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Composing with Technology Across the Curriculum

Discover the intersection of technology and music composition across different school levels. Learn guidelines, software & hardware needs, and resources for teaching music composition effectively.

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Composing with Technology Across the Curriculum

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  1. Composing with Technology Across the Curriculum Presented by Dr. James Frankel FMEA 2008 Conference Tampa, FL January 11, 2008

  2. All of my session materials are posted on my website: www.jamesfrankel.com

  3. Session Overview • Why Composition? • Rationale • Composition…How??? • Software, hardware, and the Internet • Composing Across the Curriculum • Elementary School • Middle School • High School • Resources

  4. Why Composition? Why Technology?

  5. MENC National Standard #4 Composing and arranging music within specified guidelines.

  6. Composition…How??? • Hardware needs • Minimal vs. Optimal • Software needs • Composing Online

  7. Hardware Needs • The School Computer Lab • The One-Computer Classroom: • With a MIDI Keyboard • Without a MIDI Keyboard • The Music Technology Lab

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

  9. 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

  10. Composing Across the Music Curriculum

  11. 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

  12. Elementary School • Sakura • Music in Numbers • July 4, 1776 • Create a Melody • Soundscapes

  13. 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

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

  15. 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

  16. Resources Teaching Classroom Music in the Keyboard Lab By James Frankel available at: www.soundtree.com • www.ti-me.org • www.jamesfrankel.com Composition in the Classroom By Jackie Wiggins

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