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Virtual Video Primary Music Festival 2021Our annual Primary Music Festival will be taking on a different guise this year. In order to provide children with a large-scale singing opportunity, we are proposing a virtual video event.
Virtual Festival Timeline:
Monday 22 March – please submit your application form online to music@milton-keynes.gov.uk by 22 March to secure your place.
Monday 12 April – the teaching tracks for the final video performances will be available on our website after this date.
Late April – backing tracks for the final video performances will be available on our website.
Friday 21 May – this is the last date videos can be accepted from schools. (Note Sing Up/Out of the Ark backing tracks must be used)
Wednesday 23rd June – completed compilation video available! The countdown is on! Use this link to view the finished version. We hope you enjoyed making it as much as we did!
Documents, resources, backing tracks etc:
Believe:
Resources for Believe, along with the backing track to make your recording will be available from ‘Sing Up’ via a special temporary account we have set up with them. Sing Up will contact you by email during the week of 19th April 21 to let you know your log in details and how to access the account. www.singup.org
- Follow this link for the Believe teaching videos
- Written overview for Believe Teaching Video
- Believe Score
- Believe Lyrics
- Backing track: access this from Sing Up using your new log in.
- We hope that some schools will be able to include a sign language version of the chorus of Believe in their videos. The chorus is repeated in the YouTube link below at each of the following times: 0:48 – 1:18. 1:51 – 2.23. 3:15 – 3:57.
Link to Believe – Sign Language Version
Different Drums:
- Follow this link for the Different Drums teaching videos
- Written overview for Different Drums Teaching Video
- Different Drums lyrics
- Different Drums Score
- Different Drums with vocals (to help with rehearsal only – please use the backing track for your recording)
- This is the backing track to use when recording your video:
If you have difficulty with any of these resources, please email music@milton-keynes.gov.uk (attn Emily Forrester) and Emily will be happy to help.
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Milton Keynes Music Service
Community Learning MK
Contact us by Email: music@milton-keynes.gov.uk
Opening hours: M-T: 9am - 5pm | F: 9am-4.30pm