posted by Louise Kirby, YMI Coordinator, Children & Learning, Schools & Learning
Rebecca from Red Rock Music provided eight sessions in which young people had the opportunity to develop song writing and literacy through lyric writing, musical skills through keyboard and singing techniques in a constructive and supportive environment using keyboard and vocals.
Through group and individual activities young people had room to be creative in lyrical writing and music composition which bolstered their confidence and understanding of key components of song writing in popular music. This project was funded by Youth Music Initiative.
By the end of the block, pupils had written their own original piece of music demonstrating their understanding of song.
Pupil feedback:
- “It was exciting as I thought it would be impossible to be able to write a song in the time.”
- “It’s amazing! It even helped us with our poems. We would like to have her back.”
Class Teacher feedback:
- “Promotes creativity, engagement and enthusiastic learners.”
- “The song writing that Rebecca did was inspiring. We did some poetry writing with the children too and the song writing input enhanced this. The children found the process much easier as a result. It enhanced the cooperation experienced by all children. It got them working with children they wouldn’t normally do so.”
Quote from Rebecca:
- “Thank you so much to the staff at Timmergreens for making me feel so welcome and for all the help and support. I really enjoyed being there and working with the children and teachers and would love to go back again! The children created amazing songs and it was lovely to hear them all perform them in the class and to record them”
