Learning to Compose, Teacher

Goal: Students will experience a beginning composition lesson and learn about the process of composing. The emphasis will be on process rather than the resulting end product.

Materials:
    MIDI keyboard and sequencing program
    Internet connection
    Internet plug-ins:
        for MIDI (Live Audio or comparable)
        Quicktime
        text/x-speech (Talker located at Franklin page)

Assessment
    Composition includes:
        at least two different sounds
        at least two different layers.
        describes or includes an expressive mood

CONTEXT	STANDARD	CONTENT	BEHAVIOR	MODE	STRATEGY
					Day 1
Songs by Lyndsey (12) Jungle Drummer The Fiddle's Tale	6. Listen, Analyze, Describe	Timbre Texture Expressive	Describe	Enactive	Listen to two songs by another student. What did you hear? How many sounds did each song use? What kind of sounds were in each song? What was the mood for each song?
Oh, When the Saints	6. Listen, Analyze, Describe	Melody Harmony Rhythm Timbre Style	Describe	Enactive	Learn about creating a song.
Keyboard sounds	2. Play 6. Listen, Analyze, Describe 3. Improvise	Timbre Melody	Create Perform	Enactive	Find two to three sounds you like on the keyboard. When you have sounds you like, try finding a melody or tune you like.
					Day 2
Glass Songs	6. Listen, Analyze, Describe	Texture Expression	Describe	Enactive	What do you hear in this piece? Did this piece have a melody? Was the texture thick or thin? Did it make you feel the same way as Lyndsey's songs?
School Song-- Franklin elementary	1. Sing 5. Read, Notate 6. Listen, Analyze, Describe	Melody	Perform Describe	Symbolic	Sometimes composers include words to their songs. Try singing this school song
Personal Composition	4. Compose	Timbre Texture Expressive	Create	Enactive	Plan your composition. Which of the composers' tools that we've listened to will you use? Try to use at least two different sounds and two different layers. Decide what mood your song will describe.
					Day 3
Compositions	4. Compose 7. Evaluating	Texture Timbre Expressive	Create Perform	Enactive	Record your composition into the computer program. Set the program for play. Decide if you like your composition. Adjust volume for each part until you like your music. Did you have to change any of the instrument sounds?
EXTRAS:
Meet Some Composers Meet Student Composers (Robbert and Marc) Meet the Musician Glass Orchestra Composers	9. History & Culture	Time & Place	Describe	Symbolic
Learn About The Glass Orchestra	9. History & Culture	Style	Describe	Symbolic
Find the Composers Toronto (home of The Glass Orchestra) Franklin Elementary (WI) Wisconsin	8. Other Disciplines (Geography) 9. History & Culture	Time & Place	Describe	Iconic
Classroom Science	8. Other Disciplines	Timbre	Describe