bouncing balls, neckties, balloons, and apps, oh my! ben tomczak
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Bouncing balls, neckties, balloons, and apps, oh
my! Come ready to learn and share
tools and techniques for engaging K-8 students in the music classroom.
Use familiar (or unfamiliar!) tools in non-traditional ways to meet the emerging music curriculum with your students.
Agenda Greet and Go! A brief look at curriculum A Teaching Bag of Tricks PowerPoint: Note Reading Your Bag of Tricks Web Sites Apps
Agenda (continued) Choral techniques and philosophy Band techniques and philosophy Liturgical music techniques and philosophy Professional organizations NCMEA Mini-grants Recognition opportunities Parting Thoughts
Greet & Go
“Greet” each other person in the room with the words on your notecard.
The greetings pertain to music curriculum and philosophy.
Greet & Go introduces or reviews information.
Students love the social nature of this activity.
Remember to set a “stop” cue.
A brief look at curriculum
Common Core Not written for music, but contains
important concepts of process/product and foundational skill-builiding
NCDPI: AE Essential standards and 2012-2013 music curriculum
Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy Looking ahead
A brief look at curriculum
Looking ahead Considering the curriculum with
Catholic identity Centered in the Person of Jesus Christ Contributing to the evangelizing mission of
the Church Distinguished by excellence Committed to educate the whole child Steeped in a Catholic worldview Sustained by Gospel witness Shaped by communion and community Accessible to all students Established by the expressed authority of
the Bishop
A Teaching Bag of Tricks
David Frego Tennis Balls: downbeat and time
signature Neck ties: “Gabriel’s oboe” Balloons: conceptual thinking, rhythm
Lee Gwozdz Vocal/Instrumental “Toy” Box
PowerPoint: Note Reading
Review note reading via PowerPoint’s ability to automatically advance slides.
Students enjoy the “live” challenge of decoding notes.
Encourage this activity as a game and self-challenge to avoid “testing” perception.
Your Bag of Tricks
You are invited to share your ideas and teaching tricks,
Or to save them for Session 3. Various demo CDs from WLP, GIA,
and Choristers Guild are available the table. I am finished with them, and you may take them with you.
Web Sites
Interactive sites Media sites Informational sites
A Complete Review of Sites is Available Online
Each Review includes the grade levels of the site’s target audience and a brief description of the what is available.
Apps: A Quick Review of Useful Tools
MeeGenius (Beethoven’s Monster) Musical Me! Beatwave/Idle ThumbJam Garage Band Visual Metronome Analyzer/n-track Tuner Harmonizer
Choral techniques and philosophy
Tone/Vocal Production, Diction, Technique, Intonation, Interpretation, Presentation
Speech-level singing: Seth Riggs Emphasis of natural voice mechanics
for natural voice production Voice Teacher v. Voice Scientists
Pointed praise Or, affirmation, then critique followed
by affirmation Sense of impending success
Choral techniques and philosophy
Blend & balance Exercise: “My Country Tis of Thee” Also, phrasing
Singing with hands in a “V” Spikes out: careful with this one! 95% Listening, 5% singing 90% breath: Russ Robinson
Choral techniques and philosophy
Use Quality recordings Students hearing an adult male/female
voice will emulate an adult male/female sound
Repertoire Sign up your successful repertoire on a
list we can share Hymn Festivals We will, we will praise him!
Band techniques and philosophy
Sense of impending success Scales: every practice Rhythm reading: every practice To “blues” riff Slideshow: “sellabrating” it! Newsletter: parents can get the
word out Smartmusic
Band techniques and philosophy (continued)
Tapered Release: Tom Jenner Especially important for the
“Warm/Fuzzy” pieces Avoids stopping the sound with the
tongue How to teach it
Fermata, then stop on your release Then, ask the students to do the same,
except GASP on the release. Young bands love this.
Then, do the same, except inhale silently on the release.
If you are brave, ask the tuba to sustain a hair longer.
Band techniques and philosophy (continued)
“How much should I hear myself?” dynamics
60/40 blend: a “full” sound 40/60 blend: a softer sound 80/20 blend: loud, but never louder
than beautify 20/80 blend
Liturgical music techniques and
philosophy Music teachers – general, choral,
band, and strings – often must plan at least one liturgy
Training for this role is essential. NPM and USCCB are strong
resources Liturgical Music Today Music in Catholic Worship Sing to the Lord
The three judgments
Liturgical music techniques and
philosophy The three judgments (not “I like this
song, so let’s use it”) Musical Liturgical Pastoral
Help inform other staff and students; understanding liturgical music is in the curriculum
Professional Organizations
NCMEA/NAfME North Carolin Music Educators’ Association and National Association for Music Education
NPM National Association of Pastoral Musicians
ACDA American Choir Directors Association
TI:ME Technology in Music Education
Chorister’s Guild
NCMEA Grants
Yearly deadline March 15 Must have NCMEA membership to
apply Mini-grant Professional development
Recognition Opportunities
Maxine Swalin Award: open to all music teachers, administered by NC Symphony
NCMEA Music Educator Award: for music teachers, administered by the statewide music educators association
NCMEA Music Administrator: for administrators especially supportive of the arts, particularly music
Recognition Opportunities (Continued)
Youth Concerto: competition open to students, administered by NC Symphony
Deas Concerto: competition open to students from nearby counties, administered by Wilmington Symphony Orchestra
NCMEA Scholarships