Composition Elective Syllabus

Instructor:  Mr. Lemme
Date/Time:  Fridays 1:30-2:15

Materials:

• Pencil AND Eraser
• Any instrument you might want to use or experiment with.
• Any recording equipment you may want to use. 

Exercises:

• Improvise-Call & Response
• Rhythmic Comp.
• Create a Notation System
• Ostinato
• Pentatonic Scale Melody
• Major Scale Melody
• Ostinato(vamp) and melody

Final Project:

• instruments
• style
• audience
• mood
• time duration
• how will you communicate?  By rote?  By paper?  By recording?
• Expression

Presentation:

• Engrave
• Perform
• Record

Grading:

• Class Participation and Behavior
• Daily Exercises to be completed and presented in class
• Final Project finished and presented

Questions:  Always welcome

Creativity:  The sky’s the limit.  HAVE FUN

August 2008

This year’s Composition Elective will focus on musical creativity and the means in which that creativity is captured.  Students will experience the many elements of music (e.g. pitch, rhythm, timbre, dynamics) while creating various compositions for instruments found both within and without the music classroom.  Each school quarter will culminate in a Final Music Project that will be presented through one of the following mediums:  a performance, a recording, or an engraving on manuscript paper.  Students who would like to take the Composition Elective for consecutive quarters will be allowed to continue work on previous compositions or start anew.

Download as a PDF:

Composition Elective Syllabus