The New SoundTree General Music Curriculum: Teaching Classroom Music in the Keyboard Lab

1. The New SoundTree General Music Curriculum:Teaching Classroom Music in the Keyboard Lab Presented by Dr. James Frankel FMEA 2008 Conference January 12, 2008

2. My Background

3. Overview of Session • VH1-Save the Music Project • SoundTree • The Curriculum • Origins • Rationale • Structure • Lesson Plans • Resources • Ordering Information

4. The VH1-Save the Music Project • VH1 is not only involved in purchasing band instruments and restoring music programs, they are also purchasing keyboard labs for schools.

5. What’s in a Save the Music Keyboard Lab?

6. Equipment Provided • 16 Casio CTK-691 MIDI Keyboards with built-in speakers and foot pedals for the students. • 1 Teacher CTK-691 with headphones. • 1 SoundTree GEC 3 Controller. • 16 Student Interface boxes - 32 headphones with microphones. • Pair of JBL Powered Monitors. • The New SoundTree Curriculum entitled: Teaching Classroom Music in the Keyboard Lab

8. SoundTree has been a corporate partner with the VH1-Save the Music Project for the past five years. • They provide all of the equipment for the keyboard labs installed across the country. • In addition to the equipment, SoundTree provides the teachers who use the keyboard labs with comprehensive training and technical support. • SoundTree commissioned Teaching Classroom Music in the Keyboard Lab specifically for the project.

9. The Curriculum Teaching Classroom Music in the Keyboard Lab

10. Origins • Rationale • Structure • The Lessons • Jongo! • Numbers, Numbers, Numbers. • The Dorian Mode

11. Origins • The VH1 teachers expressed concerns about how/what to teach in a setting that they were unfamiliar with. • They needed practical lesson plans that could be taught “straight out of the box”. • Reflected on my personal experiences teaching in a keyboard lab. • Included only classroom tested lesson plans that worked for me.

12. Rationale • Give teachers with various levels of technical expertise successfullesson plans that show how a keyboard lab can be used in the music classroom. • Give teachers ideas on how to use the keyboard lab to implement their own curriculum. • Adaptability.

13. Structure • Not intended as a complete course of study. • 15 Classroom tested lesson plans. • Four categories: • Music Skills • Composition Skills • General Music Concepts • Vocal Music

14. Each lesson can be taught in either one 45-minute class period, or spread out over an entire unit of study. • Connections to the National Standards.

15. Each lesson plan includes: • Rationale • Clear Objective • Required Materials • Step-by-Step Procedure • Outcomes • Extensions • Reproducible Student Handouts • Technical instructions (suggested patches, GEC3 mode) • Musical examples with MIDI files.

16. The Lessons JONGO NUMBERS, NUMBERS, NUMBERS THE DORIAN MODE

17. Resources • The SoundTree website section specifically for teachers who use the curriculum to share their experiences, post lesson plan ideas, and post questions. • My website, www.jamesfrankel.com, also has a section for teachers to post their lesson plans.

18. Ordering Information • Teaching Classroom Music in the Keyboard Lab is available exclusively from SoundTree at www.soundtree.com • Or visit www.jamesfrankel.com and click on “Books” from the menu.

19. Questions My email address is: Jtfrankel@hotmail.com or visit my website: www.jamesfrankel.com

20. Enjoy the rest of the conference!