Activity 1: Emmy The Great
Emmy The Great
Object: Quote from Joan Didion
Activity: Emmy the Great chose a quote from Joan Didion. Take your class through the activity using this video, which encourages lyric writing and collaboration.
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Emmy The Great
Singer-Songwriter Emmy the Great (AKA Emma-Lee) has released the albums First Love, Virtue, Second Love and April/ 月音. As a composer, she has worked on music and lyrics for theatre and original film soundtracks, among other genres.
Activity 2: Zara McFarlane
Zara McFarlane
Object: Recording Device
Activity: Zara McFarlane chose a recording device. Take your class through the activity using this video, which encourages using found sound to develop melodies and riffs.
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Zara McFarlane
Zara McFarlane is a multi award-winning vocalist and songwriter who has released four critically acclaimed albums and toured all over the world. Zara currently helps businesswomen find their voice using singing and performing techniques.
Activity 3: Hannah Peel
Hannah Peel
Object: Music Box
Activity: Hannah Peel chose a music box. Take your class through the activity using this video, which encourages using random notation on a stave, to create melodies.
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Hannah Peel
Hannah Peel is a Northern Irish artist, composer, producer and broadcaster. Following her Emmy-nominated score for Game Of Thrones: The Last Watch, Hannah has composed the music for Sky TV’s 7-part series Midwich Cuckoos and released a new album.
Activity 4: Vashti Bunyan
Vashti Bunyan
Object: Candle
Activity: Vashti Bunyan chose a candle. Take your class through the activity using this video, which encourages collective listening and free writing to create lyrics.
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Vashti Bunyan
In 1968, Vashti Bunyan left London heading for some islands off the west coast of Scotland. Along the way, she wrote the songs for her album Just Another Diamond Day. In 2000, Vashti started to write music again and recorded Lookaftering & Heartleap.
Activity 5: Chris Illingworth
Chris Illingworth
Object: Mezzanine, Massive Attack CD
Activity: Chris Illingworth chose the album Mezzanine by Massive Attack. Take your class through the activity using this video, which encourages collaboration and exploring different types of musical styles.
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Chris Illingworth
Chris Illingworth is a pianist, composer and founder-member of GoGo Penguin. Chris has been driven by a love of music from classical to industrial, and is especially drawn to electronica and the music of the Esbjörn Svensson Trio.
Activity 6: Ruby Turner
Ruby Turner
Object: Strange Fruit performed by Billie Holiday
Activity: Ruby Turner chose a video from You Tube of Strange Fruit performed by Billie Holiday. Take your class through the activity using this video, which encourages reflection on performance and lyric writing.
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Ruby Turner
Ruby Turner has been awarded an MBE and sung around the world, including performing ‘You Are So Beautiful’ with Jools Holland at the Queens Diamond Jubilee Concert outside Buckingham Palace.
Activity 7: Matt Deighton
Matt Deighton
Object: Pilot Fineliner and Notepad
Activity: Matt Deighton chose a pen and paper. Take your class through the activity using this video, which encourages reflection on the process of song writing over time.
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Matt Deighton
Matt Deighton
Matt Deighton, best known as the frontman and singer/guitarist in Mother Earth, as Paul Weller’s guitarist and as Noel Gallagher’s stand-in in Oasis.
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