Owls 2012-2013: Slap-A-Da-Bass, and other Art Forms

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Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Slap-A-Da-Bass, and other Art Forms

Today, we took a visit to Jason's Music Room. He had a special surprise waiting for us there! To get us ready for the Buster Williams visit at the end of January, Jason introduced us to an upright bass! The instrument is well over 5 feet tall and hulks over our Owls, but they were so excited to see it! Jason explained a bit about how it's played, and then gave each friend a chance to try it. Mike, who also plays bass, got to share with the Owls too.

Press play to view the pictures of the Owls playing the upright bass

Jason also shared with us The Jazz Fly by Matthew Gollub, which is a story that is accompanied by an audio CD of the author narrating, well, more like scatting the words to the book!

Since it was a very dreary day outside, the Owls broke up into small groups and went for an art walk, taking in the beautiful creations in our larger community. We visited the exhibit outside the Muller Auditorium, which features the work of the late Prince Twins Seven-Seven, a Nigerian modernist. We also ventured into Middle and Upper School, where wonderful works of art are constantly being produced. Owls brought along clipboards to draw their representations of what they were seeing and other things that they felt inspired to render.

Matthew's rendition of the below piece....

Showing Mr. Tiki our art

Jane showing us Middle School poetry and art inspired by Hurricane Sandy

Upper School Self Portraits

A few friends played Uno, which is a wonderful card game that asks players to notice the details of the card and make associations with a card that they hold in their hand. For example, if a red 7 card is on the table, the player would need to put down either a red card or a 7 card from their hand. The educational benefits of this game are wonderful, from number and color recognition, to practicing comparison and association skills, to practicing cooperation and rule-following skills.