Primary Classroom Lesson Plan INTRODUCTION This 201819 school

INTRODUCTION This 2018/19 school year includes: The 50 th anniversary of the moon landing!

BACKGROUND – THE COMPOSER Gustav Holst (1874 – 1934) British composer Eccentric character –

BACKGROUND – THE MUSIC ‘Mars’ from The Planets Suite Written in 1918 for very

PREPARE! Watch the orchestral performance: Which planet do you think this piece of music

WARM UP! Holst didn’t make a musical movement for Earth. Your mission, should you

SET THE SCENE Cut out and wear your spaceman helmet masks. You are now

LOOK DOWN ON EARTH Imagine you are looking down on Earth from space. Come

COMPOSE Make a musical motif for your descriptor of Earth. Motif is the term

STRUCTURE Let’s hear what you’ve created… Now let’s make a short piece from all

STRUCTURE Here’s a diagram of our piece…

PERFORM AND RECORD Send us a video of your Earth Mission performance for a

YOU’VE COMPLETED YOUR EARTH MISSION! Download your Ten Pieces Earth Mission certificate:

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Primary Classroom Lesson Plan

INTRODUCTION This 2018/19 school year includes: The 50 th anniversary of the moon landing! The 100 th anniversary of the premiere of composer Gustav Holst’s The Planets. Earth Day on Monday 22 April 2019

BACKGROUND – THE COMPOSER Gustav Holst (1874 – 1934) British composer Eccentric character – fascinated by space, astrology, alternative faiths, meditation and vegetarianism

BACKGROUND – THE MUSIC ‘Mars’ from The Planets Suite Written in 1918 for very large orchestra The full suite describes 7 planets (no Earth) Holst was particularly interested in the ‘character’ of each planet rather than its science

PREPARE! Watch the orchestral performance: Which planet do you think this piece of music is describing?

WARM UP! Holst didn’t make a musical movement for Earth. Your mission, should you choose to accept is to create a musical version of Earth!

SET THE SCENE Cut out and wear your spaceman helmet masks. You are now Ten Pieces astronauts!

LOOK DOWN ON EARTH Imagine you are looking down on Earth from space. Come up with some characteristics of planet Earth!

COMPOSE Make a musical motif for your descriptor of Earth. Motif is the term for a short musical idea. You could: Create sound effects e. g. car horns for traffic, or whooshing sounds for water Create a rhythm with the syllables in your sentence about Earth What pitch and tempo will your motif be? e. g. a bustling city with traffic might be fast in tempo and high pitched

STRUCTURE Let’s hear what you’ve created… Now let’s make a short piece from all of your musical ideas! What should come first? What should come last? Do any of the ideas fit on top of each other? Should we repeat anything? Should the ideas overlap or transform?

STRUCTURE Here’s a diagram of our piece…

PRACTISE!

PERFORM AND RECORD Send us a video of your Earth Mission performance for a chance to have your composition played on BBC Radio 3 on Earth Day and feature on the BBC Ten Pieces website!

YOU’VE COMPLETED YOUR EARTH MISSION! Download your Ten Pieces Earth Mission certificate: