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Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra
Adventures in Music
2016-2017
Images and questions to support
Jean Coulthard’s
The Contented House
Jean Coulthard
Let’s look at how visual artists use art materials to
express and explore ideas
in their artwork.
What might artwork ‘sound’ like?
What might music ‘look’ like?
Wassily Kandinsky
What does this painting sound like and why?
Christian Marclay
What did this artist do to show us what the painting sounds like?
Shary Boyle
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?
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!
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.
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.