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Hand-Out
Example
Mt. Vernon
Teachers’ Conference
Hamilton-Jefferson Counties
October 30 & 31, 2003
American
Folk Music Activities,
Integrating Music with Other Subjects and Technology, K-12
Project Notes/ Outline of Topics by Artist-in-Residence/Musician,
Jim Kanas
Jim Kanas,
presenter/musician
information@jimkanas.com
ACTIVITY
EXAMPLES:
"Play
Circle"
Call-and-response
Improvisation
Spoons
Sight-reading, echo
Limberjacks
"Beat" and "rhythm",
Half time, double time and on the beat
Instrument
Building; (integration with science and visual arts),
Shakers, panpipes, dulcimers, and more
Songwriting-
integration with creative writing and language arts
Analysis or original composition
Connotation, thematic, metaphor, etc.
Tone
Bells/ Hand Chimes
New music compositions and notation
Conducting, patterns, improvisation
Juba
Rhythms
Drums, triplets, accents
Sound
"Collage"/ "Soundscapes"
Textures, dynamic variation, listening
Composition, original notation
Topical
Songs
Interdisciplinary; integration with American and world history,
geography, language arts, social studies, math, etc
American Music Cross-Cultural Assembly Program- Overview
Cross-cultural examples, "Living oral tradition", bridge
to written tradition
Jazz/ aural/ improvisation/ process
American
Folk Music Activities, Integrating Music with Other Subjects and
Technology
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Audio
Recording Production/ Making a CD
Samples
of Digital Hard Drive recording, mixing and editing
Creating audio "soundscapes"
Making a CD recording of your school ensemble
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Artist-in-Residence/Musician,
Jim Kanas
Request for Information
Your contact information:
Name, Title,
School______________________________________
Address if needed_______________________________________
______________________________________________________
Phone_________________________________________________
Email (Please
provide this)
_________________________@___________________________
I would like information on:
___ WTTW/ Chicago
PBS, channel 11, "Arts Across Illinois" feature
___ Performances
___ Assemblies
___ Breakout/ Small Group Sessions (hands-on)
___ Mini-Assemblies (combination medium size group and assembly
with hands-on)
___ Residencies
___ Improvisation/ jazz assembly and student workshops (band, orchestra
and vocal)
___ Fiddling workshops
___ Limberjacks
___ Playing the spoons
___ Instrument building
___ Songwriting
___ Digital recording and multi- media production
___ Song Lyrics and music
___ Artist information and music; DVD, videos, PowerPoint presentation,
brochures
and/or CD’s
___ Festival and oral tradition resources
___ Juba rhythms
___ Other
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