Halloween Fun!

It has been loads of fun creating these little worksheets for my students in readiness for Halloween. Although the tradition is not quite as big here in Australia as it is elsewhere, we managed to incorporate some Spooky Madness into our days in the Music Department!

Teaching Music History.

I adore teaching music history and helping my students to appreciate "on whose shoulders we stand" today. Music Analysis tasks can be contextualised to particular times and places in world history and when students understand the inexorable link between people and art in the past, I find it helps to present a lens through which they can view the relationship between people and art in their own contemporary culture.

My most comprehensive Resource Package yet is my "Music through the Ages - Part 1".

The file you purchase includes:

- a 35 page study guide with information and activities covering Ancient Music through to the Baroque era.

- 4 powerpoint presentations with over 150 slides in total covering Ancient Music, Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque.

- 10 Musical scores just perfect for student analysis and/or guided listening, featuring Ancient transcriptions, Gregorian Chant, Hildegard from Bingen, Morley, Palestrina, Monteverdi, Bach, Vivaldi, Scarlati and more.

The Art of Romance

I am very proud to present a collection of beautiful Romantic piano works, performed by my wonderful husband, Carson Dron.

Track Listings:
1.Clair de lune (Debussy)
2.Au bord d'une source (Liszt)
3.Intermezzo Op 18 No. 2 (Brahms)
4.Nocturne Op 62 No 1 (Chopin)
5.Nocturne Op 60 No 2 (Chopin)
6.Impromptu Op 90 No 4 (Schubert)
7.Sonetto del Petrarch (Liszt)
8.Berceuse Op 57 in D flat major (Chopin)
9.Etude Op Posthumous No 2 (Chopin)
10.Ballade Op 23 in G minor (Chopin)
11.Prelude in B major (Rachmaninov)
12.Waltz in A flat Op 2 (Chopin)

You can download a preview and purchase the CD as a digital download for only $8! Link to Product.

Film Music Compositions

"Music in Film" is probably my favourite Senior Music Unit. In particular, the composition dimension seems to produce some fantastic student work. This year, for my year 10 Music class, I provided the students a choice of three film segments they could compose a soundtrack for (A spooky animation, A human Flight clip and a Futuristic Nike animation).

Once students had spent a great deal of time analysing the codes and conventions of different film genres, they were able to experiment effectively in creating their own original compositions utilising the compositional devices they had studied in class.

Take a look at these three different student created soundtracks for the same, cute animation I found:

Original Clip:

Student Clip 1:

Student Clip 2:

Student Clip 3:

The following clip was also very popular and I found it on Vimeo. In addition to a "spooky/horror" theme option above, I wanted the students to have the option of exploring "flight" themes. All of the compositions were made using Garage Band and some students opted to record themselves on other instruments and embed it into the soundtrack.

Human Flight Student 1:

Human Flight Student 2:

And finally, a highly popular choice was this Nike Animation found on Youtube:

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Nike Student 1:

Composer Collections.

I love immersing my students of all ages in Masterworks of music history. I was inspired to create some supporting resources which gives the students some background context in hopefully, an engaging way.

My students have loved these Composer Packs and I hope that yours will too.

 

You will find 2 biography pages, information on form and melodic contour in music, a melodic contour activity, drawing activity, a word search, a “Let’s make an Opera” activity and a guided listening journal with reproducible pages. There is also a recommended listening list for teachers.

 

 

 You will find 3 biography pages, a word search, information on dynamics in music, a dynamics coloring activity, 4 “Be the composer” activities and a guided listening journal with reproducible pages . 

 You will find a biography page, a word search, information on the Baroque era, information on the string family, a 4 seasons stimulus for each season with excerpts from the original poems which Vivaldi used as the inspiration for the composition, a guided listening journal with reproducible pages. .

Recommended works by Vivaldi to play to your students are:

The Four Seasons RV 269
Gloria RV 589
Guitar Concerto In D Major (Lute Concert, RV 93)
Piccolo Concerto In C Major, RV 443

Some Easter Music Madness!

Take a look at these Easter Themed Music Theory Ideas:

10 pages of fun with these cute music theory sheets which include treble and bass clef reading and writing, musical math, dynamics terms and time signatures. Watch out for the Ninja Bunnies too!

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St Paddy's Day Fun!

I couldn't let this opportunity pass without mentioning my little collection of 

St Patrick's Day Themed Music Theory Activities.

Have fun with 8 pages of music theory including treble and bass clef reading, dynamics and more!All for only $0.50!

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