CAT MUSIC
How do cats and opera go together ?
Larger than Life
Choose a video or two below.
Look and Listen for...
BIG and small voices
BIG and small facial expressions
BIG and small body movements
What makes a
song
interesting ?
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CAN YOU USE A MONOTONE VOICE?
How does movement help the singers use "meow" to tell a story in these songs?
What is Opera?
And who composed the cat song in the videos above?
Watch the YouTube video next to this yellow box to learn some really neat things about Opera!
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Then scroll down to my video next to the cat with an apple on his head and find out why our "cat composer" wrote about an arrow shooting an apple!
Shadow and Bamboo...Mrs. Kemp's Cats
Spotlight on
Young Opera Singers
Your Turn
PRETEND YOU ARE AN OPERA SINGER
Hit play on the William Tell Overature below (or choose a song from above) and use your arms, knees, elbows, eyebrows, lips, toes, and nose to make BIG and small movements with the music.
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Think about how your body movements and your gestures can tell a story along with the music. Do you plan to use tiny movements when the music is quiet? What types of movements can you make when the music is loud?