FINALLY! The 2008-2009 GHS Student Music CD is available on iTunes. Just go to the iTunes Store search box and type “Greenwich High School”. The CD includes Emily’s piece “Gothic Memory Land” that was the First Place winner in the NSBA/MENC Electronic Music Competition. Enjoy!
Presenter at NYSSMA/MENC
I am just back from NYSSMA (New York State School Music Association) Summer In-Service Conference in Albany, NY.
New Widget to Listen to Student Music
It seems obvious but… take a look at the left side bar.
GHS Student Takes First Place in National MENC/NSBA Electronic Music Composition Competition
Congratulations to GHS junior, Emily Boyer, who is THE winner in the Music Educator National Conference (MENC: The National Association for Music Education) and the National School Boards Association (NSBA) Electronic Music Composition Competition (high school division)!
GHS student wins second place in MENC/NSBA Electronic Music Composition Contest
Listen to a sample of Kenny’s winning piece “Translation”.
Speed Composing:Latin
In my last two blogs, I explained the new game/contest we are playing in my most advanced class called “Speed Composing”. Basically kids have 30 minutes to write a minimum of 16 measures of music in a specific style. For more information on this game/contest, see my blogs Speed Composing and Speed Composing 2. The kids wanted to add
Speed Composing 2
Students have thirty minutes to compose a minimum of sixteen measure is a genre drawn from a hat. Today’s genre: Industrial. Listen to what a few came up with and learn more about our next Speed Composing project.
Speed Composing
It’s the end of the school year and my most advanced class, Electronic Music 3, is getting a little restless. I made their final exam the submission to MENC Electronic Music Talent Search and that was submitted a few of weeks ago. Yesterday, a couple of students came in and told me they challenged each other to a match. They wanted to see who could compose the best Reggaeton piece in one class. Other students heard this and wanted in. So began our first “Speed Composing” contest.
Podcamp NYC 2.0
The second PodCamp NYC will be this Friday & Saturday April 25 & 26 in Brooklyn, NY (no, you don’t need a passport to get there). This year’s PodCamp will focus on education and I’ll be speaking at 2pm on Saturday. My session is called Cashing in on Digital Distribution for Public Schools or “The High Tech Bake Sale”. I’ll … Read More
MusicEdTech presents Robin Batteau broadcast LIVE on Ustream.tv
MusicEdTech will present it’s first live broadcast on Ustream.tv on Wednesday, April 2, 2008 at 10:45 AM EST. Our guest will be Grammy/Emmy/Clio Award winner and Gold Record recording artist Robin Batteau. Robin will give a talk on his life and approach to being a professional composer. He’ll also listen to music by students in Greenwich High School’s Electronic Music … Read More