NATIONAL ARTS COUNCIL

NAC-AEP Programme Details

Exposure
Music

Programme ID: AEP0318031

What is Jazz

- OUTLINE -

Students will enjoy a musical journey of the jazz idiom, along with discovering the political, economic and social landscapes of that time which influenced each unique and distinct style of jazz.

Outline:
- Introduction – Jazz, the mother of modern music
- Blues – the predecessor of Jazz 
- The rise and fall of Big Band music
- Birth of Bebop 
- Jazz from around the world 
- Live band performances and explanations between song 

- LEARNING OBJECTIVES -

At the end of the programme, students (should)

Primary 
- have enjoyed a simple history lesson through a musical journey 
- have an awareness and appreciation of the art form
- possibly be inspired to learn a musical instrument 
- have enjoyed a live jazz performance 

Secondary/Tertiary 
- gain an understanding of the evolution of modern music 
- have an awareness and appreciation of the art form 
- possibly be inspired to learn a musical instrument 
- have a broader understanding of music and hence be able to pursue creative and expressive capacities with greater complexity, variety and open-mindedness 
- have enjoyed a live jazz performance 

- DETAILS -

School Hall, Theatre, or Music Room

Pri - Lower / Pri - Upper / Sec - Lower / Sec - Upper / JC/CI / ITE

English

45 minutes

None / Power Point

1 instructor, 3 other musicians/performers

- COST -

$1600

Schools may use the Tote Board Arts Grant to subsidise the programme cost. There is a subsidy of up to 50% of the programme cost for mainstream schools, and up to 70% of the programme cost for Special Education Schools.
The Tote Board Arts Grant is not applicable to pre-schools. NAC partners selected pre-school centres to receive funding to purchase Pre-School AEP.

The following programme is approved under NAC-AEP 2019/2020 until 31 December 2020.


- CONTACT -

- Good People Music -

Dawn Wong

97874766

info@thegoodpeople.sg