School Resources

The Hanging Bulb

Cheryl Cam has written a study guide to Hanging Bulb for Years 11 to 13 (Form 5 to 7) with accompanying CD. It is part of the SOUNZwrite series.

SOUNZwrite is a series of study guides to works by New Zealand composers written especially for use in NZ schools. They are produced by the Centre for New Zealand Music and are written by composer and educator Cheryl Camm.

The guides contain:

• background material on the composer
• composition and analysis material
• imaginative ideas for activities
• information about related topics
• a free CD of the works (with most)
• graded task sheets ... and more

Class sets of scores also available containing original and orchestrated version.

Melancholia

Ears Wide Open : Taringa Areare

This latest SOUNZwrite Resource supports the music discipline in the new arts curriculum from levels 1 to 4.
Researched and trialled by Cheryl Camm, it consists of:

• Teacher Guide
• Student Activity Book
• a book of scores for performance and study
• an accompanying CD with 23 different tracks of NZ music. $60

Ears Wide Open : Taringa Areare has many activities which link to other arts disciplines - drama, dance and visual arts - and other areas of the curriculum including science, social studies and English. Each activity has suggested learning outcomes and assessment ideas.

Learning experiences include:

• rhythm and performance with Gareth Farr's Ruaumoko
• how to play a guitar with Split Enz
• musical texture with Clouds Over Pirongia by John Rimmer
• the music of Tokelau through the Te Vaka Jigsaw
• how music makes you feel with Melancholia by Anthony Ritchie
• note reading with Other Echoes by Eve de Castro-Robinson
• how your body responds to music with Judy Bailey's Now I'm Walkin'
• Taonga Puoru with Tumatakokiri by Hirini Melbourne and Richard Nunns

... and many other musical styles from pop and rock to Pacific, Maori, jazz, brass band, guitar, choir, percussion, orchestra and more...

If you require information about other Ritchie works for use in the classroom, contact Anthony at anthony.ritchie@xtra.co.nz