Imaginative Arts Apprentice Week 4: April 14, 2022 Music

  Imaginative Arts Apprentice Week 4: April 14, 2022

History of Music

Study/Learn

DO ALL OF THE FOLLOWING:

1. 
   Watch this video about the History of Music.  Take notes in your common place book and bring them to class.
2. Classical music is good for your brain.  Listen to Mozart or Beethoven while you do your homework this week.
3. Study the notecards labeled "4" and STUDY THE MUSIC NOTECARDS FROM ALL YEAR REALLY WELL.  

Know/Understand

CHOOSE ONE OF THE FOLLOWING and as you're choosing the music to work with for your project, it can be from any time and place, just please keep it appropriate: 

1 - Become a composer.  

Write and be prepared to perform your song in Vanguard.  It must be at least 2 minutes long.  

If you use instruments other then a piano that won't travel, (like a drum set or organ) video yourself performing your new piece of music and post it on the Vanguard YouTube channel and we'll watch it in class (a violin, guitar, or ukulele will travel okay.)   You can write lyrics to your song, but the main part needs to be instrumental.  

If you don't play a typical instrument and still want to compose, figure something out.  Teach yourself how to play the spoons or hit pots and pans with spoons to create an instrument.    

2 - Interpret the music through dance.

Put together an interpretive dance (at least 2 minutes long)  And come prepared to dance it in class.  You can get together with a sibling or friend for this project.

3 - Interpret the music through art.

Listen to a piece of music with your eyes closed and feel and "see" the music.  Then listen to it again as you paint or draw a visual representation of what you hear.  Do a good job on this - spend at least 30 minutes on your artwork.  

4 - Interpret the music through food.

Listen to a piece of music with your eyes closed and feel and "see" the music.  Then design some kind of food that represents what you feel and see and bring it to class, enough for everyone to try some and be prepared to talk about how your food represents the music.

Become/Serve

Read/watch this General Conference talk called Inspired Music - Worthy Thoughts.  Print it out and mark it and find principles you can bring to class to discuss.  

Evaluate your choices of music.  How uplifting are they?  What can you do to choose better?  Set a goal to upgrade your music choices this week.