Bouncing balls, neckties,

balloons, and apps, oh my!

Ben Tomczak

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 & 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

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

Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

NCMEA Grants

Yearly deadline March 15 Must have NCMEA membership to

apply Mini-grant Professional development

Recognition Opportunities

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

Parting Thoughts

Parting Thoughts

Every child must be valued as an artist, and every teacher must consider himself a cultivator of genius. -Charles Fowler