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Greetings from Naveen Cabral, the Primary music teacher for Grades 4 and 5. I have also been assigned the responsibility of a Performance Co-ordinator in the Primary, under which I do run the Primary Musical and the Festival of Choirs. I am very excited to be entering my 13th year in teaching, 11 of which have been with the best of PYP schools. I play the guitar, recorder, keyboard/piano, xylophones and a few other instruments but my forte lies in singing. In addition to my strong PYP experience, I recently completed my Grade 8 Vocals in Trinity - Rock and Pop. I have also completed various other music certifications through the Trinity College of Music. I have been trained by quite a few professionals in different instruments and musical technique. In addition to the Music Together certification that I have, I have attended quite a few IB workshops (PYP). I do perform as a musician in my spare time, as a vent to my outburst of passion and love for music.

I believe my education and degree in my career has mainly been my teaching experience, which has helped me acquire the best from my students as we worked together to create great music and events. My aim will always be to help the students acquire musical skills and knowledge that will help them improve as an overall personality towards a better future for our world.

Tuesday 3 September 2013

Grade 1 - Elevator

Apart from being exposed to an octave range in singing, students here also get acquainted with how pitch can move from low to high. The concept is helped by this activity wherein the students are asked to form teams of two or three to represent a floor in a departmental store and finalise on one product they would be selling on that floor. They prepare an advertisement of what they are selling as well and then at the appropriate time in the song take turns to sing their part. This way, they would be part of a 'duet' or a 'trio', thus being able to hear themselves better than they would as a class and focus more on singing.


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