Picasso Fun~

Three Musicians (1921) - Pablo PicassoEveryone knows about Picasso; he was the pioneer of the cubism movement in the early 20th century. Personally, I don't particularly fancy cubist artwork (because I find the paintings too "crazy."), but I can't deny that it is quite fun to look at them sometimes - objects are broken into pieces and re-assembled in an abstract form - which makes me feel like

Year 2 music: 爸媽小時候

音樂是一種文化產物﹐它承傳了上一代的智慧和歷史。音樂課便是一個令這些寶貴的產業世代相傳下去的渠道 - 這樣﹐好的歌才能活下去。孩子很少去認真研究父母孩童時代的喜好﹔但他們會很好奇去知道究竟爸爸十歲時玩什麼玩具﹖媽媽七歲那年聽過什麼歌﹖這兩首來自七十年代的歌正好給孩子機會去認識父母或祖父母的過去。我期待孩子跟我分享他們的新發現! 小時候作曲﹕顧家輝 作詞﹕鄭國江小小的宇宙 歡欣的宇宙蹦蹦跳 哈哈笑 是我小時候小小的宇宙 天真的宇宙真的我 真的你 唔係小木偶愛動腦筋 活潑天真 凡事好發問踢波跑步打韆鞦 不知天高地厚小小的宇宙 繽紛的宇宙像皮球 天天轉 奇妙事不斷有香蕉船 作曲﹕顧家輝 作詞﹕鄭國江香蕉變出香蕉船 船上面有一排歡笑面多可愛 多康健 齊齊共唱歌謠聽得見歌聲笑聲滿世上 快樂雲裡現滿載遊戲兼歡笑 它帶來溫暖開心見到香蕉船 齊齊伴住彩虹天際現彎彎掛於天空上 人人話那彩虹香蕉變

Year 1 music: Clapping music (Steve Reich)

Clapping music is a minimalist piece written by Steve Reich in 1972. Steve Reich is one of the greatest American composers living today; he was just awarded the Pulitzer Price in music in 2009.
Clapping music is one of his famous pieces which features two musicians clapping - as simple as that!
Here's an old video clip of Clapping Music:

Children like looking at animated version of musical