Innovate, Create, Imagine

 

 

Story Project

 

Sixth Grade Sibelius Project

 

Eighth Grade "Little" GarageBand Project

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Color My WOrld

Color My World

 

Step one

    Select a color/mood that best represents you and/or your partner 

    YOU CANNOT USE TRADITIONAL COLORS

 

Step two

    Sign up for the camera

    Scout for pictures

    Take pictures around the school

 

Step Three

    Start your GarageBand composition that best represents your color/mood

    Place pictures within your GarageBand piece

    In info, take out your last name and replace it with other names that are collaborating with you

 

Step Four

    Have one other group listen to your podcast and give suggestions

 

Step Five

    Sign up for presentation to class

    Google 20%

 

Step Six

    Present

 

Step Seven

    Comment on site, using correct “web sense.”

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Personal Spectacular Project

This is a long-term project. Learn something you have always wanted to learn or create something you always wanted to create 

BUT DIDN’T HAVE THE TIME.

 

TIME is what you have. Lots of time...

In the end it has to say “WOW” 

 

RULES:

1. MUST INVOLVE MUSIC

 

2. Risk-taking (a program you have never used and wanted to learn) 

            versus 

    Creative (taking something to the next level)

 

3.Passion or Interest to you - subject has to be something you enjoy or something you want to learn about

 

4. Double-duty could be used for another class, Social Studies or Science.

 

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ALL ABOUT ME!!!

1.Birthday - on the exact date of your  birthday

select something that happened i.e February 13, 1998 

2.Birthday - on the same date, something that happened. 

            Feb. 13, any year

 

3.Favorite group/singer 

4.Favorite song (used in you keynote) only 30 sec., 

            edited in sound studio or GarageBand. 

5.One interesting fact that we don't know about you 

(food, activities, funny thing) 

6.   Funniest moment in your life 

7.Favorite food 

8.Favorite color

 

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Points of Composition

 

Important Things 

   Title and Composer Name 

    NO red notes in composition (one point off for each red note)

    Only notation, no TAB, unless you are taking guitar lessons.  

 

At least THREE instruments 

    All same family or all different 

 

Melody 

   You must have a main melody or motif 

    Do you start and end on same note or a variation of chord?

    Does your melody have a center tone?

    Do you have repetition with the motif? 

 

Form, it must have a form 

    Theme and Variations

    AB

    ABA

    NO FORM -10 points

 

Dynamics 

   Use must let the reader know your dynamics

    No Dynamics -10 points

 

Tempo 

   Use must let the reader how fast or slow

    No Tempo markings -10 points

 

Two interesting aspects 

    Echo

    Repeat a phrase

    Staccato

    Trill

    Gliss.

    Legato

    Repeat sign

 

Overall 

    Does it sound like it was thought through or just notes placed on a staff

 

Other - extra credit     

Your second song MUST have more points than your first song.

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Fourth Grade Instruments of the World

Website: http://www.asza.com/ihm.shtml

Project

To make a 30-second iMovie about a WORLD instrument with a map showing

        -what country the instrument is or was from AND

        -a short voice-over with five interesting facts.

 

Procedure

1. 1.Select an instrument from website above

2. 2.Make a folder on your desktop with the name of the instrument and 4T, 4S, or 4Z

3. 3.Open WORD and put the five facts on your sheet - IN YOUR OWN WORDS, no copy and paste!
   

4. 4.Find picture(s) of the instrument on google, then FULL size in iPhoto.

5. 5.Create and  iMovie with pictures and music using that instrument

6. 6.Export movie to Quicktime

7. 7.Upload to VoiceThread and add comments 

 

You must comment on your instrument AND on EACH page of “QUALITIES” PLUS What instrument would you like to play.  If you play piano, let us know as well!

http://voicethread.com/

 

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Fifth Grade Composer Project

 

I have always taught a composer lesson for the 33 years as a music teacher. It started with simple reports and gradually grew to an online sharing of the a musical project.  At first I was concerned about students LEARNING about the composer, dates, and facts. I quickly realized that they were NOT learning music but facts. The moment I had the composer’s music as the project, that is when the students learned! So, you won’t see a lot of facts just hear a lot of MUSIC!

 

Thirty Seconds of Music

 

Main website

http://composerproject.wikispaces.com/

 

Find a Grave

 

http://voicethread.com/#home