Special Resources for Canada & Bermuda

While there are featured songs from around the world in the Spotlight on Music lessons, it is clear that “home” is the United States of America. Therefore, Canadian and Bermudian teachers who plan to use the curriculum will no doubt wish to substitute music in those particular lessons with music unique to their own countries.

While the local teachers no doubt have a broad knowledge of the music where they live and work, this document contains some ideas for songs that may be used.

CANADA

Resulting from a contest for music submissions in honor of Canada’s 150th birthday in 2017, CBCNews features a group of original songs that can be watched on YouTube. Many of the groups feature school elementary, junior or senior high age school groups. The following links will take you to some of the submissions, with the winners' links first:

Other songs that may be interesting to Canadians or those choosing to learn more about Canada are the following:

BERMUDA