While skittering away the hours until I depart France, I had some time off this afternoon, and was noodling around the internets (my TV doesn't work in my rented flat), and came across THIS.
It is the blog of "Mr. B" a music teacher in Public School 22 somewhere in New York City, and he teaches his awesome, AWESOME elementary age school choir to sing stuff by (and with - as it turns out) Crowded House, Tori Amos, Coldplay etc. I can't find much about how they do it, or the history of, except on the blog site it says that "This website is PC22's efforts to promote the benefits of keeping the arts and integral part of the school curriculum". Well done Sir! Well done indeed.
Somehow, he and his choir played the Fabulous Fillmore Theatre in New York, and along with their interpretation of a couple of Crowded House songs, actually had Crowded House join them to play "Throw your arms around me" on stage. Seriously, turn up your speakers because this is quite magnificent.
Lastly, whether you are a Coldplay fan or not - watch this awesome rendition of "Viva La Vida", especially the unbelievable a Capella version at the end. If this doesn't make you smile, then you are either a heartless bastard who likes throwing bags of live puppies into the river, or Dick Cheney.
My Mom was a full time 3rd grade teacher, and an alternate music teacher at her elementary school. She had tenure though, so she could have worked at any school she wanted, but by choice, she worked at Dalton Elementary, in a bad part of town, teaching kids who were living in broken homes, poverty, alcohol abuse, and neglect. Sometimes she would come home after work, sit on the couch and just cry for a few minutes - then she'd come over and give me a hug. I never really understood this until I got much older. If she was around today, I think she would have really enjoyed watching this.
In a book that I've been reading while overseas, there is a line from one of the protagonists who says "Joy is in the ears that hear".
I couldn't agree more.
It is the blog of "Mr. B" a music teacher in Public School 22 somewhere in New York City, and he teaches his awesome, AWESOME elementary age school choir to sing stuff by (and with - as it turns out) Crowded House, Tori Amos, Coldplay etc. I can't find much about how they do it, or the history of, except on the blog site it says that "This website is PC22's efforts to promote the benefits of keeping the arts and integral part of the school curriculum". Well done Sir! Well done indeed.
Somehow, he and his choir played the Fabulous Fillmore Theatre in New York, and along with their interpretation of a couple of Crowded House songs, actually had Crowded House join them to play "Throw your arms around me" on stage. Seriously, turn up your speakers because this is quite magnificent.
Lastly, whether you are a Coldplay fan or not - watch this awesome rendition of "Viva La Vida", especially the unbelievable a Capella version at the end. If this doesn't make you smile, then you are either a heartless bastard who likes throwing bags of live puppies into the river, or Dick Cheney.
My Mom was a full time 3rd grade teacher, and an alternate music teacher at her elementary school. She had tenure though, so she could have worked at any school she wanted, but by choice, she worked at Dalton Elementary, in a bad part of town, teaching kids who were living in broken homes, poverty, alcohol abuse, and neglect. Sometimes she would come home after work, sit on the couch and just cry for a few minutes - then she'd come over and give me a hug. I never really understood this until I got much older. If she was around today, I think she would have really enjoyed watching this.
In a book that I've been reading while overseas, there is a line from one of the protagonists who says "Joy is in the ears that hear".
I couldn't agree more.
1 comments:
Im going to go drop this guy a visit, ask him to do a performance at my highschool. great find
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