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Composition Resources for the Classroom

A set of eight lesson plans designed as a practical and fun introduction to the principles of music composition.

Complete

Download complete [PDF]

Introduction

Download Introduction [PDF]

Lesson Plans

Lesson One: The Voice – Our First Instrument [PDF]

Additional materials

—Captain Beefheart, Electricity [YouTube]

—Spike Jones, Hawaiian War Chant [offsite audio]

—Jennifer Walshe, Here We Are Now [mp3]

—Luciano Berio, Sequenza III [offsite audio]

—Ruppetigah handout [PDF]

—Ruppetigah class performance [mp3]

—More about Jennifer Walshe [CMC composer page]

—RTÉ lyric fm, Nova [web site]

Lesson Two: Conductor [PDF]

Additional materials

—Conductor class performance [mp3]

Lesson Three: Graphic Scores [PDF]

Additional materials

—The Beano Game handout [PDF]

—Cathy Berberian, Stripsody: class performance [mp3]

—Graphic score handout [PDF]

Lesson Four: Musical Games [PDF]

Additional materials

—My Loony Bun handout [PDF]

Lesson Five: Maestro [PDF]

Additional materials

—Graphic score handout [PDF]

Lesson Six: Maestro Detective Games [PDF]

Additional materials

—Graphic score handout [PDF]

Lesson Seven: The Golden Section [PDF]

Additional materials

—The Golden Section: class performance [mp3]

Lesson Eight: Rehearsing and Performing [PDF]