Jennifer HicksWeekly Wrap Up
Our week was full of creative conversations about animals, water, questions and inspiration. We had a special visit from Ontario's Minister of Seniors and Accessibility and we're excited to share our collaborative poetry/art piece that was submitted to the Art Gallery of Ontario and is now featured on their website. AND we want to share a recording of our interview on Zoomer Radio. Read on!
We started out the week with Simon's Music Is Life class. We discussed the topic of animal music. Simon asked us what animals come to mind when we think of music being made by animals. We said:
Robins
Woody Woodpecker (the drummer of the animal kingdom)
Elephants
Frogs
Horses
We watched videos of animals "singing":
Toadfish - the male sings (boops and grunts)
Loons wailing
Breaching humpback whales
Waltzing whales - we waltzed along
Our favourite animal sounds are:
Moose - come from Moose Factory or Moosonee as well
Don’t have a favourite
Dolphins
Cat purring
We sang Blackbird by the Beatles and listened to Simon’s new song with humpback whales. Please enjoy the sounds of humpback whales in the video below.
In Steve’s Music History and Piano Concert Class we welcomed The Honourable Raymond Cho, Ontario's Minister of Seniors and Accessibility as our guest.
Minister Cho offered a beautiful speech about his musical family and the importance of music and culture in our lives.
Our theme for the day was water. Steve showed us a video of a waterfall and then played us his composition “Waterfall".
Interesting Facts about Water:
71% of earth is covered by water
75% of the human brain is made up of water
One can only live up to one week without water
Icebergs contain the oldest water on the planet - people sell pieces of icebergs for money in Newfoundland
We discussed how are water and music are connected:
Fluid, life, always moving, gentle, rippling, it all depends… is it cold water?
Flow, natural