Composing with Technology Across the Curriculum

Presented by Dr. James FrankelFMEA 2008 Conference

Tampa, FLJanuary 11, 2008

All of my session materials are posted on my website:

www.jamesfrankel.com

Session Overview Why Composition?

Rationale Composition…How???

Software, hardware, and the Internet Composing Across the Curriculum

Elementary School Middle School High School

Resources

Why Composition?

Why Technology?

MENC National Standard #4

Composing and arranging music within specified guidelines.

Composition…How???

Hardware needs Minimal vs. Optimal

Software needs Composing Online

Hardware Needs

The School Computer Lab The One-Computer Classroom:

With a MIDI Keyboard Without a MIDI Keyboard

The Music Technology Lab

Software Needs

Notation Software: Sibelius or Finale GarageBand 3.0 Sibelius Compass Sibelius Groovy Making Music Band-In-A-Box

Composing Online

Vermont MIDI Project: www.vtmidi.org

NY Philharmonic Kids Zone: www.nyphilkids.org

BBC Making Tracks: www.bbc.co.uk Creating Music:

www.creatingmusic.com

Composing Across the Music Curriculum

Guidelines for Composition Provide Parameters

The more structure the better Start Small

Non-pitched instruments Compose short phrases

No Wrong Answers Remember John Cage!

Find A Way to Showcase the Work The Electronic Refrigerator Podcasting

Sometimes You Should Leave Technology Behind

Elementary School

Sakura Music in Numbers

July 4, 1776 Create a Melody Soundscapes

Middle School Composing in Pentatonic Creating Two-Part Inventions

Invention No. 1 by JT Making Music Out Of Pi

Pi Kallman Creating Serialism Compositions

Evan Young Composers Club

Composition Competition

High School

Writing Four-Part Chorales Music Based on Poetry, Art, etc. Film Scoring Songwriting

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Resources Why and How to Teach Music Composition

edited by Maud Hickey

Teaching Music with Technology by Thomas Rudolph

Composing and Arranging: Standard 4 Benchmarks by MENC Publications

Resources

www.ti-me.org www.jamesfrankel.com

Teaching Classroom Music in the Keyboard Lab By James Frankel available at:www.soundtree.com

Composition in the ClassroomBy Jackie Wiggins

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