1. Connecting Musical Expression to Content Areas Reinforcing the Expressive Elements of Music Mr. Don Linn, Assistant Director of Bands, Kansas State University

2. Crossing Content Areas to Teach Musical Expression! ❖ How do we normally address other content areas in advanced band, orchestra, or choir? ❖ History? ❖ Programatic? ❖ The Problem....

3. Quality!!!! Relevant? Inferior? Would other disciplines do this??

4. CURRICULUM

5. My Goal for Today: ❖ Expression!! ❖ How can we teach this? Tricky? Abstract? ❖ Enlist the help of Percy Grainger ❖ Expression connected to English, Poetry, Public Speaking, Math, and Physics.

6. Lesson 1 Irish Tune from County Derry (Danny Boy) English, Poetry, Public Speaking

10. Elements of Poetry 1. Voice ( Who is speaking?) 2. Stanzas (How lines are grouped) 3. Sound (includes rhyme, but also other patterns and sounds) 4. Rhythm ( What kind of beat or meter does the poem have) 5. Figure of Speech ( metaphors, figurative or descriptive language) 6. Form ( form of the poem - standard types of poetry)

11. Elements of Public Speaking 1. Audience awareness (Who are you addressing? Why?) 2. Positive Preparation ( Do you have a plan laid out ahead of time?) 3. Confident Content ( Confidence in yourself - only as good as confidence in your content - Do you believe it?) 4. Test delivery (Envision and rehearse the delivery) 5. Validate Value ( Tie the previous points together by asking, Do you value the audience? Do you value your own preparation? Do you value your expressive interpretation? Do you value rehearsal of the message and use of appropriate materials to convey a message?)

12. Elements of Poetry and Elements of Public Speaking = Elements of Music? YES!!

13. Lesson 2 Colonial Song Math and Physics

14. Note Grouping ❖ Marcel Tabuteau ❖ Philadelphia Oboist, Master Teacher of Expression ❖ Numbering System - Note Grouping and Intensity Numbering ❖ Helps students analyze and discover expression in relation to study of the score or musical line ❖ Great Books for Further Study: ❖ Sound In Motion by David McGill ❖ Kincaidiana by John C. Krell

16. Math Connections ❖ Basic Level : Graphing and Charting - Intensity over time ❖ More Advanced - Area under certain counts ❖ Advanced - Graph equations - relate magnitude to integral calculus

17. Physics Connections ❖ Recording and Technology ❖ ASSESSMENT!!! ❖ Did we perform as marked? How does our performance equate to actual decibels, amplitude, parts of a sound wave? ❖ Simple as using Garage Band

18. THANKS!! ❖ Don Linn ❖ Assistant Director of Bands ❖ Kansas State University ❖ 226 McCain Auditorium, Manhattan, KS 66506 ❖ dplinn@ksu.edu dplinn@ksu.edu ❖ 785-532-3816