1. Utilization of Rhythm Section Across Content Areas
C.P.S.Arts Conference 2016
Utilization of Rhythm Section Across Content Areas

2. Introductions…
“Hello, my name is Frank. Let me tell you a little bit about myself, and I’d like to hear about you as well!”

3. History of rhythm sections…
GOSPEL (Slave field song, “Let’s go Down by the River”); BLUES (“Drink Muddy Water”);
JAZZ (“All of ME”)

4. Rhythm section progress through time…
1900 Ragtime; 1920 Chicago Style Jazz/Gypsy Jazz; 1930 Swing; 1940 Bebop/ R&B; 1950 Cool Jazz/ Mainstream/Hard Bop/Bossa Nova; 1960 Modal/Free Jazz; 1970 Blues/Funk/Fusion; Afro-Cuban/Post-bop/ Acid Jazz; 1990 Smooth Jazz/ West Coast Jazz; 2000 Jazz Rap.

5. Examples of cross-curricular tutorials with corresponding rhythm adaptations…
History: “Girl From Ipanema” (1962) = “Beverly Hillbillies” (John Glenn on the moon/JFK & Cuban Missile Crisis); “Requiem” by Mozart (1791) = French Revolution ( ) “A 440” and multi-class involvement between Vocal, Physics, & Instrumental Music Departments..

6. “Think-pair-share”
Pick a few partners, and take a few minutes to consider like possibilities, interpolating your thoughts on the creation of similar tutorials.

7. Q & a…
Please feel free to pose any interrogatories at this time.

8. Thanks for coming!
I am hopeful that some ideas from this session could be shared once you return to your buildings… thanks again!

9. References/assists from…-
-Luscombe Music (630) –Evanston Band & Orchestra (847) –Guitar Center (773) –Frank L. Menzies (773) Zachary Bridgman (UIC Music Department) -Kenari Allison (Simeon HS)