1. Music Research Project 8 th Grade

2. Music Research Project From the list provided, you will select a famous musician who was born in North Carolina and research them. You will design a powerpoint, prezi, etc. to put your information in. Make it creative and make it informative to the class! Good luck! A rubric will be used to grade this assignment that is provided in this template.

3. Famous NC Musicians, Singers, Songwriters, and Bands Traditional and Bluegrass Doc Watson Arthur Smith Red Clay Ramblers Libba Cotten David Holt Don Gibson Tommy Jarrell

4. Famous NC Musicians, Singers, Songwriters, and Bands Country Charlie Daniels Earl Scruggs Emmy Lou Harris Randy Travis Donna Fargo Ronnie Milsap

5. Famous NC Musicians, Singers, Songwriters, and Bands Rock and Pop James Taylor Roberta Flack Ryan Adams Clay Aiken Harry Wayne Casey of (KC and the Sunshine Band)

6. Famous NC Musicians, Singers, Songwriters, and Bands Rock and Pop, continued Fantasia Barrino Ben Folds The Embers The Connells Clyde McPhatter Ben E. King

7. Famous NC Musicians, Singers,Songwriters, and Bands Blues Etta Baker Brownie McGhee Sonny Terry "Blind Boy" Fuller John Dee Holeman

8. Famous NC Musicians, Singers, Songwriters, and Bands Jazz/Funk Branford Marsalis Thelonious Monk John Coltrane Maceo Parker Percy Heath Max Roach Squirrel Nut Zippers

9. Famous NC Musicians, Singers, Songwriters, and Bands Jazz/Funk, continued Kay Kyser Loonis McGlohon George Clinton Nina Simone Billy Taylor Dizzy Gillespie

10. Famous NC Musicians, Singers, Songwriters, and Bands Gospel Shirley Caesar Rev. Gary Davis Rev. Faircloth Barnes Bishop Dready Manning

11. Famous NC Musicians, Singers, Songwriters, and Bands Music related historical markers: William Gaston Lumina (celebrating Big Band music) Bull City Blues (celebrating Piedmont blues – a distinctive regional style) Lamar Stringfield Charlie Poole John Coltrane Thomas Dula Balladry and Bascom Lamar

13. Instructions to begin your project………..

14. DO YOUR BEST!!!!!! Select your musician/genre of music Give complete biographical information (where born, family, children, etc.) Tell the genre they represent and tell how they got started in music and the instruments used in that genre Give examples of their songs Give interesting facts about your performer and/or their music Use complete sentences!