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Case Study

MUSIC

“Tell me, I forget; show me, I remember; involve me, I understand.”

– Carl Orff, Composer and Music Education pedagogue

Introduction

Grade 9 students are exploring a new music course in the framework of Alberta’s Career and Technology Foundations program. Students have a basic understanding of music notation, musical form and have discussed motifs and the following compositional techniques: repetition, sequence, inversion, and retrograde.

 

The framework of CTF: Students respond to challenges set forth by the teacher in a particular career area. Students create a plan for how to organize a finished product and document their journey.

 

Challenge

Compose an original musical score in rondo form that incorporates a motif and the compositional techniques discussed in class. The finished product is an audio recording 2 minutes in length.

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Process

Students have access to the following for their project:

  • Classroom percussion instruments

  • Any personally-owned instruments

  • “Found” instruments/unconventional instruments

  • Chromebooks

  • Personally Owned Mobile Devices

  • Desktop computer with audio interface for electronic instruments/microphones

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Outcomes

  • I explore my interests and passions while making personal connections to career possibilities.

  • I use occupational area skills, knowledge and technologies.

  • I follow safety requirements associated with occupational areas and related technologies.

  • I demonstrate environmental stewardship associated with occupational areas.

  • I plan in response to challenges.

  • I make decisions in response to challenges.

  • I adapt to change and unexpected events.

  • I solve problems in response to challenges.

  • I create products, performances or services in response to challenges.

  • I appraise the skills, knowledge, and technologies used to respond to challenges.

  • I communicate my learning.

  • I determine how my actions affect learning.

  • I develop skills that support effective relationships.

  • I collaborate to achieve common goals.

Reflection

How do CTF and this music project fit into the context of DIY learning? How would you use the DIY template proposed on this site to help navigate the complexities of this project? How does each of the three videos inform and celebrate the philosophy of DIY Learning?

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