Experiencing Music Composition in Grades 3-5 - Kaschub

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Résumé :
Experiencing Music Composition in Grades 3-5 is a practical guide to new, innovative, and natural composition techniques for young composers. Music Educators Michele Kaschub and Janice Smith bring a wealth of experience to bear a unique and thoughtfully curated series of materials that help teachers connect music education to young composers' everyday emotions and activities . Divided into four sections, Kaschub and Smith's book illustrates a creative roadmap for instilling a sense of creative independence in students ages 8-11. The first section introduces readers to three distinct compositional ideals that are as educationally significant as the music they help create: feelingful intention, musical expressivity, and artistic craftsmanship. These capacities help springboard children's work from sounds and brief musical gestures to thoughtfully created, expressive musical pieces. Section 2 includes fun and imaginative lessons that are accompanied by Sketchpages-graphic worksheets that support deep consideration of a project's purpose during the compositional process. Lessons also include invaluable suggestions for productive sharing in a variety of formats. Section 3 offers guidance and strategies for sharing work, providing feedback, and encouraging future growth in a manner that fosters a positive learning experience and acknowledges each composer's musical autonomy. Section 4 contains additional teacher guides focused on creating original music in different genres. These guides outline multiple approaches to corresponding lessons and jumpstart activity while serving as developmental models. Experiencing Music Composition: Grades 3-5 offers new ways to promote not only creative intuition in children but also independent thought, preparing students for a fulfilling relationship with music....

Biographie:
Janice Smith is Professor of Music Education and undergraduate coordinator of music education at the Aaron Copland School of Music, Queens College, City University of New York. She is also the research chair for the New York State School Music Association.

Michele Kaschub serves as Professor of Music and Coordinator of Music Teacher Education at the University of Southern Maine School of Music. Publications include articles in a variety of national and international journals and chapters in several books, while clinics, papers an workshops have been presented at multiple state, national, and international conferences.

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Sommaire:

• Contents


• Welcome to Experiencing Music Composition


• About the Companion Website


• The Experiencing Music Composition Program


• What to Expect from Young Composers


• Typical Characteristics of Composers in Grades 3-5


• Typical Qualities of Works by Composers in Grades 3-5


• How to Use This Book


• Section 1: Compositional Capacities


• On Composing


• Compositional Capacities


• Feelingful Intention


• Developing the Capacity of Feelingful Intention


• Musical Expressivity


• More About the M.U.S.T.S.


• Developing the Capacity of Musical Expressivity


• Artistic Craftsmanship


• Techniques and Etudes for Grades 3-5


• Developing the Capacity of Artistic Craftsmanship


• Final Thoughts


• Section 2: Using Sketchpages


• Guiding the Journey


• Introducing Sketchpages to Young Composers


• Sketchpages as Multi-taskers


• Section 3: Creative Positive Compositional Experiences


• Composition Requires a Different Kind of Teaching


• Working with In-process Composers


• Idea Generation


• Idea Development or Extension


• Anchoring Knowledge, Inviting Inspiration


• Guidelines for Sharing Compositions - Giving and Receiving Feedback


• Setting Expectations and Creating Guidelines


• Composer's Circles


• Working with Reluctant Sharers


• Putting Feedback to Good Use


• Post-Performance Reflections


• Making the Most of Limited Timeframes


• Section 4: Teacher Guides and Student Sketchpages


• Teacher Guides


• Curricular Organization


• Songwriting and Choral Music


• Composition and Visual Media


• Instrumental Music


• Electronic Music and Digital Media


• Music Theater


• Projects for Grade 3


• Songwriting and Choral Music - Seasons: A Song Cycle in Four Movements


• Composition and Visual Media - Composing for Adventuresome Characters


• Project in Instrumental Music - Sounds and Notations


• Project in Electronic Music and Digital Media - Duets with Tone Matrix Generators


• Project in Music Theater - Getting to Know Me: Introducing Character Songs


• Projects for Grade 4


• Project in Songwriting and Choral Music - Tonic and Dominant Friendship Songs


• Project in Composition and Visual Media - Before and After


• Project in Instrumental Music - Percussion Canon


• Project in Electronic Music and Digital Media - Head in the Game


• Project in Music Theater - There's More than One Way to Tell a Story


• Projects for Grade 5


• Project in Songwriting and Choral Music - Our Blues Album


• Project in Composition and Visual Media - From Silent Movie to Film Score: Just Say Cheese


• Project in Instrumental Music - Soundscapes: A Walk through the Fair


• Project in Electronic Music and Digital Media - Podcasts with Peer Composers


• Project in Music Theater - Mini-Musical: A Story in Just Five Songs


• Appendix: Sketchpage Notation Templates