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SEA AND SONG PROJECT

In January 2021, in Scotland's Year of Coasts and Waters and the year COP26 comes to Glasgow, St Andrews Voices launched our inaugural digital education project bringing Ellie Jackson's stories to life with music and environmental messaging in collaboration with the Marine Conservation Society.

Musical animateur and violinist Aisling O’Dea has worked alongside the St Andrews Voices team of Amanda MacLeod and Rufus Sullivan to create musical and environmental workshops for pupils at schools across Scotland to access. At the core of the project is a strong environmental theme that also runs through three Ellie Jackson books that have been brought to life: Duffy’s Lucky Escape, Nelson’s Dangerous Dive and Marli’s Tangled Tale. Led by Rufus Sullivan and Tara Proud from the Marine Conservation Society, pupils will learn about vital ecosystems and animals that we have throughout Scotland and the world, as well as the very real threat humans pose through plastic pollution. This project comes as Scotland celebrates the Year of Coasts and Waters and there comes a real emphasis on protecting our coastline from all forms of pollution and degradation.

These resources are free and available for all to use, so please do enjoy. If you enjoyed the project and are able to donate please do so HERE or get in touch with us hello@standrewsvoices.com.

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Sea and Song Project

Introduction 

Join us as we kick off our Sea & Song project bringing some of Ellie Jackson’s storybooks to life with music-making and environmental lessons. Meet some of our team for the first time and get to know our theme song sung by The Sixteen!

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Duffy's Lucky Escape

Video 1: Music Making

Meet our workshop leader Aisling O’Dea for the first time as she takes you through some musical warm-ups and activities. She will take you through an introduction to soundscapes and get you setup for making your own!

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Nelson's

Dangerous Dive

Video 1: Music Making

Aisling leads another workshop focusing on making music in ensembles as well as using some more musical games and activities.

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Marli's

Tangled Tale

Video 1: Music Making

Learn about the basics of conducting and musical leadership with Aisling. After this workshop you can work on leading your own ensemble making soundscapes that you can control!

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Sea and Song Project

Resources

These resources will take you through all of our videos as well as providing extra activities and information to enhance music education and environmental education in the classroom.

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Duffy's Lucky Escape

Video 2: Environmental Lesson

Rufus Sullivan and Tara Proud take you on an adventure through seagrass ecosystems, all things turtle and how plastic pollution can impact these coastal ecosystems

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Nelson's

Dangerous Dive

Video 2: Environmental Lesson

Rufus and Tara introduce coral reef ecosystems and the planets largest animals as well as introducing beach cleans as a way to protect our important coastal ecosystems.

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Marli's

Tangled Tale

Video 2: Environmental Lesson

In our final environmental video, Rufus and Tara introduce you to Scottish bird colonies and how pollution can impact these beautiful animals.

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Sea and Song Project

The Stories

Amanda sets the scene of the project and takes you through the stories for the first time to kick everything off

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Duffy's Lucky Escape

Video 3: Interactive Storytelling

Immerse yourself in the story and play your music alongside Aisling and Amanda in this musical storytelling of Duffy’s Lucky Escape.

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Nelson's

Dangerous Dive

Video 3: Interactive Storytelling

Amanda reads Nelson’s Dangerous Dive with musical accompaniment from Aisling that you can join in with too!

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Marli's

Tangled Tale

Video 3: Interactive Storytelling

In our last video Amanda and Aisling lead this musical storytelling for you to get involved with!

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