What factors influence the development of musical styles?
This could include culture, (popular culture, traditional, other art forms), globalisation, technology, changing nature of music industries, historical events or politics.
Choose to discuss one aspect in depth with examples and provide summaries of the others.
What influences music today?
Your task is to present your findings to the class in groups of three, as well as a group composition or performance.
Choose to discuss one aspect in depth with examples and provide summaries of the others.
What influences music today?
Your task is to present your findings to the class in groups of three, as well as a group composition or performance.
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Each group is allocated a topic.
Group A: Jazz Group B: Popular Music Group C: Music and Religion Choose 3 out of the 6 questions to investigate. Present your findings to the class in a 10 minute interactive presentation. Provide musical examples (scores, audio, videos, related artworks/album covers) with context to support your argument. Questions Resources Your presentation should have a clear introduction, discussion, explanation and conclusion. In your introduction, consider:
In considering style, use the concepts of music:
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Performance/ Composition
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As a group, present a 3-5 minute performance of two contrasting pieces within the same style of music (must be from different periods, e.g. historical and modern day examples).
Alternatively, you can compose a one minute composition which fuses elements of the same style from different periods, (e.g. historical and modern day). This must involve at least 3 instruments (instruments may be doubled). *Feel free to use technology in your preparation and presentation to keep it interactive. Suggested web tools can be found here. |