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Helen Terry Disciplines Flute, fife, piccolo, recorder, singing, storytelling and related creative activities. Workshops for Ages Juniors (Y2 - Y6), Y7 Workshops Offered Singing/storytelling/music-making activities. American Traditional: incoporates four traditional American Songs with clapping games, simple circle dance and extracts from Laura Ingalls Little House series, or The Oregon Trail or other representative stories. Easy rounds and canons: these need no instrumental parts creating as they do a beautiful tapestry of interwoven harmony from a single melody line. They may be enjoyed for their simplicity, admired for their complexity and loved for their perfect unity. Canons and rounds are drawn from a wide variety of vocal traditions. Short stories (myths, legends etc.) are chosen to match the theme of the songs. Taize chants: Draws on simple repetitive choruses from the International Christian Community in Taize, interspersed with inclusive stories which encourage spiritual development. Artist Statement I have worked as a journalist/writer and a musician/teacher for many years. My experience of teaching children in groups and leading whole school assemblies has shown me how much they can benefit from singing and story combined. Singing is the fundamental way of making music and story is an expression of the shape we all seek to give to our life experience. The two combined provide a powerful force for fostering tolerance and understanding between children and a tool for understanding their own lives. I believe in simplicity of presentation. Very few resources are required. Simply a desire to sing and listen. Occasionally it may be appropriate to add a creative activity. The workshops may be used to underpin learning objectives for KS1 and 2 Music but have a wider inter-curricular application as well. Bespoke workshops geared to the requirements of a particular school are available on request.
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