Dear all,
It's really nice to see the majority of you post the lesson plan drafts on your blogs on time. Good for you and congratulations! You've completed the first step of this singing lesson project. On Monday's class, instead of having you "present" your lesson, I will actually let you "practice" your plan with your partners. You will have to go through the instructional step (really operate it step by step) in front of your friends and receive comments from each of your partners in your group. In order to do that, make sure you bring a copy of your draft to class. I want to make sure everyone has a chance to practice his/her lesson before the real presentation takes place (so you will have a good grade). So, come prepared on Monday!
See you in classs
Sunday, September 20, 2009
Friday, September 18, 2009
The Golden Record Project
Check this list out and see how many pieces you are familiar with!
NASA placed a more ambitious message aboard Voyager 1 and 2-a kind of time capsule, intended to communicate a story of our world to extraterrestrials. The Voyager message is carried by a phonograph record-a 12-inch gold-plated copper disk containing sounds and images selected to portray the diversity of life and culture on Earth. The contents of the record were selected for NASA by a committee chaired by Carl Sagan of Cornell University, et. al. Dr. Sagan and his associates assembled 115 images and a variety of natural sounds, such as those made by surf, wind and thunder, birds, whales, and other animals. To this they added musical selections from different cultures and eras, and spoken greetings from Earth-people in fifty-five languages, and printed messages from President Carter and U.N. Secretary General Waldheim. Each record is encased in a protective aluminum jacket, together with a cartridge and a needle. Instructions, in symbolic language, explain the origin of the spacecraft and indicate how the record is to be played.
Music On Voyager Record
Bach, Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F. First Movement, Munich Bach Orchestra, Karl Richter, conductor. 4:40
Java, court gamelan, "Kinds of Flowers," recorded by Robert Brown. 4:43
Senegal, percussion, recorded by Charles Duvelle. 2:08
Zaire, Pygmy girls' initiation song, recorded by Colin Turnbull. 0:56
Australia, Aborigine songs, "Morning Star" and "Devil Bird," recorded by Sandra LeBrun Holmes. 1:26
Mexico, "El Cascabel," performed by Lorenzo Barcelata and the Mariachi M憖ico. 3:14
"Johnny B. Goode," written and performed by Chuck Berry. 2:38
New Guinea, men's house song, recorded by Robert MacLennan. 1:20
Japan, shakuhachi, "Tsuru No Sugomori" ("Crane's Nest,") performed by Goro Yamaguchi. 4:51
Bach, "Gavotte en rondeaux" from the Partita No. 3 in E major for Violin, performed by Arthur Grumiaux. 2:55
Mozart, The Magic Flute, Queen of the Night aria, no. 14. Edda Moser, soprano. Bavarian State Opera, Munich, Wolfgang Sawallisch, conductor. 2:55
Georgian S.S.R., chorus, "Tchakrulo," collected by Radio Moscow. 2:18
Peru, panpipes and drum, collected by Casa de la Cultura, Lima. 0:52
"Melancholy Blues," performed by Louis Armstrong and his Hot Seven. 3:05
Azerbaijan S.S.R., bagpipes, recorded by Radio Moscow. 2:30
Stravinsky, Rite of Spring, Sacrificial Dance, Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Igor Stravinsky, conductor. 4:35
Bach, The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2, Prelude and Fugue in C, No.1. Glenn Gould, piano. 4:48
Beethoven, Fifth Symphony, First Movement, the Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer, conductor. 7:20
Bulgaria, "Izlel je Delyo Hagdutin," sung by Valya Balkanska. 4:59
Navajo Indians, Night Chant, recorded by Willard Rhodes. 0:57
Holborne, Paueans, Galliards, Almains and Other Short Aeirs, "The Fairie Round," performed by David Munrow and the Early Music Consort of London. 1:17
Solomon Islands, panpipes, collected by the Solomon Islands Broadcasting Service. 1:12
Peru, wedding song, recorded by John Cohen. 0:38
China, ch'in, "Flowing Streams," performed by Kuan P'ing-hu. 7:37
India, raga, "Jaat Kahan Ho," sung by Surshri Kesar Bai Kerkar. 3:30
"Dark Was the Night," written and performed by Blind Willie Johnson. 3:15
Beethoven, String Quartet No. 13 in B flat, Opus 130, Cavatina, performed by Budapest String Quartet. 6:37
Read more about the Golden Record Cover
http://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/spacecraft/goldenrec.html
NASA placed a more ambitious message aboard Voyager 1 and 2-a kind of time capsule, intended to communicate a story of our world to extraterrestrials. The Voyager message is carried by a phonograph record-a 12-inch gold-plated copper disk containing sounds and images selected to portray the diversity of life and culture on Earth. The contents of the record were selected for NASA by a committee chaired by Carl Sagan of Cornell University, et. al. Dr. Sagan and his associates assembled 115 images and a variety of natural sounds, such as those made by surf, wind and thunder, birds, whales, and other animals. To this they added musical selections from different cultures and eras, and spoken greetings from Earth-people in fifty-five languages, and printed messages from President Carter and U.N. Secretary General Waldheim. Each record is encased in a protective aluminum jacket, together with a cartridge and a needle. Instructions, in symbolic language, explain the origin of the spacecraft and indicate how the record is to be played.
Music On Voyager Record
Bach, Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F. First Movement, Munich Bach Orchestra, Karl Richter, conductor. 4:40
Java, court gamelan, "Kinds of Flowers," recorded by Robert Brown. 4:43
Senegal, percussion, recorded by Charles Duvelle. 2:08
Zaire, Pygmy girls' initiation song, recorded by Colin Turnbull. 0:56
Australia, Aborigine songs, "Morning Star" and "Devil Bird," recorded by Sandra LeBrun Holmes. 1:26
Mexico, "El Cascabel," performed by Lorenzo Barcelata and the Mariachi M憖ico. 3:14
"Johnny B. Goode," written and performed by Chuck Berry. 2:38
New Guinea, men's house song, recorded by Robert MacLennan. 1:20
Japan, shakuhachi, "Tsuru No Sugomori" ("Crane's Nest,") performed by Goro Yamaguchi. 4:51
Bach, "Gavotte en rondeaux" from the Partita No. 3 in E major for Violin, performed by Arthur Grumiaux. 2:55
Mozart, The Magic Flute, Queen of the Night aria, no. 14. Edda Moser, soprano. Bavarian State Opera, Munich, Wolfgang Sawallisch, conductor. 2:55
Georgian S.S.R., chorus, "Tchakrulo," collected by Radio Moscow. 2:18
Peru, panpipes and drum, collected by Casa de la Cultura, Lima. 0:52
"Melancholy Blues," performed by Louis Armstrong and his Hot Seven. 3:05
Azerbaijan S.S.R., bagpipes, recorded by Radio Moscow. 2:30
Stravinsky, Rite of Spring, Sacrificial Dance, Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Igor Stravinsky, conductor. 4:35
Bach, The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2, Prelude and Fugue in C, No.1. Glenn Gould, piano. 4:48
Beethoven, Fifth Symphony, First Movement, the Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer, conductor. 7:20
Bulgaria, "Izlel je Delyo Hagdutin," sung by Valya Balkanska. 4:59
Navajo Indians, Night Chant, recorded by Willard Rhodes. 0:57
Holborne, Paueans, Galliards, Almains and Other Short Aeirs, "The Fairie Round," performed by David Munrow and the Early Music Consort of London. 1:17
Solomon Islands, panpipes, collected by the Solomon Islands Broadcasting Service. 1:12
Peru, wedding song, recorded by John Cohen. 0:38
China, ch'in, "Flowing Streams," performed by Kuan P'ing-hu. 7:37
India, raga, "Jaat Kahan Ho," sung by Surshri Kesar Bai Kerkar. 3:30
"Dark Was the Night," written and performed by Blind Willie Johnson. 3:15
Beethoven, String Quartet No. 13 in B flat, Opus 130, Cavatina, performed by Budapest String Quartet. 6:37
Read more about the Golden Record Cover
http://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/spacecraft/goldenrec.html
Thursday, September 17, 2009
Chinese music lectures @ NIU. Open to all!
Prof. Yao-Hua Wang of National Fu-Jian Normal University in China, renowned ethnomusicologist, will visit the NIU school of Music from Sept. 17 to Oct. 13. During his visit, Prof. Wang will be lecturing about Chinese music on topics such as traditional Han court music, religious music, and the folk music (instrumental, vocal, and narrative genres) of various regions in China. Chinese music theory and philosophy will also be discussed in his lectures. A prolific author in both Chinese and Japanese, Prof. Wang has published hundreds of monographs and journal articles on traditional Chinese music, Japanese Okinawan folk music and Nanyin, the classical chamber music of the Han tradition. He is also the chief editor of a series of college music textbooks on Chinese and world music. Internationally active in prominent musicology organizations, he has chaired several conferences including the 37th World Conference of the ICTM (International Council for Traditional Music) in 2004, the International Conferences of the Asia Pacific Society for Ethnomusicology in 1994 and 1996, International Conferences of the Historical Relationship between China and Ryukyu in 1994 and 2002; and the IMS (International Musicology Society) in Australia in 2004.
His Chinese lectures will be delivered to MUSC432/532 (Music of China) on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3:30 to 5:00 in the NIU music building (MB#202). Dr. Jui-Ching Wang, the instructor of this class, will translate. He will also give a public workshop on different styles of folk songs in China on October 2nd (12:00-12:50) in MB#171. All the events are free and open to the public. For more information, contact Dr. Jui-Ching Wang (jcwang@niu.edu).
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
List of children's songs
Alphabet Song
Are you sleeping
Ba ba black sheep
Hot cross bun
If you are happy and you know it
London bridge
Mary had a little lamb
Old MacDonald
Rain rain go away
Twinkle twinkle little star
Please note that you cannot pick any song from this list to write your lesson plan. Again, I repeat... none of these songs can be used for your lesson plan#1.
Are you sleeping
Ba ba black sheep
Hot cross bun
If you are happy and you know it
London bridge
Mary had a little lamb
Old MacDonald
Rain rain go away
Twinkle twinkle little star
Please note that you cannot pick any song from this list to write your lesson plan. Again, I repeat... none of these songs can be used for your lesson plan#1.
Journal#1
Journal#1 is due on Sept. 20 (11:59pm). Post it on your blog!
There is a set of guidelines I wrote for you to consider when you write your journal. Make sure you take care of typo and grammatical error. In order to obtain full points, your journal must be reflective, insightful, and coherent. Follow the format I gave (you can find that in the syllabus packet).
There is a set of guidelines I wrote for you to consider when you write your journal. Make sure you take care of typo and grammatical error. In order to obtain full points, your journal must be reflective, insightful, and coherent. Follow the format I gave (you can find that in the syllabus packet).
Assignment#4
Lesson plan for Singing
You will have to write your lesson plan based on the format I gave you in class today. In this lesson plan, you will have to design an activity based on the song of your choice (children's song) and the grade to which you want to teach this activity. Follow what we learned in class to write your lesson plan. You have to post your lesson plan on your blog by 11:59pm Friday (Sept. 18).
Make sure each of the steps in your procedue is "readable" and "doable." After finishing writing your lesson, you have to practice "operating" each step so that when you have to teach it in class next week, you will know how it goes.
I will use my weekend to check everyone's lesson plan. So, make sure you check on the comment I make to that particular post on Sunday evening.
You will have to write your lesson plan based on the format I gave you in class today. In this lesson plan, you will have to design an activity based on the song of your choice (children's song) and the grade to which you want to teach this activity. Follow what we learned in class to write your lesson plan. You have to post your lesson plan on your blog by 11:59pm Friday (Sept. 18).
Make sure each of the steps in your procedue is "readable" and "doable." After finishing writing your lesson, you have to practice "operating" each step so that when you have to teach it in class next week, you will know how it goes.
I will use my weekend to check everyone's lesson plan. So, make sure you check on the comment I make to that particular post on Sunday evening.
Monday, September 14, 2009
About Assignment#3
I forgot to mention this in class. For this particular question, you might not be able to find the answers from the texts. Skill is considered the action students do to learn about particular concepts or technique. For example, riding a bike is a skill, and the concept learned from riding a bike might be physics (balance). Writing a poem is a skill, and the concept learned will be language or literature. So, think about what's in music? Reflect on what we did today on that Tideo song. What did we do throughout the entire activity? Those "actions" may be considered the "skills" that we learn in music. So, what are they?
For those who have posted your blogs, you can still change your answers,by either "editing" from the old post or just "commenting" on your own post.
For those who have posted your blogs, you can still change your answers,by either "editing" from the old post or just "commenting" on your own post.
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Assignment#3
This is a worksheet for Chapter 2.
1.What are long- and short- term goals? Please give an example for each.
2.What is music concept about? Please list six musical concepts mentioned in the textbook.
3.What is musical skill? (The things you do when you are engaged in musical activities). Please give three examples.
4.What is the possible sequence of writing a lesson plan (p.27).
5.List the 9 national standards in music education (p. 26)
6.Music is important in a child’s education because . . . (why do we need music? What is the purpose of music?)
This assignment is due on Monday (9/14) 11:59pm.
1.What are long- and short- term goals? Please give an example for each.
2.What is music concept about? Please list six musical concepts mentioned in the textbook.
3.What is musical skill? (The things you do when you are engaged in musical activities). Please give three examples.
4.What is the possible sequence of writing a lesson plan (p.27).
5.List the 9 national standards in music education (p. 26)
6.Music is important in a child’s education because . . . (why do we need music? What is the purpose of music?)
This assignment is due on Monday (9/14) 11:59pm.
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