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        • Artisans of the Ozark Folk Center
        • Renoir
        • Wood
        • Rembrandt
        • O'Keeffe
        • Hokusai
        • da Vinci
        • Durer
        • Bierstadt
        • Adams and National Parks
      • Artist of the Week - 2nd 9-weeks >
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        • Munch
        • Rivera
        • Titian
        • Rockwell
        • El Greco
        • Constable
        • David
        • Christmas art
      • Artist of the Week 3rd 9-weeks >
        • Degas
        • Vermeer
        • Cassatt
        • Turner
        • Homer
        • Whistler
        • Seurat
        • Van Gogh
        • Disney
      • Artist of the Week 4th 9-weeks >
        • Sargent
        • Chagall
        • Kandinsky
        • Picasso
        • Dali
        • Remington
        • Mondrian
        • Pollock
    • YEAR 2 & 4 >
      • 1st Nine Weeks >
        • Chihuly
        • Moses
        • Durer and Line
        • Matisse and Shape
        • Van Eyck and Texture
        • Velazquez - Space
        • Christy - Constitution Day
        • Monet and Color
        • Rembrandt and Value
        • Art Review- 1st 9-weeks
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        • Cassatt and Painting
        • Hokusai and printmaking
        • Picasso and Collage
        • Rivera and murals
        • Michelangelo and sculpture
        • Relief Sculpture
        • Rodin and modern sculpture
        • Schulz and cartooning
        • Van Allsburg and illustration
      • 3rd Nine Weeks Art >
        • Warhol and Pattern
        • Escher and positive negative space
        • Van Gogh and rhythm
        • O'Keeffe and scale/proportion
        • Caravaggio and Emphasis
        • Kandinsky and Variety
        • Cezanne and Balance
        • Art in ancient culture
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        • Illuminated manuscripts
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        • Seurat and art displaying
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        • Tiffany and decorative arts
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        • Jimmy Driftwood
        • John Phillip Sousa
        • Claude Debussy
        • W. A. Mozart
        • John Williams
        • Idina Menzel
        • Amy Beach
        • Marching Bands
        • Carl Orff
        • William Grant Still
        • Scott Joplin
      • 2nd Nine Weeks >
        • Stephen Foster
        • Andrew Lloyd Webber
        • Johnny Cash
        • Aaron Copland
        • Musical Elements: Rhythm with Infinitus
        • Thanksgiving Music
        • Tchaikovsky
        • Handel
        • Johnny Marks
      • 3rd Nine Weeks >
        • Stephen Sondheim
        • Pentatonix
        • Sergei Prokofiev
        • Elton John
        • Louis Armstrong
        • Glen Campbell
        • Cher
        • The Gershwin Brothers
        • Henry Mancini
        • The British Invasion
        • Woody Guthrie
        • Dr. Seuss Music
        • Alan Menken
      • 4th Nine Weeks >
        • Florence Price
        • Yo-Yo Ma
        • George M. Cohan
        • Rimsky-Korsakov
        • Rodgers & Hammerstein
        • Antonio Vivaldi
        • Albert Ketelbey
        • Bette Midler
        • Gustav Mahler
        • Robert Rodriguez
        • Stevie Wonder
        • Carrie Underwood
        • Keith Urban
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        • Dolly Parton
        • Beach Boys
        • Richard Wagner
        • John Lennon
        • Camille Saint-Saens
        • Rossini
        • Mark Alan Springer
        • Review Week
        • Bobby McFerrin
        • Randall Standridge
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        • Chicago
        • J. S. Bach
        • Banjamin Britten
        • Leonard Bernstein
        • Ella Fitzgerald
        • One Voice Children's Choir
        • Christmas Around the World
        • Jingle Bells
      • 3rd Nine Weeks >
        • Bedrich Smetana
        • Disney Composers
        • Garth Brooks
        • Edgar Varese
        • Joni Mitchell
        • Frederic Chopin
        • Valentine's Day
        • Koji Kondo
        • Philip Glass
        • Lin-Manuel Miranda
        • Review Week
      • 4th Nine Weeks >
        • Marian Anderson
        • Johann Strauss, Jr. >
          • Johann Strauss, Jr.
        • John Denver
        • Moses Hogan
        • Barry Manilow
        • F. J. Haydn
        • Wynton Marsalis
        • Gloria Estefan
        • George Strait
        • Jake Shimabukuro
        • Yanni
  • CHARACTER WORDS
  • School of Innovation!
    • Laying a Foundation
    • Art Music Plan
    • It's OFFICIAL!
    • Rationale
    • Mission & Vision
    • ADE Approved Plan
    • Graphic Plan
    • Implementation Plan
  • Library
  • G./T.
  • National Blue Ribbon School Info
  • Parents' Page
    • Resources for Parents

Randall Sandridge


                                Week 2
          

                                       August 24-28, 2015

Patriotic Assembly Song of the Week:

"The Star-Spangled Banner"

LISTEN TO OUR SONG OF THE WEEK HERE


FEATURED MUSICIAN OF THE WEEK:

RANDALL STANDRIDGE

1976-   USA
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MONDAY


Music Listening Example:  Steel
Lesson Objectives: Identify musical timbre by sight and sound. Interpret the use of elements to reflect expressive intent.   P. 4.3.1., P.4.4.1., R. 8.4.1.
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Randall Standridge is a composer, music arranger, instructor and marching band show designer. He was born and raised in Little Rock and now lives with his family in Jonesboro.  Standridge received Music Education and Music Composition degrees from Arkansas State University in Jonesboro.  In 2001, Standridge began working at Harrisburg High School as director of bands.  He left the Harrisburg district in 2013 to become a full-time composer.   

LISTEN FOR . . .
"Steel" is the third piece in a collection called the "Machine Series".  How would you expect music about steel to sound?  Which instruments in the band would be important?
 What other musical influences can you detect in this work? 
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MUSIC LISTENING LINKS


TUESDAY


Music Listening Example:  Snake Charmer
Lesson Objective: Identify musical timbre by sight and sound. Interpret the use of elements to reflect expressive intent.   P. 4.3.1., P.4.4.1., R. 8.4.1.
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Randall Standridge is highly respected as a music composer for school bands.  His music has been published internationally by Grand Mesa Music and other well-known music publishers.  Thirty-four of his works have been selected as “editor’s choice” by J.W. Pepper Music, a company where many band directors order the music they will teach during the school year.  Many of his compositions have been included in band instruction books.  Some of these works include Snake Charmer, The Witching Hour, Gently Blows the Summer Wind, Danse Carnivale, Gadget, and That Old Hound Dog Rag.  

LISTEN FOR . . .
Our listening example is called "Snake Charmer".  There is no video to watch in this example, so you must let your imagination create a picture in your mind.  What words could you use to describe the mood or atmosphere created by the music?  Standridge used a composition technique that we studied in a lot of last year's lessons.  Do you remember what it was?

(See below.)

MUSIC LISTENING LINK

Youtube video - Snake Charmer (5:45 min.)
Youtube video - Indian snake charmer with cobra (1:15 min.)
Exoticisim - using rhythms, melodies and instruments to make music sound like faraway lands.

WEDNESDAY


Music Listening Examples:
 
 
Marching Show Design Example
and
"Surfin' USA" by the Ohio State Marching Band
Lesson Objective:  Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work.  Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to make art.  Identify career opportunities in music fields.
R.8.5.1., R.8.6.1., CN.10.5.1., CN.10.6.1, CN.11.5.3., CN.11.6.3 
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MUSIC CAREERS:  PROGRAM DESIGNERS

One area of music that people probably don’t think about much is the half-time shows performed at football games.  This is a busy time of year for school bands.  Like football players, band students must begin practicing during the summer to be prepared when school starts.  They must learn all the music they will play and the routines for different shows.
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Randall Standridge is a Program Designer.  Program Design is the art of planning and coordinating all of the elements of a show for bands and flag teams.  This involves arranging the music, training students in marching techniques, body movement, the art of effective practicing, and student leadership.  Besides performing at football games, many bands participate in championship competitions throughout our country. 
 
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Program Design computer software

Program Designers use computer software programs to design shows. The designs instruct each musician where to go on the field and how they will get there to form a pattern.  Like dancers, the marchers must learn certain steps to keep them from stumbling on the field.  And they must do all this while playing their instruments.  Depending on the size of the band and their level of skills, shows can be very simple or very complex.
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  Standridge on the practice field at Harrisburg High School                       Using music technology

Some Program Designers' fees start at a minimum of $1,000 per show and can earn a lot more than that.  So if you are a creative person and are willing to work hard as a band student from junior high through college, you might want to consider a career as a Program Designer.
MUSIC LISTENING LINKS

Youtube video - Marching band computer generated show design (2:20 min.)
Youtube video - "Frozen" computer generated drill design by Michael Auz (1:47 min.)
Youtube video - Tribute to the Beach Boys by the Ohio State Band (7:45 min.)
Youtube video - Gently Blows the Summer Wind (6:15 min.)


THURSDAY


Music Listening Example:  Zooveniers (Suite)
Lesson Objective:   Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work.  Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to make art.  Identify career opportunities in music fields.
R.8.K.1. - R.8.6.1., CN.10.5.1., CN.10.6.1, CN.11.5.3., CN.11.6.3 
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Randall Standridge is devoted to helping musicians improve their musicianship.  Musicianship means not only having basic skills to perform, but knowing how to express one’s self through music in a meaningful way.  In this area of his career, Standridge is active as a clinician.  This means he travels to different cities to speak at clinics, or workshops, for both band students and their directors.

Yesterday we learned that Standridge works with marching bands to help them produce exciting shows.  He speaks at summer clinics for band teachers to help them prepare for the school-year. Standridge conducts concerts and speaks at clinics for students to help them develop the techniques they need to interpret music in a personal, expressive manner.  This is what makes the difference between music that sounds “OK”, and music that has real emotional impact on the listener.

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Band students at a clinic rehearsal

LISTEN FOR . . .
Our listening example today is from a musical suite called Zooveniers, a collection of short pieces inspired by a trip to the Memphis Zoo.  Standridge says, “I love miniatures and the challenge in making them interesting and complete musical ideas.  As I wandered the zoo, I thought of how little time one spends looking at the exhibits before moving onto the next one, and BAM!  inspiration struck.”  These miniature pieces take the listener through the zoo entrance and exhibits, including the birdhouse, cheetahs, the carousel, and many more, until arriving at the exit.  Does each piece sound like the animal it represents? 

MUSIC LISTENING LINK


Youtube video - Zooveniers with slide show from the performance.(7:00 min.)



FRIDAY

Music Listening Example:  ARGENTUM
Lesson Objective:  Perceive and analyze artistic work, focusing on the element of rhythm.  Identify the use of specific musical concepts in various styles of music.
R.7.K.1. - R.7.4.1, R.7.K.2 - R.7.4.2.
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Our listening example today is the World Premiere performance of Argentum, a live stage concert conducted by Randall Standridge.  The term "world premiere" means it is the first time new music has been performed anywhere in the world. 
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SCIENCE CONNECTION:


Argentum is the Latin word for the chemical element known as silver.  The scientific symbol is Ag.   So “argentum” means something bright, shiny and silvery.
  
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RHYTHM CHALLENGE:
Argentum presents a rhythm challenge.  Usually we can pretty well tell if music beats are organized in groups of 2, 3, or 4, and it's easy for us to feel those beats and tap our foot or pat our hand to the beat.  Can you detect how many beats are grouped in this music?  Does the beat sound steady and regular, or somewhat irregular?
MUSIC LISTENING LINKS

Argentum

Listen to Danse Carnivale with still photos. 

When the Spring Rain Begins to Fall
is a beautifully expressive work.

Youtube video - Argentum World Premiere performance conducted by Randall Standridge (6:23)
Youtube video - When the Spring Rain Begins to Fall with still photos (4:40 min.)
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