i am a secondary school trainy music teacher & have just started working in a new school which is a specialst performing arts school...which means as a trainy music teacher they are expecting ALOT from me.
On my 1st day there they had told me they want me to be the founder of a new and exciting music activity for all students to be apart of...they had suggested i set up an Indonesian Gamelan band-which i have some knowledge about but NOT enough to teach or an African drumming group...which i have absolutly NO knowlegde about.
I have classical training in piano for 14 years & have dabbled sighlty in Carribean, gamelan and western music for my degree but i dont have enough knowledge to teach...
....im meeting with the head of music 2descuss any ideas i have on Thur but i dont have any :(
so do any of u have any ideas?
i would like 2do something with the piano but because i need to get as much people in the school involved as possible i dont think this can happen.
pls help.x
2007-01-15 19:07:20 · 8 answers · asked by Beautiful - 6 in Education & Reference ➔ Teaching
The website below has lesson plans in Gamelan music. If you use an Internet search engine and type something like:
music + "lesson plans" + gamelan
you can get lots of resources.
2007-01-16 00:55:39 · answer #1 · answered by Faith 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1. Don't panic, make haste slowly. Miracles take more than a term. A motivated and energetic teacher can always carry the day
2. Do you have any knowledge of MIDI and sequencing?
I think you can contact me if you want through Yahoo. I cannot solve your problem I might be able to help. I ran an Arts Centre and we did INSET courses for Sec school teachers. I also had a band which was regularly invited to the National Festival .
Start from small beginnings and see what works Kids like anything they can manage and sounds impressive. Singing can be good but they may be prejudiced against it. The trouble with a piano is that you are doing the work and you are playing the instrument.
You could look for a suitable musical as a stop gap.
2007-01-16 09:06:03 · answer #2 · answered by Richard T 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi My Children's School have an emphasis in Performing arts - they hold a regular talent show with categories such as Dancing (using all styles of music), solo artists in Voice and instrumental, innovative use of everyday items in a musical setting, Choral (traditional and modern- i.e: Rap like music with different people adding sound effects using only their Voices/ mouths). When these are on basically the whole school turns out for the evening - the judging is done by Pupils so they are involved at all levels and also "Cool" parents are invited - great fundraiser for the school with sales of Tickets/ CD's and DVD's (gets the whole department involved from Sound production, Lighting etc etc) Above all the Kids and teachers have a load of fun !
2007-01-15 21:17:51 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
How about a drumming class. Drums can be made out of so many things, young people enjoy it. Its good for the soul.
In this way you are literally making music.
2007-01-15 19:53:10 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
How about an a capella group, or a handbell choir? All you need to play handbells is a sense of rhythm, really. Just highlight your notes and count - and it's fun to watch and pretty cool to listen to.
2007-01-16 05:14:58 · answer #5 · answered by eri 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
show real world music like sewing machines, v8's, drinking glasses used to note, wood blocks, chimes etc
teach music at its base, the world in step
2007-01-15 19:18:54 · answer #6 · answered by l8ntpianist 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
how about a battle of heavey metal bands and hip hop djs...
setting up a gig with lights, etc...
something with much sexy ommph...
not dinalinging sissy triangels.
Or setting up a rave type event like in www.accessallareas.org.
Hell how about a regular teen nightclub type event where they do most of it...
2007-01-16 05:09:23 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
rock music
2007-01-15 19:10:10 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋