1. MUSIC EDUCATION

2. What is Music Education?
Band 9, 10, 20, 30 (includes band, jazz band and other groups)
Choir 9, 10, 20, 30 (includes choir, vocal jazz and other groups)
Arts Ed. 9, 10, 20, 30 (includes Arts Ed rotation, Guitar, Musical Theatre, Drumlines, etc.)

3. Music is its own language!
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In grade 6, students are taught a musical alphabet which starts them all in the same place. Students who are left behind subjects can be on the same level as all of the other students in the class.

4. Objectives and Curriculum
Cultural/Historical
Creative/Performance
Critical/Responsive

5. Cultural/Historical Understanding the history of music
Learning about music from other cultures
Canadian content
Making meanings and drawings connections to other subject areas

6. ACTIVITY!

7. ? ? Listening Critically “A Movement for Rosa” - by Mark Camphouse
“The Rite of Spring” - by Igor Stravinsky The Rite of Spring is and was one of the most controversial works from the 20th century and in music history. Igor Stravinsky wrote the music for this ballet in and was performed with choreography by Vaslav Nijinsky to an astonished Parisian crowd in May of 1913.
Rite of Spring was the first piece in the “Primitivism” movement, where modern composers sought to imitate nature and the brutality of primitive cultures. It was a ballet without classical dance and it was full of dissonance and ostinato rhythms that were not only unheard of but “booed” during the premiere performance. Today, it is looked at as a very groundbreaking and influential work.
“A Movement for Rosa” - by Mark Camphouse
Mark Camphouse is Associate Professor of Music and Director of Bands at Radford University in Virginia. He was born in Chicago in 1954 and received his formal education at Northwestern University. Camphouse's published and award-winning works have led to his being recognized as an important composer of serious music for the symphonic band medium.
A Movement for Rosa was commissioned in 1992 by the Florida Bandmasters Association. The quasi-tone poem was written to honour the civil rights heroine, Rosa Parks. On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white man on a segregated city bus in Montgomery, Alabama. Parks is regarded as the "Mother to a Movement." ? ?

8. Creative/Performance
Learning to work as a team
Learning to play an instrument/sing
Become familiar with performance practice
Learn to express yourself
Have fun!

9. ACTIVITY!

11. Critical/Responsive Learning to listen with critical ears
Interpreting sounds and giving appropriate responses
Being able to be flexible and learn new things
Draw upon technology to enhance expression

12. Music Technology Notation software (Sibelius, Finale, etc.)
Recording software (ProTools, Cubase, Cakewalk, SmartMusic, etc.)
Internet technologies and video games (YouTube, iTunes, Flash Music Games, Online Ear Training, Rock Band, etc.)

13. Teachers Appeal Can be included in other subjects
Potential for cross- disciplinary collaboration
Non-Appeal
Seen as a waste of time (non-testable subject)
Colleagues in other subject areas may not be able to give critical feedback

14. Students Appeal Teachers are learners (they can relate to them)
Group-based
Fun/different
Potential for extra- curricular
Accepting of differences
Non-Appeal
Have to make choices (takes up time)
May be labelled by peers
Expectations for practice

15. Community Appeal Musicals/concerts/pep rallies
Bringing in professionals to do clinics and workshops
Able to go out to the community
Bring recognition to city and school
Non-Appeal
Cost for students and community

16. The Place of Music in Schools
Normally, not visible!
It's often the first subject to be put on the chopping block but is very applicable to many other subject areas. For example, students can learn other languages (i.e. Allegro, Dolce, Langsam, Grave, etc.), history plays a large role, music essentially is math and sound is produced via physics and physiology working together.

17. Conclusion
“Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm and gaiety to life and to everything.”
- Plato