Educate

More than 10,000 school kids participate in Cantos programs every year to see, hear, feel and learn through our amazing collection. With curriculum-specific lesson plans, Cantos programs fit directly with what children are learning in the classroom giving them the opportunity to make real-life connections to concepts in their textbooks. Oh, and it's also really really fun!

 

 

 

 

Co-productions: Twice the Learning, Twice the Fun!

Cantos Music Foundation has joined forces with Lougheed House and Fort Calgary to offer full-day programming, including:

Parlour Music 1905
Join presenters from Cantos Music Foundation in the Lougheed House music room for an entertaining and educational look at music and instruments that were popular at the turn of the 20th century. Parlour Music 1905 offers students a glimpse of musical life during this period as they hear stories, listen to music and get hands on with a selection of instruments from the Cantos Gallery.
Visit www.lougheedhouse.com for more information and to book your program.

Canadian Communities Celebrate!
Register for a full-day of hands-on learning about Acadian, Inuit and Prairie communities at Fort Calgary and Cantos. Discover how three unique Canadian cultures celebrate by making your own music, handling artifacts, singing, storytelling, wearing costumes and more! Visit two museums in one day for twice the fun!

Visit www.fortcalgary.com for more information and to book your program.

Grade 3 Science
Good Vibrations explores the concepts of sound production in musical instruments through interactive activities designed to enhance the Grade 3 Hearing and Sound unit.

Grade 2
Integrating subject matter from the Communities in Canada unit, the Canada: Music Nation program takes students on a musical tour of several Canadian provinces, introducing them to rare and wonderful Cantos Collection instruments that are connected with specific cultures in Canada.

Grade 2-6 Music
Close Encounters takes students on a journey through the evolution of keyboard instruments. Students learn about a variety of instruments and get to play some of them. This program can be modified somewhat to connect with other topics of study.

What is the Math/Music Connection?: Grade 4-6 Math
In the Key Concepts program  students get up-close and personal with our instruments and find ways of applying math to music in the real world, using methods of critical thinking and object-based learning.

Grade 3 Music

Cantos Music Foundation has joined forces with the University of Calgary to bring the "King of Instruments" to life for Grade 3 students in Calgary. Taking place in the Eckhardt-Gramatté Recital Hall at the U of C's Rozsa Centre, students get up close and personal with the Ahrend Organ, a beautiful Baroque pipe organ, and learn about the organ's unique ways of making music.  For 2010 program dates, click on "I'm a Teacher" and look for Pipe Pipe Hooray program description.

Grades 7-12 Music
How and when did Rock and Roll begin?  What was the lead instrument in Rock's earliest days?  What were some of the social and technological impacts of Rock? Go back in time and learn the story of the music that "blew the lid off the '50s".

(Grades 7-12)

The content and theme of this gallery tour can be organized to support your particular interests.  For instance, tours can be shaped to:

• Incorporate singing with historical keyboard accompaniment
• Place emphasis on the technology behind electronic instruments
• Discuss tuning practices through the ages