Episode 51: Able ARTS Work Quarantunes: Episode 8

Welcome to episode 8 of “Quarantunes” Where quarantine can’t stop our creativity! In this first quarantunes episode of 2021, we get to experience musical expression from our artists at CECA. Listen in as we hear songs inspired by Brazil, the Summertime, and life! (0:18) “I Love You from Brazil” - CECA’s World Music Class The World music class chose to have the first country that they studied be Brazil.  Brazil is known for a diverse range of music, including Bossa Nova and Samba.  Students learned about elements from these styles of music and then incorporated those stylistic elements into a composition of their own.  They made choices about the tempo, key, pitch, rhythm and melody lines of the entire song.  Finally, the class chose different lyrics, settling on saying "I love you" in multiple languages, including English, Spanish, French and Japanese.  The students also chose how they wanted the recordings of their voices to be manipulated or edited. Te Amo Aishiteru Je T'aime I love you (1:40) “Dreamy Rhapsody” - CECA’s Music Video Maker Class The song "Dreamy Rhapsody" is an original instrumental composition by the Music Video Makers class of Able ARTS Work. This was the students' final project of the semester. They created the song and music video by brainstorming various concepts about life and current times, then selected instrumentation and footage to match each concept. This song is intended to induce relaxation in the listener. On behalf of the Music Video Makers class, we hope you sit back, relax and enjoy "Dreamy Rhapsody". You can find a video featuring this song by using the link below https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7bsX5sJ7PI (6:33) “Feelin’ the Sushine” (The Friendship/Summertime Song) is a song that was written collectively by students in To Instruments and Far Beyond! class at Cultural Education Center for the Arts (CECA). Students first voted on writing a song with the theme of “friendship” and “summertime”. They then progressively voted on song tempo, instrumentation, lyrics, song form/structure, and other musical and stylistic elements. Some of the students singing voices and musical instruments were recorded live during virtual classes and embedded into the final recording of the song. A guest instructor and employee of Able Arts Work also recorded their melodica instrument during a visit to class. The title “Feelin’ the Sunshine” was decided upon after the completion of the music and lyrics and is based on a lyrical phrase in the song, “I wanna feel the sunshine”. Click the link below to watch our lyric video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3C8WsoiIUAE I got my horchata You got your strawberry vegan ice cream We should grab some burgers And go eat at our hot hot summer feast Its our summer song, hee hee hee Its our summer song, hee hee hee Lets meet at the ocean And look out to the shiny sparkling sea I wanna’ feel the sunshine While hanging out with all my favorite peeps Its our summer song, hee hee hee Its our summer song, hee hee hee We're gonna go camping in our pink tree house And watch the shootin stars Well go to raging waters And conquer thunder rapids And then we’ll play xbox Thanks for listening! For more information about our organization, please visit our website AbleArtsWork.org