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- 6th - 12th
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Students explore distinct styles that have characterized famous musicians and conductors. By studying one musician or conductor in-depth, students become experts on this person's musical style and are given the opportunity to share. Full Review »
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- 5th - 8th
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Students receive an introduction to jazz or the blues by reading and writing about a jazz or blues musician. Full Review »
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- 4th
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Students read a book about jazz and jazz musicians and complete research about the history of jazz in the 1940's. They create a PowerPoint about a jazz musician of their choice. Full Review »
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- 7th - 12th
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Students identify and describe the various roles that musicians fulfill. They recognize various genres of music. They identify and interview musicians in the community and invite them to come in and talk about their roles as musicians. Full Review »
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- 7th - 12th
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Students view a video about street musicians/singers and then perform in a small ensemble, recognizing that there is no real star of an ensemble. Full Review »
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- Kindergarten
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Students attend a variety of school concerts and performances to determine how to act at them. In class, they role-play audience members as well as describing the role of performers, composers and conductors. They repeat the lesson whenever there is another performance at their school. Full Review »
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- Kindergarten - 5th
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Students demonstrate understanding of roles of composer, conductor, percussion players, string players, woodwind players, brass players, and harpist in a symphony orchestra. Students then play "I Am a Musician" pantomime board game. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Student research a famous musician using the internet. They write a report on the artist, record their voice reciting the speech using multi-track software and import favorite CD tracks of the artist. In addition, they edit and arrange the tracks Full Review »
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- 4th - 8th
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Students identify and interpret what legendary traditional musicians of Louisiana that allows them to hear new genres of traditional music. They also identify what it means to be a legendary artist and read, write, and create a project about these extraordinary figures. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students research and collect information about a musician that they are interested in. They then incorporate their information into a PowerPoint presentation which includes pictures and audio files, and share their slide show with the rest of the class. Full Review »