Students read and discuss 'Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra: Mixing Treasures by Duke Ellington and Edvard Grieg,' exploring how jazz transformed European music and the influence jazz has had on modern music. Additionally, students will write a musical review.
Students will explore this truly unique style of vocal production through attentive listening, watching video and practicing techniques and types of throat singing. This lesson serves as an introductory course exploring "throat singing" (or overtone singing) as practiced and performed by the people of Tuva.
Students listen to world music samples and try to identify the countries of origin. Then they work in small groups to design an online "world music café." For homework, they draw on their group's ideas to create sample home pages.
Students examine the relationship between the physics of sound and concert hall acoustics. Students perform a lab experiment in which they determine the speed of sound, a key variable in concert hall acoustics.
Students will analyze Igor Stravinsky's Rite of Spring and connect it to creative thematic writing.
Students will learn to appreciate the beauty of the instruments in an orchestra, differentiate the sounds created by the instruments and relate the music to artwork Los Tres Musicos by Pablo Picasso, and the following exhibits at the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum: The Guitar: Art, Artists and Artisans; The Power of Music- Photographic Portraits of Americans and their Musical Instruments 1860-1915.
A lesson on the invention of the electric guitar, including how it works, how it is designed and the commercial success of this instrument.
Students share ideas about cultural and/or spiritual rituals by participating in a fishbowl discussion, which explores the ways rituals have changed over time. They then synthesize their learning by writing reflective essays about their own cultural traditions.
Students will compose lyrics to songs for a music festival to promote issues in their community. They then write artists' statements explaining the issues they chose to write about, as well as the words they used to convey their messages.
Students learn about the ways New Orleans high school marching bands and professional brass bands have overcome obstacles in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina to keep their musical traditions alive. They then create auditory presentations on festivals and celebrations around the world.
Students will compare the experience of listening to a piece of music (without video or other visual accompaniment) and the experience of watching a performer as the piece is played.
Take the music a step beyond just notes and rhythms by having your high school choir keep a listening log. They will write informal responses and answer questions to different choral pieces that are listened to in class.
Students explore the inception and evolution of hip-hop music as a springboard for writing music reviews and researching other genres of music.
Students explore ways in which music can relay messages of peace and how popular songs can be interpreted as commentary on current issues and themes.
With a focus on critical and visual literacy, this lesson challenges students to identify a song and to evaluate the meaning of the lyrics and music. Students then select digital images they think represent the meaning of the song and learn to create a multi-media presentation through the use of Windows Movie Maker. There are opportunities for self-reflection and evaluation in this lesson.
This PDF article goes into great detail about potential hearing damage for specifice types of instrumental groups and offers solutions on how to prevent or diminish damage.
Students listen to and share thoughts about a piece of classical music. They then write a piece of music or poem, and analyze their peers and their own creative processes.
Students explore how the sounds made by everyday objects can be transformed into musical experiences, composing and performing musical pieces using non-traditional instruments.
This is the article connected with the lesson plan from the New York Times.
Students debate the ruling on the Napster online music service and consider its implications for intellectual property rights in the future.