Our Creative Music Series is a set of MasterClasses that are cleverly created music immersion programs that take students on a musical journey through history, the arts, the sciences, geography, information technology, and the languages. Music makes ideas stick.
The Music MasterClasses cover a broad range of topics. We explore Walt Disney’s masterpieces such as his Silly Symphonies and the impact musical development had on his movies to date. We explain sound frequencies, where musical notation came from, melody, and rhythm in our MasterClasses The Science of Music and History of Music. We delve into the colourful world of Operas and discover what makes these theatrical performances so magical. Saint-Saëns’s Carnival of the Animals is used to introduce students to the colourful sounds of instruments that leads to a multitude of sound expressions. Music isn’t always so magical, and so we also explore histories of national anthems, how music impacted people, and people impacted music in our Horrible Music – When Music Isn’t Magical MasterClass.
We also use the Music MasterClasses to introduce young students to unique performances by our educators which not only serve to complement the MasterClass content, but also inspire students and show what is possible when someone dedicates their life to a field of study. Our educators use leading edge technology, hardware, and software, professionally play instruments (including vocal), and have the stories to tell through their vast experience.
All of our MasterClasses have a questions and answers discussion at the end of the session where the students have access to our educators to ask anything they like! We ask that the students take advantage of the experience and knowledge that our educators have.