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Composition Starter Activity for Stage 6 (take 5)

Activity 5 – Rhythm for Melody -As a class look at the final bars in the score for Dancing on Clouds. Discuss the aleatoric bar that...

Composition Starter Activity for Stage 6 (take 4)

Activity 4 - Intro to Contour: Phonopaper activity- Students will need devices that can download free applications -Students will be...

Composition Starter Activity for Stage 6 (take 3)

Activity 3 - Structure -Listen to and read the score of Dancing on Clouds by Paul Stanhope. -On the second listening ask students to take...

Composition Starter Activity for Stage 6 (take 2)

Activity 2 - Brainstorm Concept/ Mood -Create a musical collage of the pieces you know that relate to the chosen mood/emotion or...

Short Composition Starter Activities for Stage 6

Activity 1 - Instrument-Specific Technique Exploration -Students will use their instruments for this activity. -Each student will show a...

Lift Pitches & Performance Tech

This week in Technology in Music Education, our class pitched ideas for the final project assessment. I really enjoyed hearing everyone's...

Mix up, Mash up

Week 8 of Technology in Music Education we experimented with mashing up popular songs. We initially used Soundtrap to assess the...

Synthesis and Maker Movement

This week 7 of Technology in Music Education we experimented with synthesizers. We discussed the physics behind the sound wave looking at...

Coding and Programming

Week 6 of Technology in Music Education we got to experiment with coding and programming small devices. We used the site makecode.com to...

Adobe Rush

Week 5 of Technology in Music Education, we got to experiment with the footage captured in week 3 on Adobe Rush. We revised basic editing...

Notation Software

Week 4 of Technology in Music Education was focused on notation software as our class discussed the benefits and challenges of using...

Live Video and Audio

In week 3 of Music Technology in Music Education we had the opportunity to experiment with recording a live music performance. We had...

Microphones and Recording

Week two of Technology in Music Education, we experimented with recording into a DAW. We looked at different types of microphones and...

Starting with Soundtrap

The first week of Technology in Music Education we had the opportunity to explore the DAW Soundtrap. This a user-friendly program that...

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