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Harmonia Boomwhacker Workshops are very practical fun sessions for up to 35 children at a time which can include the following:
Exploring Sounds and Rhythms
Movement Performing
Composing
Improvising Aural Skills training
Activities may include - fully harmonised performances of simple melodies, compositions on a requested theme, pattern and rhythm work, pitch exploration.
BOOMWHACKER NATIONAL CURRICULUM LINKS
KS1
1b play tuned and untuned instruments
1c rehearse and perform with others
2a create musical patterns
3a explore and express their ideas and feelings about music using movement, dance and
expressive and musical language
3b make improvements to their work
4a to listen with concentration
4b how the combined musical elements of pitch, duration, dynamics, tempo,
timbre, texture and silence can be organised and used expressively within simple structures
4c how sounds can be made in different ways
5a a range of musical activities that integrate performing, composing and appraising
5b responding to a range of musical and non-musical starting points
5c working on their own, in groups of different sizes and as a class
KS2
1b play tuned and untuned instruments with control and rhythmic accuracy
2a improvise, developing rhythmic and melodic material when performing
2b explore, choose, combine and organise musical ideas within musical structures
3b explore and explain their own ideas and feelings about music using movement, dance, expressive language and musical vocabulary
3c improve their own and others' work in relation to its intended effect
4a to listen with attention to detail
4b how the combined musical elements of pitch, duration, dynamics, tempo, timbre, texture and silence can be organised within musical structures
5a a range of musical activities that integrate performing, composing and appraising
5b responding to a range of musical and non-musical starting points
5c working on their own, in groups of different sizes and as a class
Attainment targets
Level 1 Repeat short rhythmic and melodic patterns and create and choose sounds in response to given starting points. Perform with awareness of others identify simple repeated patterns and take account of musical instructions.
Level 2 Perform simple patterns and accompaniments keeping to a steady pulse. Choose carefully and order sounds within simple structures such as beginning, middle, end, and in response to given starting points.
Level 3 Perform rhythmically simple parts. Improvise repeated patterns and combine several layers of sound with awareness of the combined effect.
Level 4 While performing by ear and from simple notations maintain own part with awareness of how the different parts fit together and the need to achieve an overall effect. Improvise melodic and rhythmic phrases as part of a group performance. Suggest improvements to own and others' work, commenting on how intentions have been achieved.
Level 5 Perform significant parts from memory and from notations with awareness of own contribution such as leading others, taking a solo part and/or providing rhythmic support. Improvise melodic and rhythmic material within given structures.