Music Department’s ‘Piece Of The Week’
The Music Department's New Year's resolution is to try and develop a whole college listening culture.
Too many of us get caught in a loop of listening to the same type of music all the time, and the ‘helpful’ algorithms our streaming services use to push new music to us only serve to make our musical diet more limited.
In Music lessons this year we are going to challenge our pupils to actively listen to new music each week. Not answer questions on it, not have it as background noise to other activities, to really listen.
Pieces will be from many different genres, artists, traditions and groups. The only constant will be variety! We'll add a little background to each piece and a reminder of the 'elements of music' if people want to really think about it as they listen, but if you want to let the music wash over you and ignore the text, that's okay too!
Each week, the pieces will also be shared on the new ‘Music of the Week’ channel in the Princethorpe College Whole School Team, which can be accessed by all members of the college with a Princethorpe Office365 login. We would encourage everyone in the college to have a look at this page! Please feel free to react to posts, comment if you would like to, or just listen along. But try to make it deliberate, active listening. No multitasking here! Most pieces will be shorter than five minutes in length, so you don't need to take ages out of your day.
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