Virtual Concert: Robot Rickshaw
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Age Range: Elementary, Middle School; Grades K-8
Learning Objective: Students will listen and respond to original music by musician Robot Rickshaw.
Total Video Time: 25:13
At a Glance: Virtual Concerts give students the opportunity to practice being an audience and experience a variety of music. A teacher or student will play the role of Concert Host narrating between each piece of music.
Teaching Tips: Use the provided Concert Host Script and included links to guide students through a series of videos recreating a concert. For younger learners, see our Concert Guide for ideas on how to customize the concert.
THE CONCERT
“Welcome to today’s virtual concert. Today’s concert features a composer who builds robots that create music. His real name is Troy, but when he performs with his robotic instruments, he is called Robot Rickshaw.”
“In this first video, listen as Troy introduces himself and tells a little about Robot Rickshaw.”
“Let’s listen as Robot Rickshaw plays a piece called Mechaglossolalia [meh-kah-gloss-oh-LAY-lee-ah] v.2. As you listen, see how many instruments or parts of instruments you notice.”
“Can anyone name an instrument they saw or heard?” (Pause for students to share.) “Some of the instruments you named are ‘unpitched.’ Can you predict what that means? Listen as Troy explains what ‘unpitched’ means and shows us those unpitched instruments.”
“So, if some instruments are ‘unpitched,’ others are ‘pitched.’ Next, Troy explains what ‘pitched’ instruments are and tells us a little more about the pitched instruments on Robot Rickshaw.”
“Now, let’s hear Robot Rickshaw play one more piece. See if you can notice the difference in sound between pitched and unpitched.”
“Thank you for attending today’s virtual concert. We hope you enjoyed listening to and learning from Robot Rickshaw, and we hope you’ll share what you learned with someone else today.”
EXTEND learning
Choose one or more of the following activities to extend learning.
Write down or tell someone three things you learned from Robot Rickshaw’s concert.
Learn more about timbre with this lesson, and about melody with this lesson.
FULL CONCERT PLAYLIST
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This activity is made possible in part by the Minnesota Legacy Amendment’s Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund.
