The sound of culture
Teaching module for junior secondary schools 9 – 23 November 2021
A series of sessions to understand what happens to our bodies and our minds when we make music. We will explore jazz and African American music through tracks, images and videos to try to explore the crossovers between music and culture.
With Stefano Zenni
When the instrument "speaks"
- Tuesday 9 November 2021 at 10:00 - 12:00
What effects do jazz, blues, rock or hip hop musicians obtain and with what kind of aesthetic pleasure do they manipulate the sound of the instrument and the voice? We'll listen to classical music, African, rock, jazz, contemporary pop. What sounds do we hear? We’ll look at how the instruments are handled. We'll consider how tools can act like voices and voices can act like tools.
Put some swing into it!
- Tuesday 16 November 2021 at 10:00 - 12:00
What urges us to move in a certain way when we listen to swing music? We'll watch videos of African music, great pop singers, and American dances. We'll consider the search for physical and mental well-being that acts through our neurons. We’ll try to understand how our brain works.
Jazz and cinema
- Tuesday 23 November 2021 at 10:00 - 12:00
In this class we will learn to recognise the clichés and even the racism of musical cinema to help us understand understand how our society and musicians are represented on the big screen.
