Summer 2019
(The summer of our first graduating Level III class)
(The summer of our first graduating Level III class)
As part of our Level II requirements participants researched an area of their choice.
Each participant chose a culture/area/practice they wanted to research in-depth. In each of the projects students include on-line websites, resources to be incorporated in lesson plans, details of the particular context, issues we need to consider (and of which we should be considerate: ethical issues), as well as other helpful information for teachers who are interested in bringing these musics and ways of thinking into their classrooms.
These are AMAZING projects they are sharing with everyone.
Please do look over their work and incorporate these musics and information into your own practice
Keli Brewer: A Sample of Cape Breton Music
Danielle Sirek: Grenadian Music
Nancy Breau: Arabic Songs from the Middle East
Allison Luff: Chilean New Song Movement (1960-1973)
Leslie Kent: Sacred Music for Children
Liz Lucas: Video Game Music
Sara Joy: Spain
Ngarmta Nandakwang (Ing): Thailand
Alisha Boeringa: Dutch Children's songs (collected from different generations)
Tawatcha Sritepi - Ting: Shinning Moon (Song and Traditional Dance - Thailand)
Each participant chose a culture/area/practice they wanted to research in-depth. In each of the projects students include on-line websites, resources to be incorporated in lesson plans, details of the particular context, issues we need to consider (and of which we should be considerate: ethical issues), as well as other helpful information for teachers who are interested in bringing these musics and ways of thinking into their classrooms.
These are AMAZING projects they are sharing with everyone.
Please do look over their work and incorporate these musics and information into your own practice
Keli Brewer: A Sample of Cape Breton Music
Danielle Sirek: Grenadian Music
Nancy Breau: Arabic Songs from the Middle East
Allison Luff: Chilean New Song Movement (1960-1973)
Leslie Kent: Sacred Music for Children
Liz Lucas: Video Game Music
Sara Joy: Spain
Ngarmta Nandakwang (Ing): Thailand
Alisha Boeringa: Dutch Children's songs (collected from different generations)
Tawatcha Sritepi - Ting: Shinning Moon (Song and Traditional Dance - Thailand)
Level III Assignment to cover a popular tune of choice in Solfege
One can only sing sol mi songs for sooooo long before...
We made up our own game song actions!
We made up our own game song actions!
Morning musical engagements with the whole group
Level II creating ostinato patterns with canons
Level 2 - working with Partner songs - writing an Intro/Outro/Descant to I saw the Light and Don't Let the Wind
The first example is from Liz, Sara, and Nancy who created this glorious harmony in the moment!
The first example is from Liz, Sara, and Nancy who created this glorious harmony in the moment!
Partner Songs - I saw the Light and Don't Let the Wind: Ing, Danielle, Leslie, Alisha, Camilla -Same assignment complete different engagement! Fabulous!
Syncopa presentation ideas
One of the Level II assignments was to cover a song in 3 parts - You have got to listen to these!
Jocelyn covering Clean Bandit - Symphony
Jocelyn covering Clean Bandit - Symphony
Level II practice ideas - Alisha introducing us to the wonders of plastic plates and dry erase markers! Rhythm practice, solfege possibilities and meter change ideas!
Level III working together to create an arrangement of two Libana Canons
Get together evening - Level III Celebratory shots of tequila - OF COURSE!
