On Tuesday morning we had a special visit from some musicians down on island for the Amanyara Music Festival. The children from Year 3-7 were involved in a mini workshop conducted (pardon the pun!) by 6 professional musicians. The instruments we heard and learnt more about were the basoon, clarinet, double bass, cello, viola, and violins. The theme of the workshop was “An Introduction to Cuban Music” and we learnt about different styles of Cuban music, how it sounds, where it comes from and how it has influenced other styles of music. We also learnt about the Cuban sound “SON”, “RUMBA” and the “CLAVE” rhythm which holds the rhthym together in Afro-Cuban music.
At the end the musicians also played Michael Jackson music for us. Read on to watch a movie clip of this and see if you can recognise which song it is.
Two of the Musicians, Larisa and Igor, had been to our school before. They were really happy to be visiting the Turks and Caicos, and our school again. We heard moving original compositions from “Sweet Plantain” The String Quartet, Libertango by Astor Piazzolla (Mrs. Shara really enjoyed this one!).
The Michael Jackson music was really amazing and I think, although not Cuban, this was everyone’s most favourite part!
We want to thank Larisa, Igor, Scott and “Sweet Plantian” for coming to our school and sharing with us such wonderful music. We would also like to thank the Amanyara Hotel for organising this workshop and for scheduling us into their very busy week.
We look forward to the workshop again, next year!
ooh, we did learn about the TROMBONE as well!!!!
They were fantastic! I learned a lot.
We loved playing and sharing this great music with your students, teachers and community! Have a safe and happy summer.
We hope to see you next year!