AZ Beat Lab in the Community

Posted on April 18, 2016 by admin

CITME partner and ASU Music Education Masters student Samuel Pena has been hard at work developing the AZ Beat Lab. Over the past school year Samuel and the AZ Beat Lab have provided programming to the Music Instrument Museum, Mesa SparkFest, and Art Detour at Palabras Libreria. The Beat Lab facilitates beat making with technology such as launchpads, laptops, iPads, and even the Makey Makey! Samuel applies pedagogy, curriculum design, program development, and community engagement developed over several ASU Music Education courses and initiatives with his rich experience with community music making and facilitation to engage people in musical experiences and learning. 

12377830_1139607932750931_2878497084077990270_oCITME is proud to partner with AZ Beat Lab and looks forward to the organization growing over time and future collaborations in schools, after-school programs, and community events.

 

Sun Devil Stadium Reinvention Through Music

Posted on November 26, 2015 by admin

As part of our ongoing efforts to explore the role of music in community engagement and socially engaged practice, CITME supported the Sun Devil Stadium 365 Reinvention #SDS365 initiative this November. Music education students facilitated participatory music making in the entrance to Sun Devil Stadium.

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We invited the public to jam with us using acoustic and electric percussion equipment along with interactive media and musical interfaces such as a controller developed with a Makey Makey.

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We invited event attendees to create and perform music with an Akai APC 40 by triggering samples of sounds from across the ASU Tempe campus as imagery from campus was projected on a stadium wall in an interactive audio- visual installation designed by students.

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In addition to taking part in the event, students developed their skills in facilitating participatory music events with people in school or community contexts.

Find out more about the #SDS365 event and see a very short clip of students performing in the video below:

 

Songs of the Heart: School University Partnership

Posted on May 21, 2015 by admin

Throughout 2014, a team of music education students including undergraduates Tyler Cano and Nicole Sanchez and doctoral students Isaac Bickmore and Jesse Rathgeber facilitated a songwriting project with students at Mountain Sky Junior High in partnership with ASU Gammage. In connection with the musical Once, Mountain Sky students created seven original songs that addressed the theme of Songs of the Heart. 

Mountain Sky students performed their original songs for the public by the entrance of Gammage prior to the performance of Once. Our team helped scaffold Mountain Sky students’ learning and engagement throughout the process and celebrated their development as musicians and songwriters. 

ASU students involved in the project applied and developed their skills at facilitating creative music making and fostering artistic inquiry. The team shared their experience and perspectives on the potential of such partnerships and the power of reflection in teacher practice at the 2015 Mountain Lake Colloquium for Teacher of General Music in the presentation Reflecting In Action: Preservice Teacher and Graduate Student Reflections on a Middle School Songwriting Project.

This project would not have been possible without the support of ASU Gammage, teachers and administration of Mountain Sky Junior High, and ASU music education department. 

 

Tutorials for Developing Music Performing and Creating Systems with Lemur

Posted on March 10, 2013 by admin

Sander DeVries, a masters student in music education at Arizona State, engaged in a project where he learned how to use the iPad app Lemur to design music performing and creating systems by programming graphical user interfaces. Sander developed related projects involving creating and performing music in Garageband with Lemur that he pilot tested with middle school students.

Here are some of Sander’s video tutorials with connections to music teaching and learning:

Using the iPhone/iPad app Lemur to wirelessly control Ableton on a computer

 

Scripting and Expressions in the Lemur Editor

 

Creating a simple keyboard interface in the Lemur Editor

 

 

 

 

Tutorials and Personal Reflections on Learning Max Music Programming Software

Posted on May 4, 2012 by admin

Robert Freeman, a masters degree student in music education at Arizona State, engaged in a project where he learned how to use the application Max and developed a related series of tutorials on using Max. Max is an innovative programming language that has many potential uses for the music educator. These tutorials provide an introduction to the software for the novice programmer and computer user. As part of developing his understanding of MAX and ability to program patches, Robert referenced V.J. Manzo’s book Max/MSP/Jitter for Music: A practical guide to developing interactive systems for education and more. 

ASU students have many opportunities to engage in similar independent studies. You can watch some of Robert’s tutorial videos below:

Max Tutorial – Episode 1

Max Tutorial – Episode 2

Max Tutorial – Episode 3 Pt. 1

Max Tutorial – Episode 3 Pt. 2

 

Audiocubes and 6th Grade Music Students

Posted on May 3, 2012 by admin

Consortium member and doctoral student in music education, Ryan Bledsoe has been using AudioCubes with her sixth graders. She designed a lesson in which students play the role of researchers as they interact with the AudioCubes. Her project led to a deeper understanding of how young people interact with new technologies and offered a fascinating look into young people’s attitudes on research and music.

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You can read all about the project on Ryan’s blog: Musical Adventures.

 

Nils Lofgren Composes and Performs with Arcadia High School CMAS Program

Posted on April 23, 2012 by admin

Students in Arcadia High School’s Contemporary Music and Sound (CMAS) program collaborated with rock guitarist, Nils Lofgren to create a new music video for Lofgren’s song Miss You Ray. Lofgren has a long and illustrious career as a professional guitarist and is probably best known as a member of Bruce Springsteen’s E-Street Band. CMAS students produced, directed, and appeared in the video. Additionally, a number of students involved with the Media Communications program were involved with production work related to the video.

Lofgren’s song, Miss You Ray is part of his 2011 album, Old School. This video has been released by Lofgren’s record company in anticipation of an upcoming promotional campaign to support the album. You can see the video below and hear Lofgren talk about his experience working with the Arcadia High School Students.

Congratulations to the CMAS students and faculty members Richard Maxwell, the creator and facilitator of the CMAS program, and Paul Hoeprich of Arcadia’s Media Communication Program.

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Nils Lofgren discussing his collaboration with CMAS

 

Katie Paetz’s Article on Using Kaossilators in the Music Clasroom

Posted on February 14, 2012 by admin

Consortium member Katie Paetz’s article entitled Ready, Set, Kaoss! was featured in the Fall 2011 issue of The TI:MES: A Publication of Technology for Music Education. Her article describes a grant-funded project in which she used technology including a kaossilator, kaoss pad, and other music technology with kindergarten students. More information, including full text of Katie’s article is available to TI:ME members at the Technology for Music Education website.

Katie found that young people treat the kaossilator as if it were any other type of classroom instrument! 

For more information about Koassilators visit the Korg home page.

Congratulations Katie!