Music
THE SINGING SAX
“Congratulations on providing such an informative and enjoyable presentation for youth and for enhancing our jobs as music teachers”
— MUSIC TEACHER, TORONTO
NEW SHOW!
Artist Member of Sparrow in the Room Collective
A Star Finds His Twinkle
Grades:
JK-4
Audience Maximum:
250
Price for performance:
$505 + GST
A little star finds his twinkle in this charming story that comes to life through drawings and music. In this hopeful tale, the audience explores how feelings can be expressed through music, word patterns and images, allowing 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.
From Bach to Rock: A Saxophone’s History of Music - NEW!
Grades:
5-8
Audience Maximum:
250
Price for performance:
$505 + 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.
Ode To Life - NEW!
Artist Member of Sparrow in the Room Collective
Grades:
JK-3, 4-8
Audience Maximum:
250 Primary - 300 Junior
Price per performance::
$840 + GST
Created in collaboration with Robert Morgan!
This one of a kind collaboration brings together two of this country’s finest performers in their fields. In this Ode to Life, ‘Morgan’s Journey’ is accompanied by a rich and textured soundscape created by Willem Moolenbeek for a theatrical musical experience that is sure to captivate and enthrall audiences of all ages. The soundtrack delivers rocking blues and subtle jazz, delivering an inspiring array of sounds and music that brings added depth and richness to Canada’s longest running touring play for children and their families.
This one of a kind collaboration brings together two of this country’s finest performers in their fields. In this Ode to Life, ‘Morgan’s Journey’ is accompanied by a rich and textured soundscape created by Willem Moolenbeek for a theatrical musical experience that is sure to captivate and enthrall audiences of all ages. The soundtrack delivers rocking blues and subtle jazz, delivering an inspiring array of sounds and music that brings added depth and richness to Canada’s longest running touring play for children and their families.
- Presentations are adapted for the age and grade level of the audience.
Curriculum Focus & Expectations
Themes:
- The various components of music and their relationship to expression
Expectations:
- Analyze, using musical terms, the ways in which the elements are used in the music the students listen to
- Apply elements of music when singing or playing to create a specific effect (e.g. keeping rhythm and beat with percussion instruments in artist’s workshop)
- Demonstrate an awareness of the characteristics of musical forms and traditions in past and present
Tour Availability:
- Limited year-round
Technical Requirements:
- Large open area or stage