Year 9 Unit 1 - Musicals

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Year 9 Unit 1 - Musicals

Musical Contexts “IN ACTION” - Cellblock Tango

Hear a selection of Year 9 Mixed Ability Classes approach the whole class performance task of “Cellblock Tango” from “Chicago” from Musical Contexts.

Supporting Activities - Cover & Homework

Sings Musicals

(Selection of songs from musicals performed by musical greats)

Exploring Songs from the Stage

This unit explores songs and music from the stage, beginning with an exploration into “What makes up a musical?” Pupils explore the history and developments of elements of a musical, from their origins in opera, before exploring the impact of an “opening number” (‘All That Jazz’) in terms of chords and vamps, putting together a group performance. Pupils move onto rehearse a full class performance of ‘Cellblock Tango’ (also from “Chicago”), with some great accompanying pupil audio tracks! The unit ends with a choice of pathways - teachers can select whether pupils compose their own scene from a musical based on visual stimuli of a slave marketplace, or whether to continue the performance focus of the unit and allow pupils to work on a group performance of a song from a musical - there are plenty of arrangements in a range of difficulty levels here!

Element Focus - Timbre & Dynamics, Melody & Harmony, Structure & Form

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Score 1 - “All That Jazz” - Chords & Bass Line

Score 2 - “All That Jazz” - Melody, Chords, Bass Line & Full Score

Song Sheet 1 - “All That Jazz”

Song Example on Audio 1

MIDI 1 - Song Melody; MIDI 2 - Chords (intro); MIDI 3 - Bass Line (intro);

MIDI 4 - Chords & Bass Line together (intro)

MIDI 5 - Chords (complete); MIDI 6 - Bass Line (complete); MIDI 7 - Melody, Chords & Bass Line together

Song Sheet 2 - Songs from “Chicago” (lyrics only)

All That Jazz - Song Example on Audio 1

When You’re Good to Mama - Song Example on Audio 3

They Both Reached for the Gun - Song Example on Audio 4

Funny Honey - Song Example on Audio 5


Worksheet 1 What does a Musical contain? (uses Videos 1, 2 & 3)	Video 1 “Chicago” Part 1	Video 2 “Chicago” Part 2	Video 3 “Chicago” Part 3	Worksheet 2 Songs from Musicals	Worksheet 3 Listening to Songs from Musicals (uses Audio 7)	Worksheet 4 Evaluating “All That Jazz” Performances

Worksheet 5 Learning about Opera (uses Audio 8-11 & Video 2)	Audio 8 Opera Aria Example	Audio 9 Opera Recitative Example	Audio 10 Opera Chorus Example	Audio 11 Opera Bouffe Example	Video 5 Historic Vaudeville Acts	Worksheet 6 Composing a scene from a musical - The Marketplace


Pupil Audio 1 Class W Performance of Cellblock Tango	Pupil Audio 2 Class x Performance of Cellblock Tango	Pupil Audio 3 Class Y Performance of Cellblock Tango	Pupil Audio 4 Class Z Performance of Cellblock Tango

Scheme of Work	Lesson Plan (PDF)	Lesson Plan (DOC)	Lesson Bundles (ZIP) Download all the resources you need for each lesson (excluding video files) in a ZIP file. Click here for the latest version of WinZip
Lesson 1 Exploring the origins of Musicals	Lesson Plan 1	Lesson Plan 1	Lesson 1 Resource Bundle
Lesson 2 Exploring an Opening Musical Number	Lesson Plan 2	Lesson Plan 2	Lesson 2 Resource Bundle
Lesson 3 Exploring a complete song from a Musical	Lesson Plan 3	Lesson Plan 3	Lesson 3 Resource Bundle
Lesson 4 Exploring a Chorus song with Solos	Lesson Plan 4	Lesson Plan 4	Lesson 4 Resource Bundle
Lessons 5 & 6A Composing a Scene from a Musical	Lesson Plans 5 & 6A	Lesson Plans 5 & 6A	Lessons 5 & 6A Resource Bundle
Lessons 5 & 6B Performing a Song from a Musical	Lesson Plans 5 & 6B	Lesson Plans 5 & 6B	Lessons 5 & 6B Resource Bundle