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

2. All of my session materials are posted on my website: www.jamesfrankel.com

3. Session Overview Why Composition? Rationale Composition…How??? Software, hardware, and the Internet Composing Across the Curriculum Elementary School Middle School High School Resources

4. Why Composition? Why Technology?

5. MENC National Standard #4 Composing and arranging music within specified guidelines.

6. Composition…How??? Hardware needs Minimal vs. Optimal Software needs Composing Online

7. Hardware Needs The School Computer Lab The One-Computer Classroom: With a MIDI Keyboard Without a MIDI Keyboard The Music Technology Lab

8. Software Needs Notation Software: Sibelius or Finale GarageBand 3.0 Sibelius Compass Sibelius Groovy Making Music Band-In-A-Box

9. Composing Online Vermont MIDI Project: www.vtmidi.orgwww.vtmidi.org NY Philharmonic Kids Zone: www.nyphilkids.org www.nyphilkids.org BBC Making Tracks: www.bbc.co.ukwww.bbc.co.uk Creating Music: www.creatingmusic.comwww.creatingmusic.com

10. Composing Across the Music Curriculum

11. 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

12. Elementary School Sakura Music in Numbers July 4, 1776 Create a Melody Soundscapes

14. 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

15. High School Writing Four-Part Chorales Music Based on Poetry, Art, etc. Film Scoring Songwriting

19. 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

20. Resources www.ti-me.org www.jamesfrankel.com Teaching Classroom Music in the Keyboard Lab By James Frankel available at: www.soundtree.com Composition in the Classroom By Jackie Wiggins

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