Good Morning all! I hope that you are doing well and staying healthy. This week, I am preparing to go into my classroom and begin to clean it out and organize it for the summer and it really makes me sad. I haven’t seen my classroom since March 13 and it’s going to be hard. I know that many of you will be going to your classrooms to get your belongings this week too. I am sure that makes a lot of you sad as well. As with all things, this will pass. We will get back to school, we will get back to making music. Hang in there!
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My first video for you this week is about Irving Berlin. Irving Berlin was a very famous American composer who was born on May 11, 1888. Actually, Irving Berlin was born in Russia and then moved to America when he was just 5 years old. He lived to be 101 years old! Here is a link to an article with some more interesting information about this amazing composer. Many people know him as the composer of the song, “God Bless America,” which he originally wrote in 1918 during World War 1, but he wrote a lot more than just that. Another one of his famous pieces of music is called “Blue Skies.” Here is a version performed by Willie Nelson and Kenny Rogers. Here is a second version performed by a choir. Do you notice how different each version is? That’s the wonderful part about music – everyone who performs a piece of music is able to add their own interpretation of it and make it different! Did you notice the scatting in the choir version?
URL 1 - https://kids.kiddle.co/Irving_Berlin
URL 2 - https://safeyoutube.net/w/OCL7
URL 3 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zrkZSgNcOE
Our second video today is of a group of Mexican singers called Las Tres Grandes, which translates as The Three Greats, singing their song called Cantares. Do you like listening to music in a language other than English? Did you recognize any of the words? Why do you think they call themselves The Three Greats?
URL 1 - https://safeyoutube.net/w/DLL7
Our third video is by a group of musicians called “The Percussion Show.” They are using only their bodies to make music. Making music with your body is called Body Percussion. Were there spots in the music where they were all doing the same thing? Were there times where they were doing different things? Why do you think they did that? When you are watching this, does it make you want to try and play along? I know it makes me feel that way! Here is another video by the same group – they really know how to make music out of almost anything in a house!
URL 1 - https://safeyoutube.net/w/iOL7
URL 2 - https://safeYouTube.net/w/e3lG
OK, I absolutely love this next video. It comes to us from the United States Army Field Band and is called, “The Trombone meets the Bumblebee.” Why do you think it’s called that? I think it’s so funny what they keep doing to his trombone! Did you know that trombones were made that small?
URL 1 - https://safeyoutube.net/w/iQL7
The next video comes from the country of Samoa. Samoa is an island nation in the South Pacific, consisting of two main islands and four smaller islands. This is a dance called a Sasa. A Sasa is a training dance. It is designed to help the dancer imitate everyday chores and jobs. What everyday chore or job do you think they are imitating in this video?
URL 1 - https://safeyoutube.net/w/CUL7
Our last video today is my weekly The Piano Guys video! I love this one. It is a combination of a Vivaldi Double Cello Concerto and the Bourne Soundtrack!
URL 1 - https://safeYouTube.net/w/TjmG
I really hope you are all doing well. Feel free to connect with me using the chat feature on Teams or write me an email anytime! [email protected].
“Where words leave off, music begins.” – Heinrich Heine
-Mr. Baur :)
URL 1 - https://kids.kiddle.co/Irving_Berlin
URL 2 - https://safeyoutube.net/w/OCL7
URL 3 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zrkZSgNcOE
Our second video today is of a group of Mexican singers called Las Tres Grandes, which translates as The Three Greats, singing their song called Cantares. Do you like listening to music in a language other than English? Did you recognize any of the words? Why do you think they call themselves The Three Greats?
URL 1 - https://safeyoutube.net/w/DLL7
Our third video is by a group of musicians called “The Percussion Show.” They are using only their bodies to make music. Making music with your body is called Body Percussion. Were there spots in the music where they were all doing the same thing? Were there times where they were doing different things? Why do you think they did that? When you are watching this, does it make you want to try and play along? I know it makes me feel that way! Here is another video by the same group – they really know how to make music out of almost anything in a house!
URL 1 - https://safeyoutube.net/w/iOL7
URL 2 - https://safeYouTube.net/w/e3lG
OK, I absolutely love this next video. It comes to us from the United States Army Field Band and is called, “The Trombone meets the Bumblebee.” Why do you think it’s called that? I think it’s so funny what they keep doing to his trombone! Did you know that trombones were made that small?
URL 1 - https://safeyoutube.net/w/iQL7
The next video comes from the country of Samoa. Samoa is an island nation in the South Pacific, consisting of two main islands and four smaller islands. This is a dance called a Sasa. A Sasa is a training dance. It is designed to help the dancer imitate everyday chores and jobs. What everyday chore or job do you think they are imitating in this video?
URL 1 - https://safeyoutube.net/w/CUL7
Our last video today is my weekly The Piano Guys video! I love this one. It is a combination of a Vivaldi Double Cello Concerto and the Bourne Soundtrack!
URL 1 - https://safeYouTube.net/w/TjmG
I really hope you are all doing well. Feel free to connect with me using the chat feature on Teams or write me an email anytime! [email protected].
“Where words leave off, music begins.” – Heinrich Heine
-Mr. Baur :)
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