Exploring and celebrating diversity, history and geography though music with hands-on experiences of panpipe playing.
About the show
Musiko Musika’s visit to your school will start with a performance presenting a sequence of musical pieces illustrating the musical styles, instruments, and cultural history of Spanish speaking Latin America. Along the way pupils will learn about different instruments including from the indigenous ancient Incas, and the musical and cultural impact of the European colonisers and of the Africans brought to South America by the slave trade. Led by key performers from the group Quimantu, these exceptional musicians will be playing a wonderfully diverse selection of stringed, wind and percussion instruments from around the world.
Key Stage / Year Groups:
KS1, KS2, SEND
Relevant areas of the National Curriculum:
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Music
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Geography
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Modern Foreign Languages
- Science
- Raising attainment in speaking and listening
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Art & Design
- PSHE
- British Values
- Mental Health and Wellbeing
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About the pupil workshops
The workshop will give pupils hands-on experience of some of the instruments, taking them on a journey from the Incas to Silicon Valley by introducing pupils to today’s world of music technology. Pupils learn to sing a song in Spanish and English and to play a simple melodic line using our specially designed panpipes. Based on a pentatonic scale, our unique “pentasikus” utilise the traditional method of playing panpipes, with pupils working together to play them in pairs. The final stage will integrate these ancient music making techniques with pupils utilising Andean sampled instruments through MIDI controlled music software.
Teacher twilight CPD
The CPD session is designed to inform teachers, prepare them for the performance and workshop visit and give them the skills and knowledge to utilise the follow-up resources effectively across the whole school. It will also familiarise staff with the background context of the musical and cultural content pupils will encounter, enabling them to engage participating classes and the wider school community with what our programme offers. Each school will be provided with four sets of pentasikus to keep and use for the follow-up activities as well as access to Musiko Musika’s digital resources.
This CPD can accommodate from 2 to 20 members of staff.
About Musiko Musika
Musiko Musika uses world music as a tool to enable people of all cultures to express themselves through music and work together. We develop and deliver innovative music projects, programmes, and events with a social and cultural impact including creative and instrumental workshops, ensembles, training, family learning, and digital content.
