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

All of my session materials are posted on my website:

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: NY Philharmonic Kids Zone: BBC Making Tracks: Creating Music:

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

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 Teaching Classroom Music in the Keyboard Lab By James Frankel available at: Composition in the Classroom By Jackie Wiggins

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