Blues OCR All students will understand how

All students will understand how one of the key skills could be used to communicate with an audience

This mighty civilisation rose and fell with epic pace: it was wiped out almost overnight and then slowly rediscovered over several hundred years

and use of this particular stylistic device presents a great many challenges to the actors and director involved

Contrast it with ‘The Scream’ – a painting by Edward Munch

To take control of improvisation away from the actors

Blues OCR All students will understand howBlues is a bit of an old chestnut at KS3, but for good reasons: its a convenient style for learning about chords and scales; its simple and somewhat formulaic nature makes it easy to perform and compose; and it lends itself nicely to vocal work and improvisation. Here we have tried to take advantage of all these opportunities.