Tempo - Education Kit - English

• Muziek
• Basisschool
• Groep 3-8

Tempo

Education kit 

Oorkaan performance

• Soon the Oorkaan Ensemble will
  visit your school   
  with the performance Tempo  
  
  
• Your teacher can tell you when, what time and   where you will see the performance 
  
  
• In the coming lesson, you will learn all kinds of   things about this performance

Here you can see the 5 musicians playing in the performance Tempo.

What kind of music do you think they play?

Who will participate with                          ?

This is Valentine

Who will participate with                           ?

What instrument does she play?

1. Trumpet
2. Violin
3. Electric guitar
4. Recorder

This is Michela

Who will participate with                           ?

What instrument does she play?

1. Piano
2. Xylophone
3. Box of strings
4. Harp

This is Robbrecht

Who will participate with                           ?

What instrument does he play?

1. Panflute
2. Bagpipe
3. Bajan (a kind of accordion)
4. Piano

This is Veysel

Who will participate with                           ?

What instrument does he play?

1. Double Bass
2. Harp
3. Percussion
4. Sticks

I play many different percussion instruments.

Here I play the snare drums

Who will participate with                           ?

This is Michele

Who will participate with                           ?

What instrument does he play?

1. Bassoon
2. Flute
3. Pipe organ
4. (Bass) clarinet

In the performance Tempo, I play clarinet and bass clarinet.

Bass clarinet sounds lower and is bigger than the regular clarinet.

Who will participate with                           ?

• The musicians don't talk during the   performance. Anything they want to   say, they play on their instrument
  
  
• They go on a journey together
  
  
• In the next slides we'll get to know   them better

Who will participate with                           ?

Where do you think
Valentine is going?

Who will participate with                           ?

Is Michela excited
about going on a plane?

Who will participate with                           ?

What is Robbrecht going to do on holiday?

Who will participate with                           ?

What do you think Veysel likes to do most on holiday?

Who will participate with                           ?

Does Michele want 

to go home?

Who will participate with                           ?

You hear 1 of the musicians playing.
Who is it?

1. 
2. 
3. 
4. 

Veysel continues to play on.
Someone else is going to
play along. Who is it?

1. 
2. 
3. 
4. 

Veysel continues to play.
Valentine stops.
Now two musicians are joining. Who?

1. 
2. 
3. 
4. 

What is the performance Tempo about?

The performance begins and ends with this piece.

Who is late again?

• During the performance, Veysel, Valentine, Michela, Michele and Robbrecht are going on     a  journey.
  
• In every place they go, different music sounds and they experience something different.
  
• Along the way they also enjoy video gaming. Fortnite, for instance.
  
• Where the journey will take them is still a secret. You will see that during the performance.
  
• On the way they play this music. What do you think they’re experiencing here?

What is the performance Tempo about?

How you can participate with

Fortnite is Michela and Veysel's favourite video game.

They really like the dances. This one, for example:

Michela and Veysel also dance on the music they play themselves

How you can participate with

Are you joining the dance during the performance?

Every time you see text in the video it's time to dance.

Can you sing along with the text?

How you can participate with

It is now time to learn the dance moves

How you can participate with

And now 

with music!

How you can participate with

Can you already do it yourselves?

Dance along with the whole piece of music

How you can participate with

• We are going to find out if we also can tell a story without using words
• You are going to have conversations in groups of two
  
• Agree who is number 1 and who is number 2
  
• Number 1 is not allowed to use words. He can only make music by singing the word   'noo'
  
• Number 2 is allowed to talk. He can ask questions and translate what number 1 sings.
  
• The conversation takes place in a travel agency. Number 1 wants to go on holiday,   number 2 has to guess where he wants to go

How you can participate with

• Switch roles. Number 2 may now sing, number 1 may talk.
  
• Now the conversation is about two people who want to go on holiday together.   Number 1 wants to go somewhere different from number 2.
  
• Apart from singing 'noo', there are other ways to talk through music.
  
• What other ways can you think of?
  
• Can you also have a conversation with a different topic?
  
• Can you also have a conversation when both of you are making music?
  
• Who wants to show their conversation to the class?

How you can participate with

Enjoy the performance!

Here's what you already know:

• The performance will be played by:
  

            Valentine (violin)

            Michela (harp)

            Robbrecht (bajan)

            Veysel (percussion)

            Michele (clarinet and bass clarinet)

• In the performance, the musicians go on a   journey
  
  
• The performance (and the journey) begins and ends with this music
  
  
• You can dance along to this music.