Teaching Performance through Composition: Book 3
Contents: 6 sets of melodic material for concert winds, brass and percussion, teaching materials & additional resources and stencils
Audio for each respective selection begins on the following pages - if the wheel spins, click/tap to play:
Lesson - page 8
Caramel Popcorn - page 20
Blue Sky - page 32
Fanfare - page 38
Murrumbidgee River - page 48
Queen Moremi - page 60
The Teaching Performance through Composition series has been created to help you achieve composition in the ensemble space without sacrificing rehearsal time. A set of musical materials ranging from rhythms and melodies, to ostinato patterns and accompanying figures are provided in a range of keys and capabilities. Once your students can play their bits and pieces, you are then able to collectively compose with the musical elements of structure, timbre, texture and expression to create your very own, original performance worthy pieces of music. Every one a world premiere! This work was commissioned by the Minnesota Band Directors Association and the Minnesota Junior Winds.
The Educational objectives of Book Three are:
Ensemble: Create a united, centralized purpose for musical expression through collaborative learning generated by the composition process. Apply expressive encounters to other repertoire through analysis, research and performance.
Student: Develop musicianship with the composition of more texturally dense and musically rich composition material in a variety of keys and modes. Consider the interrelationships of melody, countermelody, harmony and bass lines and create rhythmic accompaniments that align with stylistic and musical purpose.
Director: Connect a broad range of conducting gestures to compositional components including more extensive expressive techniques, textural adjustments and changes in form structures. Introduce and explore tempo and voicing alterations.
Music Concepts: Structure/Form, Rhythm/Duration, Expressive techniques, Timbre, Texture, Pitch.