Well done All Saints!

Year 4 and 5 classes from All Saints Primary School performed their versions of The Soldier's Tale last friday, in front of year 2 and year 3 classes. They did absolutely brilliantly in what was a very short amount of time to grasp, let alone perform, quite a complex and unusual story, with some top quality creative musical ideas from some very musical children. Thank you so much from us at BeCreative and Teach-It-Through-Drama!

After a performance full of excitement, Raph, Olivia and year 4 celebrate...

 The beautiful props created by year 4 for their performance: The soldier's hat, the devil's horns, the soldier's violin and the fortune-telling red book...

All Saints School - Beautiful Storyboards!

Presenting a selection of work from All Saints Primary School children, who have been drawing storyboards that tell the story of The Soldier's Tale in 12 frames/scenes. Fantastic stuff!
These examples were created by year 4 students:

Listen Up! The Instruments You Can Hear

This post is a version of page 6 in your listening guide booklet. Here you can listen to musical examples that explore the different instruments used in The Soldier's Tale, by following the timings for the Listen Up! Youtube video posted on the blog.

First use this website to hear what the different instruments sound like on their own:
http://www.beginband.com/sndclips.shtml

Listen to the first part of 'Airs by a Stream', on the Youtube video: 1'58"- 2'40"

Listen to the first bit of the Royal March (10'56") - you hear the trombone at the beginning, followed by the trumpet takes over at 11'08".

Listen to the Pastorale: 4'55" - 8'17".

Listen to the marching music again from the beginning and see if you can pick out the double bass oom-pah - the percussion joins at 0'55". Also listen to the percussion at the very end - 30'45".

Stravinsky in the studio...

This incredible footage is taken from a recording session in 1955, when Stravinsky was living in America. Here you can see him conducting The Soldier's Tale for a special recording of the piece.
See if you can spot and name all the different instruments that you see in the film!

Listen Up! Rhythms and Beats

This post is a version of page 9 in your listening guide booklet. Here you can listen to musical examples of how Stravinsky uses rhythms and beats in The Soldier's Tale, by following the timings for the Listen Up! Youtube video posted on the blog.

Listen to the marching music from the very beginning of the Youtube video (0 minutes) up until 1 minute 35 seconds.

Listen to the Royal March from 10 mins 56 seconds (10'56") up until 12 minutes 11 seconds (12'11").

Listen to the three dances - you'll hear them in the order Tango (17'25"), Waltz (19'37") and then Ragtime (21'54"- 24'15").

The Soldier's Tale - Listen Up!

Here is a version of The Soldier's Tale that you can find on Youtube (it contains the music only - no narration!). You can use this to listen to examples of the music discussed in our listening guide and resource booklet; there is more detail for each Listen Up! page on other posts in this blog.

Take The Soldier's Tale home with you!

Dive into The Soldier's Tale listening guide... You'll find lots of ideas, games and creative things to do on your own and with friends!