1. Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra Adventures in Music 2016-2017
Images and questions to support
Jean Coulthard’s
The Contented House

2. Jean Coulthard
Use lesson to explain who Jean Coulthard was. What kind of music did she create? Why was she important in Canadian music history?

3. Let’s look at how visual artists use art materials to express and explore ideas in their artwork.

4. What might artwork ‘sound’ like? What might music ‘look’ like?

5. Wassily Kandinsky What does this painting sound like and why?
Bio for kids:
Kandinsky viewed music as the most transcendent form of non-objective art - musicians could evoke images in listeners' minds merely with sounds. He strove to produce similarly object-free, spiritually rich paintings that alluded to sounds and emotions through a unity of sensation.È

6. Christian Marclay What did this artist do to show us what the painting sounds like?
Christian Marclay is an artists who uses music as an inspiration for his work and also within his work.

7. Shary Boyle https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSdDsHkyg50
Shary Boyle is a Canadian artist who uses music to create art live.

8. The colours an artist uses affects the feeling in a work of art
The colours an artist uses affects the feeling in a work of art. Look carefully at these two paintings. What is similar? What is different? How has the colour helped you feel the emotion? What would each house feel like inside?
LL Fitzgerald – Doc Schniders House, oil on canvas
Emily Carr – Houses in Britton, oil on board

9. Look. Listen. Experiment
Look. Listen. Experiment. Does this work of art inspire you to play your Orff instrument quickly or slowly? Would you use high notes or low notes? Would you play loudly or softly ? Experiment!
Umberto Boccioni (Italy), Dynamism of a Cyclist, 1913

10. This painting was inspired by Tchaikovsky’s Dance of the Flowers
This painting was inspired by Tchaikovsky’s Dance of the Flowers. The artist explored both the emotions of the music and individual sounds and notes. Silently, look at this image for one minute. What do you hear? Explore some of your ideas using your voice.

11. This artist paints on stage while the musicians are performing
This artist paints on stage while the musicians are performing. What instruments might this artist have been listening to while creating this work of art? Consider the lines, shapes and colours. Discuss your ideas.
Painting Inspired by Elton John- Your Song