Music Resource Kit A WAY BACKA Way Back is a jazz-rock piece composed by
Lachlan Davidson. The extension activities in the kit are designed for use in the classroom and involve the three basic areas of musical activity – listening, performing and composing. They cover the following musical elements/concepts and are applicable across all music curricula in Australia.
For older students, a full score and set of performance parts are included. This kit comprises the study guide, a study score and parts, and an audio CD with full tracks and practice tracks.
Cost: $75.00 (10% discount for AMC members) |
'Arrangement 2' audio extract |
Teacher Resource Kit WHEATBELTwheatbelt is a full SATB choral piece composed by
Iain Grandage with text by Kevin Gillam. The intention of this study guide is to expose students to the creative process of musical composition by focusing on specific techniques used by a composer in setting a poem to music for a full SATB choir. In examining how Iain Grandage employs particular musical elements and “controls”, students are then encouraged to apply them to their own compositions. By so doing, they are involved in the three basic areas of musical activity – listening, composing, performing – as well as covering the following musical elements and concepts: text, texture/timbre, rhythm, melody, harmony/tonality, form This kit kit contains the study guide, a full vocal score and a CD with the full work pus selected audio extracts for study purposes.
Cost: $50.00 (10% discount for AMC members) |
'Introduction' audio extract |
Music Education Kit STRING QUARTET No. 16This work was inspired by letters from refugees in Australia’s detention centres and resonates with the plight of people displaced by war and turmoil around the world. The intention of the resource kit is to explore the creative process of musical composition by:
This kit contains the study guide, a full score and an audio CD of the full recording by the Goldner Quartet.
String Quartet No. 16 was composed by Peter Sculthorpe in 2005 and revised in 2006. Cost: $90.00 (10% discount for AMC members) More information about Peter Sculthorpe can be found on his website www.petersculthorpe.com.au
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'First Movement' audio extract |
Music Resource Kit MAIDEN VOYAGE
Maiden Voyage, composed by Lorraine Milne, is a song cycle of 13 songs scored for 3-part female choir, soloist and piano accompaniment.
Written for secondary students, the intention of the resource kit is to explore the creative process of musical composition by:
This kit is accompanied by an audio CD and a full digital pdf score.
The lyric content of Maiden Voyage traces the experiences and achievements of ordinary and extraordinary Australian women in historical and contemporary settings. The music reflects Lorraine’s background as a classically trained musician overlaid with her deep love of jazz and experience as a theatre composer. Cost: $90.00 (10% discount for AMC members) More information about Maiden Voyage can be found on this page Maiden Voyage
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'Shifting South' audio extract |
Music Education Kit MOVING ON
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'Bells Make Me Sing' audio extract |