Welcome to the Expedition!
This series of 3 Get Inspired! episodes (22-24) correlate with the Passport to Music Digital Badge Boards.
The digital badge board is a colorful way to keep track of a 30-piece Challenge.
The challenge? Learn 30 pieces in one year of piano lessons.
Every time you have prepared a piece for the challenge, you earn a “stamp” on your passport!
To show that you earned the stamp, change the image of the stamp to its original color.
Celebrate your achievement!
As a reward for each stamp, treat yourself to listening to music from that country.
Some videos feature traditional music: music that originated from that country or in some cases, the continent.
Some videos feature music that was performed in the country.
As you listen, ask yourself three things and share your answers with your teacher
How much do I like this music?
What made the music or performer in each video unique or fascinating?
Which video was my favorite?
Click on the buttons below to get to the other two Passport to Music Episodes.
#11 India
Nina Burmi uses her smooth three-octave vocal range to explore the thumri style - a type of Indian Classical music. She is joined by top musicians of the style.
#12 Israel
On May 24th 2018, 2,000 young Jews from around the world arrived at Ben Gurion International Airport, as part of Birthright Israel’s 18th year. Marking 85 years of activity, the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance decided to celebrate Israel’s 70th anniversary and surprise them with a very warm welcome …
#13 Italy
“El Cachimbo,” folk song from Chile arranged for three guitars by Eythor Thorlaksson.
#14 Japan
An artist playing “Sakura” on a 25-string Koto. In Japan, cherry blossoms are called sakura, a special flower for the people and the country. Cherry blossoms are a symbolic flower of the spring, a time of renewal, and the fleeting nature of life.
#15 Mexico
El Son de la Negra, Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán.
#16 Netherlands
An interpretation of a folk dance that originates from the Netherlands. Done by Folkloristische Dansgroep Twentsche Leu, based in Hengelo, Netherlands.
#17 Phillipines
UCLA PCN Filipino Tinikling. Tinikling is a traditional Philippine folk dance which originated during the Spanish colonial era. The dance involves at least two people beating, tapping, and sliding bamboo poles on the ground and against each other in coordination with one or more dancers who step over and in between the poles in a dance.
#18 Poland
The Mazurka is considered Poland's quintessential national dance. It comes from the region of Mazovia near the capital Warsaw. It's the birthplace of Frederic Chopin, whose Mazurkas for piano helped him win international fame.
#19 Portugal
Zorba The Greek Dance performed by The Greek Orchestra.
#20 Russia
The music video was filmed in Siberia, Krasnoyarsk Territory, on the Chulym River. This is the birthplace of the members of the OTYKEN group. Chulyms are the smallest indigenous people of Siberia. According to one version, the Chulyms are the ancestors of the Japanese Ainu and the indigenous peoples of North America. According to another version, the Chulyms are an ancient Turkic tribe.