to deliberately make an effort to improve musical skills

to practise in order to improve and prepare for performance

to present music, playing or singing for an audience

to listen actively and critically in order to evaluate a piece of music

assess the quality and enjoyment of a musical performance, taking into account stage presence, accuracy of playing and musicality

Whole Body Warm-up (backing track)

British English CC

Rise Up O Flame (unison)

Rise Up O Flame (two part round)

Rise Up O Flame (four part round)

Fruit Canon (unison)

Fruit Canon (three part round)

Fruit Canon (backing track)

Who Stole The Cookie From The Cookie Jar? (example video)

Rehearsing, performing and appraising a minimalist performance

Music

The key features of minimalism

Creating and notating a repeating minimalist cell

Adding more minimalist cells to create a thicker texture

Building a minimalist piece

Notating a minimalist piece

This unit introduces minimalism with its repetitive, hypnotic, short musical cells. Pupils will use Terry Riley’s In C to inspire their compositions. Working in groups, pupils will create short musical cells and decide how to use these to create and rehearse a larger minimalist piece.

Compose and rehearse: creating and combining minimalist cells

to listen actively and critically to evaluate a piece of music

assess the quality and enjoyment of a musical performance

Match the musical term to its definition.

to work with your ensemble working on final finishing touches before you perform

to work on your own trying to improve your playing or singing

to compose new music that will work well in your ensemble

choose a suitable environment and layout to work together

sit in the same position as you do for all other lessons

try playing at different tempi and dynamic levels

work on your own as it's more important to practise your part well

play your part loud and clear so everyone can hear it

Some effective rehearsal strategies are ...

We can provide useful {{}} after a performance to share feelings on our engagement with a piece and how successful we think it was.

The art form of minimalism in music began in the ...

Which of these are examples of an ensemble?

When we change dynamics, we are changing ...

When we change the speed of the music, we are changing {{}}.

Rehearsing, performing and appraising a minimalist performance

Lesson outcome