes a lot of work to be able to put something like this together? Also, did you recognize the wooden box that the musician on the left was sitting on? It’s called a cajon and we have one in our music room!
URL 1 - https://safeyoutube.net/w/6jJ6
This next video is from the Vancouver Youth Choir performing a piece called “Rise Up.” Why do you think they used different soloists? Why didn’t they have just one? What emotions did you feel when listening to this song? Would you have the courage to sing by yourself like that?
URL 1 - https://safeyoutube.net/w/e3L7
This next video is just outstanding! It’s a commercial for Honda and features a car driving (as most car commercials do!) but check out how the sounds are made for this video! It's so cool how many sounds that people can actually make!
URL 1 - https://safeyoutube.net/w/5UE4
Finally, here is this week’s Piano Guys video. It is a combination (sometimes called a mashup) of two songs. One is from the movie, Frozen, called “Let It Go” and the other is from a long time ago. It is a piece called “Winter” written by Antonio Vivaldi. It is from a larger piece of music called The Four Seasons. I am sure you can guess what the names of the other movements are! By the way, the scenery in this video isn’t generated by a computer. They really brought a full-sized piano to this place. Do you think that would have been difficult to do?
URL 1 - https://safeYouTube.net/w/DC1D
I hope that all of you are doing well. The weather is starting to get better and that is helping my spirits. It was wonderful to see so many of you last week during our car parade! Stay well!
"Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and that which cannot remain silent." - Victor Hugo
-Mr. Baur :)
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