Chestra
(pronounced Kestra)
Caroline and Del are professional musicians who teach music and enjoy sharing their musical enthusiasm with children.
We play harp, piano, violin, viola, flute, piccolo, clarinet, recorders and saxophones. Our workshops are interactive and get the children involved with the programmes. We cater for your preferred session lengths often between 30-50 minutes. Curriculum links go beyond music and encompass storytelling, language, cultural and social development, design and other expressive arts, physical education, history and science.
Some recent comments from schools include:
“The children loved it”
“They really liked roaring like a lion and getting to experience live instruments and music”
“It was all very enjoyable, lots of fun”
“It was a really great experience for all the children and an inclusive one”
Workshops
The key stages are guides only and we include more or less detail and instruments depending on the audience – please feel free to discuss with us.
EYFS and KS1
Carnival of the Creatures:
Looks at how we use music to represent different animals and creatures. Helps children to interact artistically with movement and singing.
Noises from Nature
Focuses on music with a nature theme on a variety of instruments. Helps children to interact artistically with movement and singing.
Stories with Sounds
Children are encouraged to join in with the musical re-telling of these well loved tales:
- Three Billy Goats Gruff
- Jack and the Beanstalk
- Funny Bones
KS1 and KS2
Part of the orchestra is missing!
Can your children help us identify and fill out the missing sections of the orchestra? Demonstration of harp, piano, violin, viola, flute, piccolo, clarinet, recorders and saxophone in a variety of pieces. Children join in with conducting, noise production, percussion, guessing of instrument names and voice.
Music – What’s the Use?
Looks at how music has been used over the centuries, encouraging the children to think and participate in how music relates to different situations both then and now and uses various media to illustrate the musical examples. (Need to be able to show presentation with film clips to audience or a reduced version uses some audio clips instead.)
Instrumental Showcase
Demonstration of harp, piano, violin, viola, flute, piccolo, clarinet, recorders and saxophone in a variety of pieces. Children join in with conducting, percussion, instrument names and assessing suitable instruments for particular events and objects.
Seasonal Concerts: We also offer Christmas and other concerts to mark seasonal events.
If you have a particular theme we are happy to discuss a performance to fit within it.
