With the students of 6th grade we talked about the great composer L.v. Beethoven. A few biographical details and we mentioned his most important works. One of which is the 9th agreement. The melody of the last part became in 1985 officially the Anthem of Europe. We worked on different rhythmic patterns and all the children experimented with the percussion instruments of our school.
5th grade is lucky to have two students playing violin and lyre respectively. These two instruments dominate the traditional music of Crete. The violin dominates in Chania and Agios Nikolaos while the lyre is the main instrument in Rethymno and Heraklion. We talked about the elements of our traditional music, historical elements and influences from the conquerors of the island (Venetian violin and lute).
3rd grade sang a well-known pop song from the 60's. The words were adapted to "host" our friends from Lithuania and Slovenia. We painted the phrase I love you in various European languages and got to know the rhythmic percussions of the school in a pleasant way.
The children of the 2nd grade made small verses with letters of the Greek alphabet. (Limericks). We chose "E" and through a "creative dialogue", we set to music the specific verse and orchestrated it with the instruments of the class.
Click on the image to hear from 3rd grade students, I love you in different languages of Europe.
Click on the image to hear the anthem of Europe from the students of 6th grade.
Click on the image to listen to traditional Cretan music and song from 5th grade students.
Click on the image to listen to traditional Gypsy music from 5th grade students.
Click on the image to hear melodic limericks from 2nd grade students.
