Music Composition Lesson Plans

1. Beethoven's Symphony Number 9- Texture in artworks.
2. Beginning, Middle and Ending- Students will experience the idea of beginning, middle, and end in a variety of situations including literary and musical.
3. Classical Composers- This catalogue is a reference to the history of classical music through the biographies of the composers that wrote it.
4. Composers of the Romantic Period- The students will learn about 11 composers from 6 countries.
5. Composing Music- Have you tried the composing lessons described in the most recent "Music Educators Journal"? I did, and I would highly recommend it! If you missed the article, the basic process is...
6. Composing Music Electronically- Students will be able to compose simple melodies using a computer and a midi keyboard. Students will have an understanding of timesignatures.
7. Create-a-Composition- . Composing a musical piece will spark in the child a new found enthusiasm for music, and its value in his/her social and effective learning development.
8. Dynamics (Forte and Piano), Accents- The students will also experience for themselves their own rainstorm with instruments and body movements. Also the students will experience and perform what an accent is.
9. Introduction to Music- This lesson is an introduction to "reading" music, introducing quarter and half notes and their values.
10. Music Composition and Photography- "Students who had difficulty with written language developed alternative forms of communication through music, art, photography, and poetry."
11. My Sheet Music!- Print over 2000 pieces of sheet music!
12. Note Name Bean Bag Game- Naming notes.
13. Recognizing Note Names of the Treble Clef- This unit plan aids in teaching beginning instrumentalists proper note recognition. This unit is based on a staff utilizing a treble clef, but can easily be adapted to any musical clef.
14. Staff Twister- To learn the names of the lines and spaces.
15. Take Me Out to the Ball Game- The students will experience the change from a thin to thick texture through the use of body movement and an ostinato pattern.
16. Tchaikovsky's The Sleeping Beauty Ballet­Suite op. 66- The students will understand the concept of Contrasts in different arenas of Art such as poetry, paintings, and music.