Contemporary Aboriginal performers


Connect with and interpret music by contemporary Aboriginal artists.

What will you learn?

  • how composers use melody and rhythm

  • to perform a song by a contemporary Aboriginal performer

Syllabus outcomes

  • 4.1 A student performs in a range of musical styles demonstrating an understanding of musical concepts.

  • 4.3 A student performs music demonstrating solo and/or ensemble awareness.

  • 4.7 A student demonstrates an understanding of the musical concepts through listening, observing, responding, discriminating, analysing, discussing and recording musical ideas.

Stimulus

  1. Who are the Aboriginal performers you know and what style of music do they perform?

  2. Consider the mix of Aboriginal and contemporary music characteristics in the performance by Mitch Tambo on Australia's Got Talent.

Offline access

Download and print this document to send to students with limited access to online resources.

creativearts-music-aboriginalmusic-contemporaryaboriginalartiststemplate-s4 (2).docx

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