It's been really fun to get to know one another even better through the many projects we've done in class. Some of the people in this class are completely new to me, while some I have known for a year or much longer, and I still find I learn a little bit more about each of us through our artistic creations. This is interesting to think about since we are practicing arts all the time in our music major. Lots of people may know how I sing, and I know how a bunch of us perform on our primary instruments, but we learn quite a lot about each other when we take the time to write a poem or create a video. I'm very excited for the group projects that we started in class on Tuesday. I think they are sure to be a lot of fun to create as well as witness!
-Jess Goldberg
Sunday, October 31, 2010
Friday, October 29, 2010
kids
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i took this picture in NYC
and edited it in 4 different ways.
any thoughts on these images?
Jon Lee
www.jonleemusique.com
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Ken Robinson says schools kill creativity | Video on TED.com
For all the music educators (and citizens in general...) out there
Ken Robinson says schools kill creativity | Video on TED.com
Ken Robinson says schools kill creativity | Video on TED.com
10 things you didn't know about sound
Click on this link!
http://www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/10/10/treasure.sound/index.html
http://www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/10/10/treasure.sound/index.html
Pat Pat Click Click
you first start this game in 4/4.
and you can make do this in a variety of ways.
1. For 4/4 time
Pat Pat Click Click
Pat Pat (name a thing)
Pat Pat Click Click
(name a thing) Click Click
etc...
2. For 3/4 time
Pat Pat Click
Pat Pat (name a thing)
Pat Click Click
Pat Click (name a thing)
Pat Click Pat
Pat Click (name a thing)
Pat Pat Click
(name a thing) Pat Click.
3. For 2/4 time
4. For 5/4 time
5. For 7/8 time
6. For 11/8 time
any comments on these times? :)
Kids love this Pat Pat Click Click...
Don't forget to give a reward (candy or something)
to those who are still suriving until the last round.
You have a great day.
Jon Lee
www.jonleemusique.com
and you can make do this in a variety of ways.
1. For 4/4 time
Pat Pat Click Click
Pat Pat (name a thing)
Pat Pat Click Click
(name a thing) Click Click
etc...
2. For 3/4 time
Pat Pat Click
Pat Pat (name a thing)
Pat Click Click
Pat Click (name a thing)
Pat Click Pat
Pat Click (name a thing)
Pat Pat Click
(name a thing) Pat Click.
3. For 2/4 time
4. For 5/4 time
5. For 7/8 time
6. For 11/8 time
any comments on these times? :)
Kids love this Pat Pat Click Click...
Don't forget to give a reward (candy or something)
to those who are still suriving until the last round.
You have a great day.
Jon Lee
www.jonleemusique.com
Monday, October 25, 2010
Sunday, October 24, 2010
This is a What? (Game/ Warm up)
This is a WHAT?
The group sits in a circle. You will need several objects which you can pass from hand to hand around the circle (ball cap, shoe, hackey sac etc.).The leader starts by looking to the person sitting next to him with an object in his hand (lets say a shoe). He says “this is a shoe”. She responds “a what?”, he says ”a shoe”, she says ”a what”, he says ”a shoe”, she takes the shoe and says ”oh, a shoe”.
She then turns to the next person and starts the same interaction with that person. The leader can then add more items into the mix, starting the same way, and joining into to same rhythm already established by the shoe.
The goal would be to have as many items going around as there are people in the circle, so you are turning to one person and saying what an item is, and saying “a what” to the person on your other side, ready to receive their item.
You can also try fewer items, but get them going in opposite directions. Hilarious!
Anger
Anger comes,
Anger goes.
Anger hides,
Anger shows.
Anger builds up,
Anger dies down.
Anger starts here,
Anger Spreads around.
Anger turns into hate,
Anger finds love.
Anger burns brightly,
Anger is pale and cold.
Anger goes.
Anger hides,
Anger shows.
Anger builds up,
Anger dies down.
Anger starts here,
Anger Spreads around.
Anger turns into hate,
Anger finds love.
Anger burns brightly,
Anger is pale and cold.
Class participation activity
I did an activity in class, something that can be done with children. The excercise can teach ryhthm, consentration and interacive skills.
Basically there were rows of number 1-4 in any order for example:
1234
4321
2341
2222
3333
Each number represents an action: 1. You snap 2. you jump 3. Sing 4. Whistle.
This exercise is so versatile because you can break into groups and each person can be assigned a number and whenever there number comes up they have to do the action. It can be like a cannon with other groups of fours. It can also be done where everyone one on the class just read the numbers and do all the required actions at the same time. Also the numbers can be read across or down. It was a very fun activity.
Basically there were rows of number 1-4 in any order for example:
1234
4321
2341
2222
3333
Each number represents an action: 1. You snap 2. you jump 3. Sing 4. Whistle.
This exercise is so versatile because you can break into groups and each person can be assigned a number and whenever there number comes up they have to do the action. It can be like a cannon with other groups of fours. It can also be done where everyone one on the class just read the numbers and do all the required actions at the same time. Also the numbers can be read across or down. It was a very fun activity.
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
creativity descends from external inspiration
Very often I get inspired by external incidents, other artists' works, the world out there that enters the world in here.
This is a song that I adore, by my favourite Italian singer and songwriter, Diego Mancino.
Maybe external is just an illusion... isn't everything taking place inside our awareness?
This is a song that I adore, by my favourite Italian singer and songwriter, Diego Mancino.
Maybe external is just an illusion... isn't everything taking place inside our awareness?
Internet Video: A New Creative Form for Discovery and Reflection
Congratulations on the inventive ideas expressed in your movies. I found the work to be full of fun and insight. Your choices of images and music along with your sense of timing revealed a visual sense of musicing that shared with us many feelings and sensibilities. For those that did not yet share their movies, we will have you play them for us at the next class.
Our next class is about collaborating in creative process. In a sense the movie assignment was also a collaboration,.. a collaboration with yourself.
Those who still need to share your short poem, We need a copy of your poem written in your own hand ASAP, as well as posted on our Blog.
Our next class is about collaborating in creative process. In a sense the movie assignment was also a collaboration,.. a collaboration with yourself.
Those who still need to share your short poem, We need a copy of your poem written in your own hand ASAP, as well as posted on our Blog.
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Monday, October 18, 2010
Sunday, October 17, 2010
Creativity? "Ideas out of the box"
This is not my video but something I wanted to share.
In this past week I have been thinking that creativity is very important in science discoveries.
Check this video out!
In this past week I have been thinking that creativity is very important in science discoveries.
Check this video out!
The Real Jersey Shore
This is the link to my creative project. It was my first time doing anything like this, so I'm very excited I was able to figure out how to work Imovie!
Saturday, October 16, 2010
Sonia Megías' creative process
this summarizes my creative process when I write music, or paint, or simply make things with love
My Creative Youtube Video
Throughout my childhood, I have moved and lived in many different places. Most of it are in chronological order, but not all. Here's a glimpse of all the places I have lived at some point in my life. ~ Jessica Zhu
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
My Creativity YouTube
My creativity youtube collage can be viewed here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8l1lSN8cYR4
The song "The Spark of Creation" from Stephen Schwartz's musical "Children of Eden" is playing in the background of this video, but I think youtube has recognized that the song is owned by SONY, and may not include audio for much longer. We shall see....
In case audio is removed, here is another video I have posted to youtube of my rehearsal for my senior showcase:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhKu1NZribg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8l1lSN8cYR4
The song "The Spark of Creation" from Stephen Schwartz's musical "Children of Eden" is playing in the background of this video, but I think youtube has recognized that the song is owned by SONY, and may not include audio for much longer. We shall see....
In case audio is removed, here is another video I have posted to youtube of my rehearsal for my senior showcase:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhKu1NZribg
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Two poems before class:
On the fence: a bike.
Must have a cautious owner...
No wheels, no seat, no basket.
...or maybe it's just bad luck.
Writing poetry
Sometimes makes me feel silly.
Oh look! I've finished.
Must have a cautious owner...
No wheels, no seat, no basket.
...or maybe it's just bad luck.
Writing poetry
Sometimes makes me feel silly.
Oh look! I've finished.
Non c'e'
This is one of my favourite 'poems'. I still don't know how it came out...
NON C'E'
cerbiatta cerulea con cervice di cera celeste, cela.
NON C'E'
cerbiatta cerulea con cervice di cera celeste, cela.
Haiku (mediocre)
I have had a word on my mind for the past two days, I know I wanted to use it because it reflects this very week for me. Coming out of the school where I student-teach these words flowed through me:
For the good I fight
For the pure I live
There you go, mediocre you pick.
For the good I fight
For the pure I live
There you go, mediocre you pick.
Let's meet!
Ciao class! I made it to the blog! :)
My warm-up exercise was the one of the 'natural walk' that the rest of the class was supposed to imitate. I know you remember that... ;)
My warm-up exercise was the one of the 'natural walk' that the rest of the class was supposed to imitate. I know you remember that... ;)
short rhythmic poem
Po-pommm, po-pommm
every beat waters my fingers
from inside,
feeding my twenty pink nails.
Po-pom po-pom po-pom
oh! my cheecks got red.
every beat waters my fingers
from inside,
feeding my twenty pink nails.
Po-pom po-pom po-pom
oh! my cheecks got red.
Monday, October 11, 2010
Andrea Bocelli sings to Elmo
Hi, here is a youtube video that I enjoy watching.
I hope you guys like it !
Betty White is Beautiful
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnSiaKD2Aj0
and another interesting (potentially controversial) video on what teacher's make:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxsOVK4syxU
The Line
walking towards the station everyday
swiping, rolling, and waiting for the train
coming, opening, and the line
Jon Lee
www.jonleemusique.com
Haiku-Sara Salvatore
With leaves turning red
The sun sits a little low
Summer how I miss thee...
Notes jumping up down
Music swirling around me
And then silence.
The sun sits a little low
Summer how I miss thee...
Notes jumping up down
Music swirling around me
And then silence.
YouTube fun
Hello Again,
Just wanted to share my youtube link of the woman playing the trumpet to the Star Wars theme song.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xh9Mko23JeA
lol, enjoy!
Sara Salvatore
Just wanted to share my youtube link of the woman playing the trumpet to the Star Wars theme song.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xh9Mko23JeA
lol, enjoy!
Sara Salvatore
My warm-up game! -Sara Salvatore
Hello All,
Sorry I am a little late on this-I am still figuring out all this technology stuff! My warm-up game was the "singing game," and would work best with middle and high school students:
-Person starts in the middle of a circle, begins with a song, ie: The sun will come out, Tomorrow"...etc.
-Once another person recognizes a word that they could use to start a different song, they jump in and take their place, ie: "Good day, sunshine"...etc.
-Really try to keep it moving and the energy up, so that the students don't start to get embarrassed that they are singing for a long time.
Hope you enjoy!
Sara Salvatore
Sorry I am a little late on this-I am still figuring out all this technology stuff! My warm-up game was the "singing game," and would work best with middle and high school students:
-Person starts in the middle of a circle, begins with a song, ie: The sun will come out, Tomorrow"...etc.
-Once another person recognizes a word that they could use to start a different song, they jump in and take their place, ie: "Good day, sunshine"...etc.
-Really try to keep it moving and the energy up, so that the students don't start to get embarrassed that they are singing for a long time.
Hope you enjoy!
Sara Salvatore
Sunday, October 10, 2010
Haiku Madness
Hours and Minutes
Time passes by in a blur
Who ate my chicken?
Groggy just woke up
Snooze button a bunch of times
Oh no I am late!
Glue, paint, messy work
Kids in class doing projects
I'm done! Clean up time!
Teaching music class
Babies and moms cry
Moms cry more than babies do.
Bus Bus Bus Bus Bus
Train Train Train Train Train
Sleep Sleep Sleep Sleep Sleep
Time passes by in a blur
Who ate my chicken?
Groggy just woke up
Snooze button a bunch of times
Oh no I am late!
Glue, paint, messy work
Kids in class doing projects
I'm done! Clean up time!
Teaching music class
Babies and moms cry
Moms cry more than babies do.
Bus Bus Bus Bus Bus
Train Train Train Train Train
Sleep Sleep Sleep Sleep Sleep
Weather Warm Up Activity
Children can be standing or sitting in a circle as needed.
Teacher says "The weather outside is ----"
This cues children (who are accustomed to this activity) to watch the teacher. The teacher leads children in two body percussion actions/ motions that represent the weather outside.
The children follow motions of teacher. The teacher signals the next student to change the weather in any way they "feel" is appropriate. Class watches student and follows change in action.
Teacher says "The weather outside is ----"
This cues children (who are accustomed to this activity) to watch the teacher. The teacher leads children in two body percussion actions/ motions that represent the weather outside.
The children follow motions of teacher. The teacher signals the next student to change the weather in any way they "feel" is appropriate. Class watches student and follows change in action.
Exploring the idea of Haiku
These are several poems I created using the Haiku sequencing approach.
5 A sad hungry dog
5 Looking for some food
7 Found a bag of Scooby snacks
5 Open the chest box
5 Revisit the past
7 Treasure the newest stories
7 Found lots of leaves on the ground
5 Sun shining above
5 All in the forest
10 Ready? It is time to go on a trip.
10 Let’s count together five four three two one
2 Blast off
Show and Tell - videos
The videos I shown in class were both interactive videos which allowed the audience or viewer to click on the video and create any outcome that they preferred.
1) The first video was an interactive piano. This enables the viewer to play this piano as long as they continued clicking different keys in the video.
http://www.youtube.com/
2) The second video was an interactive blend it idea. This video allows the viewer to select two items from the video and have the person blend these in a blender and drink the two selected items.
Warm-up – Numbers
1) Start on any pitch. This pitch will represent the first pitch of the scale called one. The next pitch higher will be two, three, four, five, six, seven, and eight.
2) This exercise intends to gradually add or subtract a number that relates to different pitches.
3) This is the layout of the exercise.
One
One two one
One two three two one
One two three four three two one
One two three four five four three two one
One two three four five six five four three two one
One two three four five six seven six five four three two one
One two three four five six seven eight seven six five four three two one
Eight
Eight seven eight
Eight seven six seven eight
Eight seven six five six seven eight
Eight seven six five four five six seven eight
Eight seven six five four three four five six seven eight
Eight seven six five four three two three four five six seven eight
Eight seven six five four three two one two three four five six seven eight
* Another variation of this exercise is using solfege instead of number. (i.e. Doh, Doh re doh, Doh re mi re doh, etc.)
*This exercise is excellent for aural skills – sight singing because you can omit certain numbers and have the students assume the next numbers or solfege.
2) This exercise intends to gradually add or subtract a number that relates to different pitches.
3) This is the layout of the exercise.
One
One two one
One two three two one
One two three four three two one
One two three four five four three two one
One two three four five six five four three two one
One two three four five six seven six five four three two one
One two three four five six seven eight seven six five four three two one
Eight
Eight seven eight
Eight seven six seven eight
Eight seven six five six seven eight
Eight seven six five four five six seven eight
Eight seven six five four three four five six seven eight
Eight seven six five four three two three four five six seven eight
Eight seven six five four three two one two three four five six seven eight
* Another variation of this exercise is using solfege instead of number. (i.e. Doh, Doh re doh, Doh re mi re doh, etc.)
*This exercise is excellent for aural skills – sight singing because you can omit certain numbers and have the students assume the next numbers or solfege.
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Sunday, October 3, 2010
My Game
My game was to stand in a circle, all facing inwards. The leader makes a body motion and a sound at the same time, and sends it around the circle. Each person one by one imitates the sound and motion as it is repeated by the person before them. After the sound and motion makes it back to the leader, the person next to the leader creates a new sound and motion to pass around the circle, all without stopping. The game should pick up speed to become more challenging and fun. The game continues until every person in the circle has sent a spontaneously created sound and motion around.
Saturday, October 2, 2010
Piano Stairs Video
I wanted to share this video with you about how to incorporate music within the community. This was originally a Volkswagen commercial taken place in Sweden where a stairway of a train station was turned into piano keys that made sound. Notice how many people choose to take the stairs instead of the escalator. Music makes everything fun! Enjoy! :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lXh2n0aPyw&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lXh2n0aPyw&feature=related
Ice Breaker Game
Hi all! It's Cynthia. Here are the directions for the game I presented last week.
First have everyone stand in the circle with you (the teacher) in the middle to explain directions. You will definitely require colored circle shapes for placement markers which I have students place in front of their feet on the floor. Each student will share a fact about themselves that's positive like, "I like to go to the beach." Everyone that likes to go to the beach will have to move to another spot in the circle. Always encourage the class to move in the opposite direction of where they are standing. Play until everyone has had a chance to be in the middle. It's a fun way to get to know each other and do something active.
First have everyone stand in the circle with you (the teacher) in the middle to explain directions. You will definitely require colored circle shapes for placement markers which I have students place in front of their feet on the floor. Each student will share a fact about themselves that's positive like, "I like to go to the beach." Everyone that likes to go to the beach will have to move to another spot in the circle. Always encourage the class to move in the opposite direction of where they are standing. Play until everyone has had a chance to be in the middle. It's a fun way to get to know each other and do something active.
Friday, October 1, 2010
Other examples of impro-collaborations
Hi everybody!
I'm Sonia, the melodica player. I would like to share with you guys three videos of improvising experiences with my instrument, that has become almost my pet...
The first one is a shared impro with a friend, on a floating living room during the fall of 2008:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMS43N-auTU
The second one is recorded at the same place (Connecticut), but in winter 2010, with another friend:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBQ9_j8srwE
And the last one was made last June in a photo studio in Madrid, to be exposed in the photographer exhibitions. In this, I improvise alone:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48LFv6_sazw
Hope you enjoy!
See you next tuesday,
Sonia
Hi everybody!
I'm Sonia, the melodica player. I would like to share with you guys three videos of improvising experiences with my instrument, that has become almost my pet...
The first one is a shared impro with a friend, on a floating living room during the fall of 2008:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMS43N-auTU
The second one is recorded at the same place (Connecticut), but in winter 2010, with another friend:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBQ9_j8srwE
And the last one was made last June in a photo studio in Madrid, to be exposed in the photographer exhibitions. In this, I improvise alone:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48LFv6_sazw
Hope you enjoy!
See you next tuesday,
Sonia
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