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

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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