A New Approach to Music Education
Location
CSU 201
Start Date
6-4-2010 8:00 AM
End Date
6-4-2010 10:00 AM
Student's Major
Music
Student's College
Arts and Humanities
Mentor's Name
Linda Duckett
Mentor's Department
Music
Mentor's College
Arts and Humanities
Description
The purpose of this abstract is to help bring a new way of teaching basic musical terms to a fourth through eighth grade classroom setting through the excitement of an action television show. The basis of our educational development idea is to bring to educators a new curriculum to use in their classrooms to help develop fundamental musical ideas. To fulfill this goal we scripted eight episodes of our action television show entitled, The Theory Rangers, in which the rangers use basic musical ideas to solve puzzles and save the day. For this project we have utilized a lively cast of thirty-six theatre, dance and music majors. Each episode also includes full orchestral music performed by MSU musicians demonstrating famous orchestral music heard often-in everyday life. Each episode comes with a full study guide and lesson plans to use throughout the episode or as an independent study guide. Each episode follows the Minnesota Academic Standards for teaching forth through eighth general music and has been viewed and approved by schools throughout the state.
A New Approach to Music Education
CSU 201
The purpose of this abstract is to help bring a new way of teaching basic musical terms to a fourth through eighth grade classroom setting through the excitement of an action television show. The basis of our educational development idea is to bring to educators a new curriculum to use in their classrooms to help develop fundamental musical ideas. To fulfill this goal we scripted eight episodes of our action television show entitled, The Theory Rangers, in which the rangers use basic musical ideas to solve puzzles and save the day. For this project we have utilized a lively cast of thirty-six theatre, dance and music majors. Each episode also includes full orchestral music performed by MSU musicians demonstrating famous orchestral music heard often-in everyday life. Each episode comes with a full study guide and lesson plans to use throughout the episode or as an independent study guide. Each episode follows the Minnesota Academic Standards for teaching forth through eighth general music and has been viewed and approved by schools throughout the state.
Recommended Citation
Wagner, Bemjamin and Samantha McCune. "A New Approach to Music Education." Undergraduate Research Symposium, Mankato, MN, April 6, 2010.
https://cornerstone.lib.mnsu.edu/urs/2010/oral-session-08/4
