At Richmond West there are many children that can benefit greatly from a program such as this especially those living in the neighboring housing commission blocks.
I learnt a great deal from Karen about how to make music more accessible for kids especially through body and instrumental percussion. For our grade 3/4 classes the goal was for the children to compose their own percussion piece, I would then record these pieces and use them as the basis for two online videos. Our grade 6 class had the same goal in addition to composing their graduation song with the help of Karen's expertise in composition.
I was inspired to hear of Karen's past teaching experiences, delivering inclusive music programs for children from other lower socioeconomic areas in Melbourne as well children with special needs.
See below two animations I produced based on the percussion pieces the children created with Karen.
Year 5 Percussion Music Video - Musica Viva 2011 from Richmond West PS on Vimeo.
Year 6 Percussion Music Video - Musica Viva from Richmond West PS on Vimeo.
