What is A-HA?
The A-ha concept reflects “a moment of sudden realisation”. It is the inspiring moment when someone realises something important, for example it is when a student may grasp an idea or ability to apply a skill.
The A-ha music mentoring programme was designed to help young people articulate their “moments of sudden realisation”. These moments are triggered by being inspired by something or someone. The programme facilitates and harnesses that “wahoo” moment and channels it into a positive pathway and plan.
The foundational philosophy behind the A-ha music mentoring concept is to help young people connect to their intuitive being, and to explore their creative and artistic side, through fun and engaging musical programmes.
About the A-ha Music Mentoring Programme
Positive Youth Development
The A-ha music mentoring programme is a fun and engaging music based programme that helps inspire young people to develop their own creative and musical solutions to address educational, social and cultural issues in our communities.
The programme gives each young person a high quality experience of what it’s like to be the artist. This includes:
- •the song writing process (literacy);
- •playing musical instruments (numeracy);
- •recording and singing (literacy and numeracy); to
- developing their own story board and ploting a professional music video
This process is undertaken whilst students explore some of the issues that we face in society today like anti-bullying, teen parents, cultural and social issues including anti-violence..
The programme ultimately E3
- Educate
- Equips and
- Empowers
young people to unlock their full potential through music.
A-ha programme objectives
The A-ha programme objectives is to:
- • inspire young people through the vehicle of music and creative arts;
- • lift academic achievement; and
- • address educational and social issues in school, families and local communities.
A-ha’s goal is to develop skills such as team work, collaboration, negotiation, problem solving and critical thinking through music.
A-ha Music Mentoring Workshop
What the programme consists of
- 1. Song writing workshop (discuss social issue, brainstorm ideas about how to express issue – including words, phrases, identification and agreement of core messages)
- 2. Melody and harmony development
- 3. Vocal technique and lessons (and music lesson)
- 4. Audio recording and singing technique session
- 5. Story board and video production skills (assignment of key roles for video production including Director etc..)
- 6. Evaluation session
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Target Age Group
The A-ha music programme is specifically developed to work with students from year 5-13 (ages 7-18 years).
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The A-ha music programme is specifically developed to work with students from year 5-13 (ages 7-18 years).