GCSE workshops

At KS4 (GCSE) in particular it really helped students engage in
aspects of music that might otherwise be approached through
books, CDs and so on.

- Mark Payne, Head of performing Arts, Fallibroome High school

Aims:

“…to give students opportunities to develop their understanding and appreciation of a range of different kinds of music, extending their own interests…” (GCSE Subject Criteria)

The Bollywood Brass Band GCSE workshop will develop pupils’ understanding of the context and structure of Bollywood music.

1 or 2 hour workshops consist of:

• classroom arrangements of a Bollywood tune
  
• school bands or ensembles working on music from our repertoire
  
• working towards a performance at the end of the workshop.

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BOARDS:

These workshops will particularly link to the GCSE areas of study of each board:

-Watching excerpts from Bollywood movies combined with a live  performance.
-Multi-media presentation
-Instrumental workshops

AQA  Edexcel  OCR

Content:

• Listening
  Analysing the structure of an Bollywood song ie: verses/ chorus/interludes.
  
  
• Composing
  Arranging Bollywood Brass Band material and exploring ways of decorating/varying repetitions by adding harmony or counter lines.
  At the end of the workshop a performance could be given.
  
  
• Performing
  School ensembles can work on BBB material, they could do this through learning by ear as well as from sheet music.
  
  
• Use of musical elements
  Exploring musical elements such as interplay and contrast between: high/low, solo/tutti, rhythm/melody, horns/drums, soft/loud. They could listen and write out the main melody lines, bass lines and other interesting instrumental parts.
  They will also look at dramatic devices such as stops, drum break, solo horn ensembles, cresc./dim
  
  
• Context/Cultural environment
  Students will learn about the context of Bollywood film music, from a historical and practical point of view, this can include watching a video of a song from a Bollywood film.
  
  
• A Teachers' Pack will be left with the school after the workshop to enable work on Bollywood music to continue
  
  

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The Bollywood Brass Band is part of Emegency Exit Arts.
All our musicians have been CRB checked and follow
EEA's child protection policy.

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