Quotations of audio and visual footage of ‘Umoja’: Ensemble Connect: Valerie Coleman’s “Umoja” for Wind Quintet and Imani Winds.
Extended technique excerpts from: Tony Parks, Extended Techiniques for Music Composition, matthiaszieglerflute and Laura Adkins Music.
Composing Harmony
Audio and visual quotations from “Three Shanties” by Malcolm Arnold, performed by San Diego Symphony
Family Activity Pack | Izzy Gizmo
DownloadClassroom Resource Pack | Izzy Gizmo
Based on our storybook concert Izzy Gizmo by Paul Rissmann based on the best-selling children’s book by Pip Jones and Sara Ogilvie, this pack has material from the composer as well as educators, animateurs and composers Ellen Sargen and John Webb to help you to embed music-making in the classroom.
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Classroom Resource Pack | Sir Scallywag and the Golden Underpants
Based on our storybook concert Sir Scallywag and the Golden Underpants by Paul Rissmann based on the best-selling children’s book by Giles Andrae and Korky Paul, this pack has material from the composer as well as educators, animateurs and composers Ellen Sargen and John Webb to help you to embed music-making in the classroom.
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Family Activity Pack | Sir Scallywag and the Golden Underpants
When King Colin’s golden underpants go missing, it’s Sir Scallywag to the rescue! Brave and bold, courageous and true, he’s the perfect knight for the job… even if he is only six years old!
With original music by our children’s Composer-in-Residence, Paul Rissmann, this piece features instruments including strings, woodwind, and horn, presented together with story-telling and projected illustrations from the best-selling children’s book by Giles Andreae and Korky Paul.
This concert is a great introduction to live music for children. It’s full of wit, invention, songs and actions, and plenty of opportunities to join in.
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Creating and using imagery
In these exercises students will create word banks, which students can then use to help them build a strong image for their composition (for example by choosing and combining words from the bank). Of course, imagery doesn’t have to be created through words and students could use many things around them for inspiration – myths and stories, paintings and art, environment and landscapes are used by composers all the time to help them make decisions about their music.
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Izzy Gizmo
Best-selling children’s book, Izzy Gizmo by Pip Jones, illustrated by Sara Ogilvie, tells the enchanting story of an intrepid young inventor who puts her talents to work to rescue a crow that can’t fly. Learn the songs from this concert which brings Izzy’s mechanical marvels and infectious creative spirit to life! Original music by Paul Rissmann features pots, pans, whistles and household items (as well as orchestral instruments). Together with story-telling and visuals from the book, this concert is a great introduction to live music for children. It’s full of wit, invention, songs and actions, and plenty of opportunities to join in.
Form and Structure
Audio and visual quotations of Suite from Pulcinella (Arr. for Wind Quintet) : I. Sinfonia (Overture) · WindSync.