Every month, the music lab teachers select a theme for the Music Technology and Learning Lab. Students explore the theme in the Music History, Composition, and Listening Stations during their scheduled music lessons.
For September’s Music Lab theme, we’re focusing on the music of Bollywood – and all forms of Indian cinema. Bollywood is just one location where the music and dancing occur, in the language of Hindi. Tollywood (Telugu) and Kollywood (Tamil) are other examples, each in different languages and cities of India.
India may not have created the first movies, but they’ve been creating their own style of movies for more than a hundred years. The music and dancing are hallmarks of their unique style no matter which language or province is creating the films.
For a sneak preview of what students are learning in Music Lab during their music lessons this month, enjoy a few Bollywood favorites here: