This page is for all the children who are taking part in the Somers Town Sinfonia project this year.
Here’s a video to introduce all the tutors you will be working with.
And meet the players!
There are four pieces of music for us to learn together:-
The William Tell Overture
The Dance of the Mirlitons
An Odd Bit Of Beethoven
La Bamba
On this page you will find pdfs of the sheet music for you to download. There are also audio recordings for you to listen to whilst watching the STS Conductor, Luke. There are also week by week videos made by the STS tutors to help you learn the pieces with your teacher at school and for you to use yourself when you are practising at home.
Week 1
We’re starting off by looking at the William Tell Overture. You’ll need a copy of the sheet music for your instrument – you can find it below.
Watch Luke’s introduction and then watch the video for your instrument. Remember you can stop / start / replay the video as often as you like at school and at home.
Week 2
This week we start to look at La Bamba and continue to look at William Tell.
Watch Luke’s introduction and then watch the video for your instrument. If you can, use the video at home to help you practise between the sessions you have at school. The more you practise, the better you will get.
Next week, we’ll put up some Hello Videos from all the schools involved in the project, so you know who else is playing in the Somers Town Sinfonia.
Week 3
These sessions look at the next bits of La Bamba. Make sure you have a look at Luke’s introduction first and then watch the video for your instrument.
Don’t forget you can look at these videos at home to help with your practice.
Week 4
Here are the Week 4 rehearsal videos. If you’re still working through the other lesson, that’s completely fine. We don’t want you to feel overwhelmed, but we do want to make these available so you can have a look at them over half term. We hope you’re enjoying learning the pieces. If you get the chance, do a bit of research on the Beethoven symphonies we’re going to be playing (well bits of them!)
The William Tell Overture
The William Tell Overture was written in 1829 by Gioachino Rossini. It is played at the beginning of opera “William Tell”. We think you will recognise it! See if you can find out about the story of William Tell.
Here are links to the printed music for all the different instruments for the William Tell Overture
Here are links where you can hear your part being played and watch Luke conducting.
The Dance of the Mirlitons
The Dance of the Mirlitons is part of the Nutcracker Suite written by Pyotr Iiyich Tchaikovsky in 1892. The suite is music for a ballet in which lots of magical things happen one Christmas Eve. See if you can find out what a mirliton is.
Here are links to the printed music for all the different instruments for the Dance of the Mirlitons
Here are links where you can hear your part being played and watch Luke conducting.
An Odd Bit of Beethoven
Ludwig van Beethoven wrote nine symphonies. We are going to be playing a mash up of the famous bits from numbers 1, 3, 5, 7 and 9.
Here are links to the printed music for all the different instruments for the An Odd Bit of Beethoven
Here are links where you can hear your part being played and watch Luke conducting.
La Bamba
La Bamba is a Mexican folk song. It became a hit in 1958 for Ritchie Valens when he arranged and recorded it. Since then it has been arranged and recorded many times. See how many you can find. STS is about to do another!
Here are links to the printed music for all the different instruments for the La Bamba
Here are links where you can hear your part being played and watch Luke conducting.