There’s a good chance that your students have seen the beatboxing flutist on youtube. Have any of them tried this out? If not why not have them give it a try? Perhaps this could be an entry point to explore many different kinds of extended techniques which could lead to some interesting additions to the types of playing happening in your school!
The field of music education has been debating the best approach towards advocacy for years. Usually when we read a perspective on music advocacy it is either within the field or from the music industry sector. So it was refreshing to recently read a composer’s perspective on the issue. The comments are also worth reading as they extend the conversation. I’ve posted links to Belinda Reynold’s blog posts in the past. She’s not only dedicated to addressing issues of composing… Read More »Justifying Music Education From A Composer's Perspective
Besides being a great resource for information on music and composers, the Online Conservatory (a project of Northeastern University and the Boston Symphony Orchestra) serves as a possible model for the next generation of concert notes. While many music teaches have their students work on concert notes for programs, the use of multimedia resources could add an interesting dimension to your program. Why not have students analyze the music they are performing, do some research and then create an audio… Read More »The next generation of concert notes?
Pre-Mixing Rjd2 I’m a big fan of musicians allowing people to remix their music. Hip Hop musician Rjd2 is currently allowing people to pre-mix his music. Unlike a remix in which one works on a piece of music already created, Rjd2 has provided people with samples from a track yet to be released and inviting people to create their own music from the samples. Rather than providing loops he has provided samples as hits. It will be interesting to see… Read More »Pre-mixing Rjd2
If you didn’t know already, 2007 is MENC’s centennial year. One of the celebration campaigns is having a Centennial Canon performed and recorded by MENC members and/or their students and then submitted to MENC. What would the Canon sound like performed by a student group similar to PLork, Ethel, So Percussion or maybe even an artsechro? I would love to hear a version performed by a school ensemble and then re-mixed by another student! Let’s get some creative renditions of… Read More »MENC and Creative performances of the Centennial Canon!