Music, Melody & Me

by Manhattan School of Music

This program is an educational unit consisting of four lessons (2 pre-videoconference, 1 videoconference and 1 post-videoconference) designed to immerse students in the world of music. Through creative hands-on activities, the use of critical thinking skills and research, students learn about the instrument families and develop an understanding of the various sound qualities that instruments make prior to the videoconference. Through guided instruction, students then apply the knowledge they have gained by constructing their own musical instruments, which they present to a Manhattan School of Music teaching artist during the videoconference lesson. This culminates in a spirited interactive exchange in which the teaching artist transforms students own motivic ideas into improvisatory compositions.

Students develop an understanding of the basic building blocks of music, melody and motive throughout the videoconference lesson, which is the centerpiece of the unit. Guided by the teaching artist, students learn how instrumental sounds are fashioned into musical compositions, generating skills to examine the components of themes in music. These concepts are dynamically illustrated through live performance and with the aid of pre-recorded video musical examples performed by talented Manhattan School of Music students. Your students come away from the videoconference as more discerning listeners, with a heightened appreciation and awareness of how music is made, and facing the challenge of creating melodies of their own during the post-videoconference lesson.

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About This Program

Cost

Point to Point: $200.00
By Request: $200.00

Length

45 minutes or one regular class period

Target Audience

Education: Grade(s) 3, 4, 5 Program can be tailored to specific grade level.

Minimum participants:

none

Maximum participants:

none

Primary Disciplines

Performing Arts Music

Program Delivery Mode

Videoconference - H.323 (Polycom, Cisco/Tandberg, LifeSize, etc...)
Videoconference – Webcam/desktop (Zoom, Google Meet, Cisco WebEx, GoToMeeting, Microsoft Teams, etc...)
Zoom

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Provider's Cancellation Policy

Cancellation Policy
Cancellations must be made at least two (2) business days prior to videoconference session. Failure to do so will result in a cancellation fee equivalent to the program fee.

Weather Policy
In the event of severe, inclement weather preventing a scheduled videoconference session from occurring, Manhattan School of Music and partner will reschedule the conference in a timely manner so that the educational collaboration may continue. Manhattan School of Music and partner agree to notify one another should there be a forecast for severe, inclement weather at their respective location. Please contact David Marsh at dmarsh@msmnyc.edu immediately to coordinate appropriate action.

Technical Troubleshooting Policy
In the event of technical malfunctions or disruptions that arise before or during a scheduled videoconference session due to network carrier(s) services or videoconferencing technologies on the Manhattan School of Music or partner premises, Manhattan School of Music and partner technical support services will make every effort to remedy these issues in a timely, cooperative, and efficient manner so that the scheduled conferences may proceed as scheduled. If it is determined that the session cannot proceed, Manhattan School of Music and partner agree to reschedule the conference in a timely manner so that the educational collaboration may continue.
If technical difficulties arise which prevent the class from continuing after the class has been underway for at least 30 minutes, the class will be considered complete and will not be rescheduled.
If technical difficulties arise and the class is unable to begin within 30 of the scheduled start time, Manhattan School of Music will reschedule the class at a time that is mutually convenient for all parties.

About This Provider

Manhattan School of Music

New York, NY
United States

Manhattan School of Music

Founded as a community music school by Janet Daniels Schenck in 1918, today MSM is recognized for its more than 1,000 superbly talented undergraduate and graduate students who come from more than 50 countries and nearly all 50 states; its innovative curricula and world-renowned artist-teacher faculty that includes musicians from the New York Philharmonic, the Met Orchestra, and the top ranks of the jazz and Broadway communities; and a distinguished community of accomplished, award-winning alumni working at the highest levels of the musical, educational, cultural, and professional worlds.

The School is dedicated to the personal, artistic, and intellectual development of aspiring musicians, from its Precollege students through those pursuing doctoral studies. Offering classical, jazz, and musical theatre training, MSM grants a range of undergraduate and graduate degrees. True to MSM’s origins as a music school for children, the Precollege Division is a highly competitive and professionally oriented Saturday music program, dedicated to the musical and personal growth of talented young musicians ages 5 to 18. The School also serves some 2,000 New York City schoolchildren through its Arts-in-Education Program, and another 2,000 students through its critically acclaimed Distance Learning Program.

Distance Learning

In 1996, under the pioneering influence of Maestro Pinchas Zukerman, President Marta Istomin, and Dean Christianne Orto, Manhattan School of Music instituted a groundbreaking distance learning program — the first of its kind at a major conservatory — devoted to exploring the use of state-of-the-art videoconference technology for music education and performance. Since its inception, the program has connected students, educators, and distinguished artists around the globe for teaching and learning exchanges and currently reaches over 1,700 students each year from Albuquerque to New Zealand.

Through the development and creative use of broadband videoconferencing and related instructional technologies, Manhattan School of Music Distance Learning provides access to artistic and academic resources that enhance students’ education in musical performance while heightening the global community’s awareness of and participation in the musical arts.

Specifically, the program provides interactive videoconference master classes, private lessons, clinics, workshops, coachings, sectionals, colloquia, educational and community outreach, telementoring, professional development, and humanities exchanges to institutions of higher education, K–12 schools, and performing and community organizations around the world. New program areas currently under development include remote auditioning and recruitment via videoconferencing.

K-12 Programs

With over a decade of experience in the field of distance learning and as the first conservatory in the nation to utilize videoconferencing for K-12 music education, Manhattan School of Music has adopted the key elements of presenting successful music education programs via videoconference. In addition to giving students access to world-class musicians and stimulating artistic perspectives, Manhattan School of Music ensures that the quality of videoconference transmissions are of the highest technical standards possible.

Through the Music Bridges and Virtual Music Studio programs, Manhattan School of Music offers a wide variety of standards-based music and music-related presentations to public and private schools throughout the country. The New York State Learning Standards for the Arts are incorporated in program design, content, and assessment, as well as links to core subjects such as social studies and history.

Music Bridges is a selection of music programs that feature distinguished Manhattan School of Music artist-faculty teaching elementary, middle, and high schools students. These interactive videoconference programs are designed to engage students in areas ranging from musical performance, to instrumental and vocal coachings, to developing an understanding of the building blocks of music.

Virtual Music Studio features a variety of videoconference programs developed and presented by a roster of distinguished Manhattan School of Music young artist alumni. These teaching artists -instrumentalists and vocalists who have attained a high level of professional proficiency at their musical craft - are up-and-coming educators who also serve as role models and mentors to students within the context of the dual learning process. Each program includes pre-videoconference teaching materials, one class period–length videoconference presentation, and a post-videoconference development guide.

All of the above programs are fully on-demand. Presentations are scheduled to accommodate the timetable of the requesting school, and can even be modified to better fit certain grade levels, age groups, curriculum needs, or requirements. Please read on for testimonials from past participants on how Manhattan School of Music’s interactive videoconference music education programs have benefited their students.

Contact:
David Marsh
dmarsh@msmnyc.edu
9174934514

Program Details

Format

Students will be immersed in the world of music through creative hands-on activities; research; guided instruction; and live performance. This program is a four-part unit that consists of 2 pre-videoconference lessons, one videoconference program and one post-videoconference lesson.

Objectives

The participant will:
- Become familiar with the different instrument families and the characteristics of individual instruments that belong to them.
- synthesize information to create her/his own instrument that produces sounds similar to those of real instruments.
- share the home-made musical instrument with the Manhattan School teaching artist, who helps explain to them (through live performance and with the aid of pre-recorded musical examples) how the sounds of instruments are transformed into music.
- acquire heightened analytical and aural skills that will enable and inspire them to develop a deep appreciation, understanding and awareness of how music is made.
- engage in dialogue with the Manhattan School teaching artist to "develop" her/his own musical motives and ideas on the home-made instrument.

Standards Alignment

National Standards

Core Standard: Create

Anchor Standard #1. Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.

(MU:Cr1.1.3-5) a. Improvise rhythmic, melodic, and harmonic ideas, and explain connection to specific purpose and context (such as social and cultural ). B. Generate musical ideas (such as rhythms, melodies, and simple accompaniment patterns) within related tonalities (such as major and minor) and meters.

Anchor Standard #2. Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.

(MU:Cr2.1.3-5) a. Demonstrate selected and organized musical ideas for an improvisation, arrangement, or composition to express intent, and explain connection to purpose and context. Use standard and/or iconic notation and/or recording technology to document personal rhythmic, melodic, and simple harmonic musical ideas.

Core Standard: Performing, Presenting, Producing

Anchor Standard #4. Analyze, interpret, and select artistic work for presentation.

(MU:Pr4.2.3) a. Demonstrate understanding of the structure in music selected for performance.

(MU:Pr4.2.4-5) a. Demonstrate understanding of the structure and the elements of music (such as rhythm, pitch, and form ) in music selected for performance.

Core Standard: Responding

Anchor Standard #7. Perceive and analyze artistic work.

(MU:Re7.1.3) a. Demonstrate and describe how selected music connects to and is influenced by specific interests, experiences, or purposes.

(MU:Re7.1.4) a. Demonstrate and explain how selected music connects to and is influenced by specific interests, experiences, purposes, or contexts.

(MU:Re7.1.5) a. Demonstrate and explain, citing evidence, how selected music connects to and is influenced by specific interests, experiences, purposes, or contexts.

(MU:Re7.2.3) a. Demonstrate and describe how a response to music can be informed by the structure , the use of the elements of music , and context (such as personal and social ).

(MU:Re7.2.4) a. Demonstrate and explain how responses to music are informed by the structure, the use of the elements of music, and context (such as social and cultural ).

(MU:Re7.2.5) a. Demonstrate and explain, citing evidence , how responses to music are informed by the structure, the use of the elements of music, and context (such as social, cultural, and historical ).
Anchor Standard #8. Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work.

(MU:Re8.1.3) a. Demonstrate and describe how the expressive qualities (such as dynamics and tempo ) are used in performers’ interpretations to reflect expressive intent.

(MU:Re8.1.4) a. Demonstrate and explain how the expressive qualities (such as dynamics, tempo, and timbre ) are used in performers’ and personal interpretations to reflect expressive intent.

(MU:Re8.1.5) a. Demonstrate and explain how the expressive qualities (such as dynamics, tempo, timbre, and articulation ) are used in performers’ and personal interpretations to reflect expressive intent.
Anchor Standard #9. Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work.

(MU:Re9.1.3-4) a. Evaluate musical works and performances, applying established criteria , and describe appropriateness to the context .

(MU:Re9.1.5) a. Evaluate musical works and performances, applying established criteria, and explain appropriateness to the context, citing evidence from the elements of music.

Core Standard: Connecting

Anchor Standard #10. Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to make art.

(MU:Cn10.0.3-5) a. Demonstrate how interests, knowledge, and skills relate to personal choices and intent when creating, performing, and responding to music.

Anchor Standard #11. Relate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural and historical context to deepen understanding.

(MU:Cn11.0.3-5) a. Demonstrate understanding of relationships between music and the other arts, other disciplines, varied contexts, and daily life.

State Standards

New York
New York State Learning Standards for the Arts
Standard 1: Creating, Performing, and Participating in the Arts
Students will actively engage in the processes that constitute creation and performance in the arts (dance, music, theatre, and visual arts) and participate in various roles in the arts.
Standard 2: Knowing and Using Arts Materials and Resources
Students will be knowledgeable about and make use of the materials and resources available for participation in the arts in various roles.
Standard 3: Responding to and Analyzing Works of Art
Students will respond critically to a variety of works in the arts, connecting the individual work to other works and to other aspects of human endeavor and thought.
Standard 4: Understanding the Cultural Contributions of the Arts
Students will develop an understanding of the personal and cultural forces that shape artistic communication and how the arts in turn shape the diverse cultures of past and present society.

New York State Learning Standards for English Language Arts
Standard 1: Language for Information and Understanding
Students will listen, speak, read, and write for information and understanding. As listeners and readers, students will collect data, facts, and ideas; discover relationships, concepts, and generalizations; and use knowledge generated from oral, written, and electronically produced texts. As speakers and writers, they will use oral and written language that follows the accepted conventions of the English language to acquire, interpret, apply, and transmit information.
Standard 3: Language for Critical Analysis and Evaluation
Students will listen, speak, read, and write for critical analysis and evaluation. As listeners and readers, students will analyze experiences, ideas, information, and issues presented by others using a variety of established criteria. As speakers and writers, they will use oral and written language that follows the accepted conventions of the English language to present, from a variety of perspectives, their opinions and judgments on experiences, ideas, information and issues.
Standard 4: Language for Social Interaction
Students will listen, speak, read, and write for social interaction. Students will use oral and written language that follows the accepted conventions of the English language for effective social communication with a wide variety of people. As readers and listeners, they will use the social communications of others to enrich their understanding of people and their views.