Bill Gates in a recent interview to Times of India, said that he expects much more from the educational system in India. Point to ponder. Are we as a nation able to provide relevant education in schools? Are the children who step out of schools geared to face life’s challenges? We can start by answering […]
Music
VISIT TO A MUSIC STUDIO
As part of Akshar Arbol school’s progressive Unit of Learning based curriculum, the students are required to explore and learn about different subjects such as science, math, design etc. through Music. On 26th October, the enthusiastic students of Grade 4 and 5 had the opportunity to visit Aura Studios – a professional music recording […]
Collage of Indian Musicians
Students from the Kamala Niketan Montessori School, Trichy, present a collage of well-known musicians of India. These were assignments given to them for their music classes, as a part of their Life Art Education classes from eAmbalam. Some of them were assigned to work on musical instruments of Indian Music. Yet some were told as […]
A MUSICAL ENCOUNTER WITH AN INSTRUMENT MAKER
Sri Karaikurichi Subramaniam, a renowned Veena maker, stepped into our TPP premises to create awareness among our students about how various musical instruments are made. The list included Veenai, Tambura and Ghatam. The music room getting adorned with classical instruments was an exciting sight for our students. This session on Veena making for Grade-1 […]
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS – HOW ARE THEY MADE
Explaining about the Veena. As part of Akshar Arbol’s progressive Unit of Learning program, children are to learn about ‘invention and design of structures by various cultures according to their aesthetic values and locally available materials’. How does Music relate to this? Ambalam curated a special visit by esteemed musical instrument maker KARAIKURICHI SUBRAMANIAN to […]
Visit of Denis Stern
29th August was a red-letter day for the children of Akshar Arbol , when Denis Stern, renowned Russian/Italian guitarist visited the school on the invitation of Ambalam. As part of the LAE Music Program, the children are exposed to different genres of music across cultures . Denis demonstrated the different genres of Western Music such […]
Music and Mind – Let us teach music to our children early
Musical training has recently gained additional interest in education as increasing neuroscientific research demonstrates its positive effects on brain development. Neuroimaging revealed plastic changes in the brains of adult musicians but it is still unclear to what extent they are the product of intensive music training rather than of other factors, such as preexisting biological […]