Online Family Music Camp: Jazz at HomeDrip Music

While we might not be able to go out for a journey in the early summer holiday this year, “Ensemble Transience: Composition & Improvisation–Encore” organizes online music activities for families and kids. “Online Family Music Camp: Jazz at Home” caters a series of educational workshops to parents and young children, which can be joined at the comfort of your home.

We invite local music educators and groups to host a variety of activities, including African music sing-along and dances, jazz standard singing and recording workshop, upcycling percussion instruments and music making, as well as storytelling sessions of jazz picture books.

All workshops will be conducted on Zoom. You may select sessions that you are interested in to sign up for. Each child must be accompanied by a parent to participate in the workshops.

This music camp is part of “Ensemble Transience: Composition & Improvisation—Encore”, financially supported by the Arts Capacity Development Funding Scheme of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. The content of this programme does not reflect the views of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.

🔴　Paco et la Jazz: Interactive Storytelling & DIY Session (Cantonese)
Date/ Time: 2022-4-16, 10:00am-11:00am
In this interactive session, the storyteller from Rolling Books will bring us Paco et la Jazz from the popular French music illustration book series. The story follows Paco and his adorable animal friends in the city of Jazz, New Orleans, where they unleash their musical talents. Children will also get to know about the variety of jazz musical instruments through the story, and create a DIY-shaker with parents.

Language: Cantonese
Target: Children aged 3-6 and parents
Fee: $50
*Participants shall prepare the following: 1. A pair of scissors; 2. One toilet paper tube; 3. One clean, empty plastic bottle; 4. A small amount of beans or rice; 5. One roll of transparent tape; 6. One to three rolls of patterned tapes.

🔴　Move Your Body! African Music and Dance
Date/ Time: 2022-4-16, 11:30am-12:45pm
Is your body getting stiff from staying at home? Get moving to the music! Halen and Cecilia from ONE Harmony Drumming Factory are going to introduce Kpalongo, the music and dance form originated from Ghana, West Africa. They will lead participants to learn Kpolongo songs and dance moves through lively activities.

Language: English & Cantonese
Target: Children aged 3-10 and parents
Fee: $100

🔴　Be A Little Singer: “Fly Me to the Moon”
Date/ Time: 2022-4-16, 2:30pm-3:45pm
Using a free online app Soundtrap, participants will be guided through a recording process of “Fly Me to the Moon” at home. Led by award-winning singer and music educator Kelvin Lau, students and parents will learn the song together, and dive into jazz concepts such as strong beats, swinging and back phrasing. Towards the end of the session, the whole class will be given time to record the song, creating an original and unique version of the famous jazz standard.

Language: English supplemented with Cantonese
Target: Children aged 6-12 and parents
Fee: $100
*Participants shall prepare a wired earphone for the recording session.

🔴　Jazz Baby: Interactive Storytelling & DIY Session (English)
Date/ Time: 2022-4-17, 11:00am-12:00pm
Storyteller Hazel from Rolling Books will lead an interactive session with the illustration book Jazz Baby, a delightful story told with rhyming lines about a little baby getting his family clapping, dancing and singing, celebrating music together. Children will also get to create a DIY-trumpet with parents in this fun session.

Language: English
Target: Children aged 3-6 and parents
Fee: $50
*Participants shall prepare the following: 1. A pair of scissors; 2. One clean, empty plastic bottle; 3. One long toilet paper tube; 4. One sheet of paper; 5. One roll of tape.

🔴　Music at Your Hand: Turn Daily Objects into Instruments!
Date/ Time: 2022-4-17, 2:30pm-3:45pm
Music is limitless. It is not only musical instruments that we can play music with, on the contrary, what we can use to make music are instruments. Daily objects like chopsticks, glass bottles, tin boxes, plastic buckets, and plastic bags, given their different materials and sizes, can create different sounds and pitches.
Instead of throwing away these items after their initial uses, we can explore the unique sounds that can be made with them and turn these mundane objects into ready-made instruments.
In this workshop, participants will look for household items that are usually seen to be disposable, be creative and renovate them into unique music instruments. The facilitators are also going to guide participants in a series of percussive rhythms and play as an ensemble along with light-hearted music.

Language: Cantonese
Target: Children aged 6-10 and parents
Fee: $100
*Participants shall prepare the following: 1. A pair of chopsticks (as drum sticks); 2. Your choice of a few pieces of daily utilities that are made of different materials and are in different sizes.