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Music Projects and Activities

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Make Music Day

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Make Music Day is a global celebration of music in 125 countries, taking place on Sunday 21 June and this year, the worldwide festival will be moving online.

​There is a range of exciting projects for everyone to get involved with, including:
  • Bash the Trash - making instruments from recycling and old clutter 
  • Lockdown Sound Challenge - submitting your own recordings of everyday noises and then be astounded as a team of producers turn your found sounds into music 
  • Bring me Sunshine song competition 
  • Auld Lang Syne virtual choir and ensemble 
And on Sunday 21 June, you can stream live performances, workshops and talks throughout the day from music-makers all over the world. ​
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THAMES SUMMER SINGING CHALLENGE  Wednesday 6th May 2020
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We’re delighted to launch the THAMES Summer Singing Challenge this week!

Over the next 6 weeks, we are encouraging children, families and schools to get singing!
​During these challenging times, when we’re stuck at home more and not able to see friends and relatives, we want to bring people together through the joy of singing.
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​We hope that everyone will find this uplifting and fun, something to do together with your family, or for those still in school, with your fellow students and teachers.
How the Singing Challenge will work
We will announce a new song every couple of weeks which we invite you to learn. We will provide lyric sheets and backing tracks. Check out the first song below!
The Singing Challenge will culminate on Friday 19 June. On this day, we invite you to:
1.       Share your songs with your friends and families (or your classmates and teachers if you are at school);
2.       Share a photo on social media tagging @THAMES music on Twitter and using the hashtag #THAMESsings;
3.       Upload your photos here and we’ll create a Summer Singing Challenge photo album for the website.
NB please ensure parental consent is obtained before any photos are shared.
Third Song - Happy
Song 3 - Pharrell Williams' Happy - has now been launched in the THAMES Summer Singing Challenge. Tthe challenge to learn the songs and perform them on June 19th is on and that we would love to see any photos of them learning and/or performing the songs in school or at home!

Please find the link here: http://thames.towerhamlets.gov.uk/content/What_we_do/Singing.aspx
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First song – We’ll Meet Again
The first song is the wartime favourite ​We’ll Meet Again made famous by Vera Lynn.
As the country marks the 75th anniversary of VE Day on Friday 8 May, now more than ever it is important to come together and unite. 
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CLICK HERE FOR LYRICS AND BACKING TRACK.

You might want to join in with the Royal British Legion’s nationwide sing-a-long on Friday 8 May at 9pm on BBC One and download their resource pack for children aged 7-14.
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Fourth song – Bring Me Sunshine
Song 4 - Bring me Sunshine - has now been launched in the THAMES Summer Singing Challenge to coincide with Make Music Day on June 21.
​The challenge to learn the songs and perform them on June 19th is on and that we would love to see any photos of you learning and/or performing the songs in school or at home!

Please find the link here: http://thames.towerhamlets.gov.uk/content/What_we_do/Singing.aspx
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Second  song – Over the Rainbow
The second song is Over the Rainbow. This has become an anthem for the NHS and is being performed by musicians across the country during the weekly Clap for Carers.
​We invite you to learn the song too, perhaps singing it out of your windows or down the phone to a family member to show our gratitude to everyone working in the NHS
  • Click here for the words
  • Click here for the full song
  • Click here for the backing track
Don’t forget, the song challenge culminates on Friday 19 June. Please send us photos of you singing on the day which we’ll include in our Singing Challenge online photo album.
​You could also send us pictures of your NHS rainbows.
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BBC TEN PIECES 
Ten Pieces at Home: Weekly films and activities. 
This week, watch the Ten Pieces introduction film about Elgar’s Enigma Variations. Elgar wrote the variations about his friends, using music to describe people’s characters and creating musical portraits.
Join CBBC’s Naomi Wilkinson and create a piece of art and writing to connect with someone you love. Draw a picture and share a memory with a friend or family member to show you are thinking of them. 
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Click here for more information.​
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Ten Pieces in school: 
​In Connecting the Dots, schools will be connected to local BBC musicians from across the BBC’s Orchestras and Choirs, who will conduct online workshops. The workshops will include performances, musical activities and Q&As.
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More information, and to sign up, click here.
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ROYAL OPERA HOUSE Create and Learn
The Royal Opera House has created a new digital resource, ‘Create and Learn’, which offers free, cross-curricular home learning activities for children and young people enabling them to experience every aspect of theatre craft and performance. 

The home learning activities enable children to access the National Curriculum for Dance, Music and Art & Design. New activities are added each week around a specific theme providing new opportunities in singing, dancing and craft-making for children of different age groups. 
Click here for more information.
Royal Albert Hall Home - 'live' performances
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Benedetti Foundation
 Gavin, the THAMES violin tutor says:
 
"The Benedetti Foundation is run by Nicky Benedetti, a renowned violinist and a team of experts, and they are running sessions online throughout May.
The sessions I think would be best for our pupils would be “General Musicianship”, starting with their daily warm ups.
 
To fully participate you have to sign up by Thursday 7th May at 4pm. It’s free, and could be something quite special. I’ve signed up!"
 
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