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 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.

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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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