Music
INTRODUCTION TO THE SAXOPHONE FAMILY OF INSTRUMENTS
“I felt your performance was truly magical. The students and the staff gained so much from the experience that people still talk about the day you were here. We all left so much richer, our spirit brighter and our step springier.”
— PRINCIPAL, SCARBOROUGH
How Alphie Lost His Twinkle
NEW SHOW!
Grades:
JK-4
Audience Maximum:
200
Price for performance:
$468 + gst
How Alphie Lost His Twinkle is a charming story of a little star that comes to life with music and drawing. Through this hopeful tale, the audience explores how feelings can be expressed through music. Word patterns and images allow the audience to create rhythms and accompany a melody. This performance, by one of Canada’s finest concert saxophonists, will reveal the relationships between beat, rhythm, melody and music making while celebrating the various personalities of the saxophone family of instruments.
A Saxophone’s History of Music
NEW SHOW!
Grades:
5-8
Audience Maximum:
200
Price for performance:
$468 + gst
Willem Moolenbeek provides a memorable music history lesson. With his family of saxophone instruments, he expertly performs a range of music from the Baroque through the classic, from jazz through to the blues. Students will learn the names of various composers, styles of music and how sound is produced.
Curriculum Focus & Expectations
Themes:
- The various components of music and their relationship to expression
Expectations:
- Identify the type of texture in music from a variety of historical periods
- Describe how various elements of music are combined to create different moods (e.g., compare tempo and melody in two contrasting pieces of music)
- Demonstrate an understanding of the basic elements of music through listening to performing and creating music
Tour Availability:
- Limited availability year-round
Technical Requirements:
- Large open area or stage