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9-12 Band

  1. Prepare and Record an Etude

Summary: On your Concert Band instrument, prepare an etude of your choice. Once you feel it is of quality, record a video of yourself performing it and submit it via email or teams.

 

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  1. Write a Song

Summary: Using the knowledge you have gained in music classes over the years (especially what we have been talking about in Guitar class), write and record your own song.

 

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  1. Play Along with a Song

Summary: Using the knowledge you have gained in music classes over the years (especially what we have been talking about in Guitar class), record yourself playing along with a recording of one of your favourite songs/pieces. This can be done on any instrument.

 

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  1. Create a Piece of Music Using Computer Software

Summary: Using programs like GarageBand or Soundtrap, create your own unique composition.

 

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  1. Compose a Piece of Music Using Noteflight Software

Summary: Similar to Project Option #4, this project uses music notation software as opposed to beats, loops, samples, etc. Please note that most notation and looped-based software can be used together to create an even more dynamic and engaging piece of music!

 

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  1. Analyze a Piece of Music (essay style)

Summary: Using the knowledge you have gained in music classes over the years, unpack the elements of your favourite piece of music. This project is like doing music theory, but in reverse. A sort of compositional reverse-engineering.

 

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  1. Transcribe a Melody or Solo

 Summary: Using the knowledge you have gained in music classes over the years (especially what you’ve learned in Jazz Band), transcribe (write out) a favourite melody or solo. You can transcribe it on paper (links to blank staff paper are in the full project details), you can use Noteflight if you would like or you can record yourself playing it on any instrument (except voice). Examples, tips and tricks are included in the full project details.

 

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  1. Music Appreciation (piece of music)

Summary: In a minimum of 750 words, convey your appreciation for a piece of music (classical, jazz or wind band).

 

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  1. Music Appreciation (composer)

Summary: In a minimum of 750 words, convey your appreciation for a composer (classical, jazz or wind band). A partial list of composers that are eligible for study are included in the full project details.

 

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  1. Music Appreciation (piece of music chosen by the teacher)

Summary: Not sure what to write about? Want a new musical experience? Mr. Crowe will consider what he knows about your musical experiences (likes, dislikes, etc.) and choose a piece for you to review, appreciate, consider, criticize, etc. Your write-up must be a minimum of 750 words.

 

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  1. Found Object Composition Piece

Summary: Using objects that wouldn’t normally be considered ‘musical’ create a piece of music that utilizes these objects in a musical way. Examples are provided in the full project details.

 

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  1. Karaoke

Summary: Using a karaoke track, record yourself (audio or video) singing one of your favourite songs. There are many places to find karaoke tracks, YouTube being one of them.

 

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  1. Create a Music-Based Podcast

Summary: There are many wonderful music-based podcasts out there today (a few of my faves are in the full project description). Create your own. This project may be done in conjunction with another music student.

 

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  1. Art and Music Crossover

Summary: Pair a work of art (sculpture, painting, etc.) with a piece of music that (in your opinion) best represents that work of art. Justify your choice in a minimum 750 word write up.

 

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  1. Music Appreciation: Reaction Video

Summary: Let Mr. Crowe pick a piece of music for you - something you’ve never heard before. Then, while listening to it for the first time, record a reaction to the video.

 

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  1. Interview

Summary: Interview a famous, working or retired musician.

 

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  1. Duet with Self

Summary: Using software/apps such at Acapella (or other video editing software) record yourself performing a simple duet with yourself.

 

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  1. Replace/Add Music to a Pre-Existing Video Clip

Summary: Find a video clip with no music in it. Add music (can be pre-existing or your own composition!) to the video clip that enhances the atmosphere and/or mood that you think the filmmaker is trying to convey. A small written portion will accompany this project.

 

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  1. Full Album Analysis

Summary: Creating an album of music can be an art form. Some albums are a collection of songs, while some are a careful orchestrated plan of moving from one soundscape to another. Your assignment will be to analyze a full album in a minimum of 750 words. Some examples are provided in the full project details.

 

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  1. Compare/Contrast The Beatles’ A Day In The Life with Radiohead’s Paranoid Android

 Summary: One song was written in 1967, the other in 1997. The previous one greatly influenced the one that came 30 years later. What are their similarities and differences?

 

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  1. Beastie Boys (Sure Shot) Remix

Summary: Using music editing software (GarageBand, etc.) create a remix of The Beastie Boys’ Sure Shot using a provided acapella track.

 

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  1. Band Lab Composition Project

Summary: This is a composition assignment using Band Lab, the cloud-based music DAW (Digital Audio Workstation). Includes a short video tutorial and the assignment, with parameters, for creating your song

 

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  1. Music Theory

Summary: Complete a series of music theory handouts. Please inquire with Mr. Crowe, so the right level can be chosen for you (beginner, intermediate or advanced).

 

  1. Guitar Study (written assignments)

Summary: Complete any three of the following worksheets on various topics related to the guitar and the history of the guitar. Includes video links and worksheets.

 

  1. Foley Project

Summary: Film Scene Foley Sound & Music Creation Assignment highlights how music and sound is able to greatly enhance and define a film scene. In this assignment, you are to add music and Foley sounds to a scene that currently contains no sound. It involves using found objects and instruments from around your house to create the soundscape to a short video.

 

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  1. Creative Sounds Project

Summary: Create a composition using body sounds.

 

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  1. Create an Eerie Soundscape

Summary: Using pre-existing and/or newly recorded sounds, create a soundscape that provides an eerie or unsettling backdrop for any Halloween function. Specifics, examples and ideas are found in the full project details.

 

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  1. Music Exploration: Musique Concrète

Summary: Similar to Project #27, Musique Concrète is a compositional technique that was first used by experimental composers in the 1940s - a process where they would mix pre-existing sounds into a new aural landscape. Your exploration will include creating a piece of music using Musique Concrète and a small write-up detailing your process.

 

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  1. Mix-A-Speech

Summary: The purpose of this assignment is to create an audio project containing various clips and excerpts from movie quotes, speeches, dialogues, etc. The project will have a central theme and contain a music track that plays along in the background while the spliced "speech" is being played.

 

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  1. Music As Identity

Summary: You will be making a 3-4 minute audio or video clip about the music you like and what you think that music says about you. Musically, include favorite songs from your childhood and/or music that you have only recently started to enjoy. This project should be a musical representation of who you are as a person.

 

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  1. Create a Collaboration Music Video

Summary: Possible group project! Collaborate with friends and/or family to create a virtual band video like the one seen HERE.

 

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  1. Small Ensemble Yourself

 Summary: (Similar to Project #17 and #31) Take any trio, quartet, quintet, etc. piece and play all the parts in a creative collaborative music video like the one seen HERE.

 

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  1. Become A Music Critic

Summary: Students listen to recordings or concerts and provide their perspectives and critical feedback.

 

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  1. Music Historian: Music During Pandemics - Comparing Music in the Time of The Spanish Flu and in the Time of COVID-19

Summary: Compare/contrast/analyze music during the time of The Spanish Flu (1918-1920) with music during the time of COVID-19 (2019-present).

 

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  1. Music Historian: Soundtrack of Life for Someone in Isolation

Summary: Students create a playlist representing the various stages of life for a person in isolation due to COVID-19.

 

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  1. Online Masterclasses

Summary: Students meet in sections (flute, clarinet, etc.) and work on music as assigned, with the teacher leading.

 

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  1. Junior Conductor

Summary: Students are invited to learn the basics of conducting, creating a video in the process.

 

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  1. The Jazz Bracket

Summary: Create a tournament of jazz tunes that face off against one another.

 

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  1. Music Analysis (worksheet style)

Summary:This Music Analysis Project is designed for students studying music appreciation.These music activities and worksheets are based on the Elements of Music.

 

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  1. Guitar Modes

 Summary: A study of the musical modes as they exist on the open strings of the guitar.

 

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  1. Classical Riffs

Summary: On video, document your development of learning 3 classic guitar riffs over a 14 day period.

 

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  1. Let There Be Theremin!

Summary: Honour the centennial of this glorious instrument by writing a piece of your own! After doing a brief study on the history of the Theremin, compose a piece that utilizes the Theremin. A brief write-up will be required as part of this assignment.

 

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  1. Mashups

Summary: Create your own song mashup.

 

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  1. Composition: Prepared Piano

Summary: Compose a piece for piano using the prepared piano technique that was pioneered by legendary composer John Cage.

 

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  1. Composition: Vaporwave

Summary: Fan of the 1980s? This project (which is similar to Project Option #28 - Musique Concrète, but with an 80’s twist) may just be for you. Create a piece of music using Vaporwave composing techniques. Not sure what Vaporwave is? Check the full project details.

 

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  1. Music as Activism

Summary: As long as people have been writing music, there have been those who do so with the aim of evoking social change. Is there a cause about which you are passionate? With this assignment, you can submit a written piece about the music that surrounds the cause of your choice.

 

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  1. Music as Spirituality

Summary: As long as people have been writing music, there have been those who do so to pay homage to a higher power or to express an acknowledgement of a metaphysical quality with which they feel a connection. Perhaps you may have a connection with these ideas and this project may resonate with you.  With this assignment, you will submit a written piece about music as a spiritual force, citing specific artists, songs, pieces and/or albums. Examples are provided in the full project details.

 

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  1. Music as Storyteller

Summary: Create a children’s story / short story / graphic novel based on a piece of abstract or programmatic classical music.

 

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  1. Create an Instrument Tutorial Video

Summary: Create a video tutorial that is designed to teach a new player on your wind band instrument. Your video should include some tips and tricks that you’ve picked up from your experience, a positive approach to getting started on the instrument and how to develop their fundamentals (tone, articulation, breathing , posture, etc.).

 

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  1. A Playlist for Life

Summary: Create a playlist of at least 5 songs that covers the span of your lifetime. One song for each stage of your life. A minimum 750 word write up should be included that explains/justifies the choices you made (150 words per song in the playlist).

 

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  1. Music & Movement

Summary: Similar to project Option #48. Create a dance based on a piece of abstract or programmatic classical music. The dance should be well choreographed and filmed.

 

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  1. Show Your Progress

Summary: Choose a piece of music you have never seen before. Document your progress (on video) as you learn the piece over a two week period. Edit your video clips into a single piece that showcases your development over the two-week timespan.

 

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  1. Create Your Own Project (must have teacher approval)

Summary: Have an idea that wasn’t listed above? Why not develop your own project? If it’s awesome, I’ll add it to the list. This project must receive approval from Mr. Crowe before going ahead. I will not mark or consider any project that I do not first approve.

 

 

 

Remote Learning Schedules

 

Grade 9 Band

Thursday, January 7 at 1:00PM

Thursday, January 14 at 1:00PM

 

Grade 10 Band

Tuesday, January 5 at 1:00PM

Tuesday, January 12 at 1:00PM

 

 Senior Band

Tuesday, January 5 at 2:15PM

Tuesday, January 12 at 2:15PM

 

Wind Ensemble

Tuesday, January 5 at 12:00PM

Tuesday, January 12 at 12:00PM

 

Jazz Band

Thursday, January 7 at 12:00PM

Thursday, January 14 at 12:00PM