by Silvia López
Gustav Mahler is an Austrian composer who became famous in the 19th century for his emotionally symphonies. Mahler was director for the Vienna Court Opera from 1897 to 1907, and wrote 10 symphonies during his career. He died in 1911, in Vienna. But what a symphony is?
A symphony is a long composition of music, usually with 3 or four movements and written for an orchestra, a group of musicians who usually play classical music on various musical instruments. We can find different genres of music, its means a category that let us to identify some pieces of music as belonging to a shared tradition or set of features, as for example: classical, pop, rap, rock, reggae, etc. We can find as well, different types of musical instruments (piano, kettledrum, cymbals, xylophone, flute…) or devices used to make music.
In this unit, we will learn about Art too, so we will use an artistic technique called ‘cera bruñida’. This technique consists in draw with white crayons in a blank sheet of paper, and after that, uses a paintbrush to paint the sheet of paper with blue paint diluted in water.
We will do a collective mural and a museum which will let that our students become artists. An artist is who create Art, who is able to create works by virtue of imagination and talent. In reference to the mural, is a piece of artwork painted on a wall or other support as for example, a long in scale sheet of paper.
Museums have several benefits for children, as for example develop their imagination and curiosity, introduced them in new worlds an environments, provide them new experiences, etc.
That will let that students develop some digital competences as the analysis of the information found, the interaction through digital technologies or data sharing, and different skills and competences as for example: oral and written expression in English (working in groups, listening and talking with the teacher and other students…), critical thinking to value other points of view and values like respect or cooperation (debates, work group).
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