Affiliated with the national Young Audiences Arts for Learning network
Students will be introduced to the art of songwriting. We will explore two major elements of songwriting: lyrics and melody. Students will also work collaboratively and will practice the art of listening and building as a team.
Medium: Music
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Collaborative Song Making with Smith & Yarn
Students will practice simple song-making skills like creating rhythm, melody and lyrics. In small groups, students will each choose a song-making skill and collaborate with others to create a short musical composition about friendship.
Medium: Music
Compartiendo Música para Convivir with Brian Ortega
Students will learn about sharing music and how different music is used on different occasions and creates an ambiance. Students will create a playlist that represents their classroom that they can use in the future.
Medium: Music
Create A Food Chain Soundscape with Jessa Campbell
Students will explore how melody, rhythm, and dynamics in music can represent ideas from nature, focusing on an Oregon-based food chain.
Medium: Music
Creating and Refining Samba-Inspired Rhhtms with Courtney Danley
Students will use words to create rhythms and add rhythms to their classmates rhythms to create a composition.
Medium: Music
Express Yourself with Animal Songs with Red Yarn (Andy Furgeson)
Students will identify their mood, choose a related animal, and then compose simple animal songs with original lyrics and rhythms that reflect their mood & their animal’s behavior. With partners, students will share their compositions and reflect upon how their feelings guided their creative choices, and how it felt to create.
Medium: Music
Expressing Feelings Through Songwriting with Melinda Martinez
Students will use lyric templates to create their own collaborative songs. While identifying feelings, and ways to express them, students will explore the use of words in music.
Medium: Music
Ghanaian Drumming with Alex Addy
Students will explore the cultural background of Ghanaian drumming and compose their own drum rhythm to express their emotions, uniting as a drumming classroom community.
Medium: Music
I Am Oregon with Crystal Meneses
Students will use observation of nature, self-expression, and empathy to create a poem or song and reflect on that process as part of a larger project that contributes to social change.
Medium: Music
I can make a song! with Mo Phillips
Students will learn about patterns in art and in nature, and then create patterns themselves using their voices and/or their bodies. Throughout the lesson students will be creating patterns around both their present state of mind, and how they see themselves.
Medium: Music
La música y las Emociones (Music & Emotions) with Victor Villegas
In this lesson, students will learn some basic musical concepts, how music affects our emotions and how we can use music to self regulate. Students will also create their own rhythms and simple “songs” to express their emotions and share them with others.
Medium: Music
Makin’ Mix-Tapes with Mo Phillips
Students will curate their own musical playlist using elements of music like timbre, tempo and vibe to match the intention they have for their playlist.
Medium: Music
Master of Ceremonies (MC) with Mic Crenshaw
Writing lyrics in a Hip Hop and pop music format that expresses something about your racial, cultural, ethnic, national, or religious identity.
Medium: Music
Music in Motion: Teamwork & Lyrics with [E]mpress (Rainyanni Paris)
Students will learn to express themselves by creating a verse and chorus in a group. Students will explore rhyme schemes, structure and tempo while writing about their personal topics.
Medium: Music
My Rhythm, My Story with Christiana Zollner
Students will learn how to use body percussion and chants to create short rhythmic patterns that express how they feel and who they are.
Medium: Music
Playing To The Beat Of Your Own Drum… Together with Victor Villegas
Students will learn the basics of rhythm, create their own beat as a means of self expressing their own ideas and practice playing their beat with others to create a collaborative rhythmical composition as a group.
Medium: Music
Rhythm and Motion Bucket Drumming with Dennis J Dove
Students will learn about rhythm, find their unique rhythmic voice, and compose a rhythm beat.
Medium: Music
Rhythm and Motion with Dennis J Dove
Students will learn about rhythm, find their unique rhythm voice, and compose a rhythm beat. Throughout the lesson, students will build a sense of mindfulness and respect for themselves, their peers, and their instruments.
Medium: Music
Self Expression Thorugh Words with Jolly Wrapper
Students will learn to express their thoughts and emotions creatively by writing and performing their spoken word poetry. They will explore the art of rhythm, rhyme, and storytelling, using their voices and words to communicate their ideas confidently. The focus will be on self-expression, creativity, and collaboration, helping students connect with their peers through the vulnerability of sharing personal poetry.
Medium: Music
Songwriting Journey with Melinda Martinez
Students will use lyric templates to create their own collaborative songs. While identifying feelings, and ways to express them, students will explore the use of words in music.
Medium: Music
Taiko Drumming with Unit Souzou
Students will learn about rhythm, find their unique rhythm maker, and compose a taiko rhythm that tells a story about themself. Throughout the lesson, students will build a sense of mindfulness and respect for themselves, their peers, and their instruments.
Medium: Music
Taiko Rhythm and Respect with Unit Souzou
Students will learn about rhythm, find their unique rhythm maker, and compose a taiko rhythm that tells a story. Throughout the lesson, students will build a sense of mindfulness and respect for themselves, their peers, and their instruments.
Medium: Music
You Can Make Music Out of Anything with Rachel Blumberg
Students will engage their curiosity by exploring the sounds and tonality of objects in their classroom and will work together to improvise beats using words about themselves and their community.
Medium: Music