5 ENDURANCE
Cultural Music - Southeast Asian Music
Musicians express their feelings and ideas through their music pieces with the musical elements and concepts in mind. The instruments played in a particular culture are unique and evoke different feelings and emotions. We learn that through music, cultural heritage can be reserved.
We learn that elephants in Thai culture are important. They are the official national animal in Thailand and they are respected by the Thais. There are many Thai songs that are about elephants. We have learned how to sing a Thai song about elephants called Pleeng Chang.
Jing Wen and Grayden
Yun Han, Delphine, Ling Xuan and Glynnis
Yi Huan, Lucas, Wafiy, Jayden Leow and Arash
Abby, Zi Jie, Ding Feng, Ian, Glenn and Ruixuan
Yuexuan, Yi Xuan, Wen Xi, Le Yao and Jerzelle
Harish, Ayden and Amaldev
Jayden Lim, Yao Xin and Jonathan
Nethilan, Siddarth and Anaqi
Shania, Thaqifah, Sabrina, Abhinaya and Felecia
Zahirah and Thaqifah
Musical Productions Around Us - Musicals
Through learning about musicals, we learn how to appreciate musical productions with the expressions of the musical elements and concepts in mind. We understand that there are different ways of communication in music and learn that music and singing can be used to tell stories.
We sang "The Lion Sleeps Tonight", a musical song from a musical The Lion King, and accompanied our singing with percussion instruments from GarageBand.
Jing Wen and Grayden
Shania
Jayden Lim and Ian
Arash and Aniq
Lucas
Yuexuan, Rui Xuan and Wen Xi
Yi Xuan, Abby and Glenn
Musician's statement: We compose the music with the drum kit at forte. The drum in the background makes the music sound more alive and exciting. It also makes a scary image of the lion in the song.
Jonathan, Ayden, Ling Xuan, Amaldev and Ryan
Delphine, Jerzelle and Yun Han
Le Yao
Afifah, Thaqifah, Sabrina, Dixie and Zahirah
Musician's statement: We use bass, drums, clapping and many more to feature the lion in its village. We tried featuring the lion sleeping in its village peacefully.