What's Your Song DNA?
The Kernel
The Great Assignment
- a demo CD consisting of three songs and rationales
One of the songs must be based on your/a cultural background. Your composition will be informed by
- your research on the cultural background and
- your research & cultural song will be presented in a short slideshow
Timing
Grade 11s: Presentation 4 minutes; Clip of cultural song 1 minute = 5 minutes total
Grade 12s: Presentation 5.5 minutes; clip of cultural song 1.5 minutes = 7 minutes total
Exam Schedule
- Tues, May 22: Intro & Exploring your topic (Lesson 1)
- Wed, May 23: Explore your topic
- Thur, May 24: Creating a focus statement (Lesson 2)
- Fri, May 25: Conference your focus statement (105)
- Mon, May 28: Focus statement due; research
- Tues, May 29: Songs (105)
- Wed, May 30: Songs (105)
- Thurs, May 31: Songs (105)
- Fri, June 1: Songs (105)
- Mon, June 4: Songs conference (105)
- Tues, June 5: Songs conference (105)
- Wed, June 6: Songs conference (105)
- Thurs, June 7: Death by PPT & checkbric (Lesson 6)
- Fri, June 8: PPT work period
- Mon, June 11: Presentation practice
- Tues, June 12: Presentation Day!
- Wed, June 13: EQAO
- Thurs, June 14: Presentation Day!
- Fri, June 15: Presentation Day!
What are the musical elements?
What are the song's codes? (What are the messages in its musical DNA?)
Identify the Musical Kernels
(Kernel = musical element + culture)
Don't get lost in the visuals. They make a political statement. Does the music alone make a political statement? Remember, the song came first.
What is Your DNA Kernel?
Brainstorm
10 hours in 10 minutes
from: "Balkan beats: introducing folk rap, the hybrid music craze sweeping Serbia and beyond"
https://www.calvertjournal.com/articles/show/9932/balkan-beats-folk-rap
Lesson 1: Explore
- YouTube
- Wikipedia
- Talk to family
- Think of your favourite (musical) memories
Lesson 2: Create a Focus Statement
See the lesson, Creating a Focus Statement for more info on:
- building a Q Chart
- and formulating your focus.
Some things to consider
- social
- cultural
- economic
- political
- historical
- composers, musicians
Lesson 3: READ!
Research is the Foundation of Your House
Lessons 4 & 5:
What does it mean to have integrity? What is the right thing to do?
Lesson 6:
You are Telling a story
Shape Your Presentation
Don't give us information that is Googleable. That's boring. We are looking forward to hearing your personal story.
Where can you go for extra help? Who is marking this assignment? What are they looking for?
3 Elements of Great Presentations that Most Speakers Ignore.
You know you don't wanna plagiarize...
Or...
“It’s not where you take things from - it’s where you take them to." Jean-Luc Godard
Cultural Appropriation
How I Stopped Worrying & Learned to Love the Polka
Image credits
Building traditional Toraja house, Toraja area, Sulawesi, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia. Photography. Encyclopædia Britannica ImageQuest. Web. 25 Feb 2015.
http://quest.eb.com/#/search/151_2545494/1/151_2545494/cite
Library. Photograph. Encyclopædia Britannica ImageQuest. Web. 25 Feb 2015.
http://quest.eb.com/#/search/111_1503204/1/111_1503204/cite
Popcorn. Photograph. Encyclopædia Britannica ImageQuest. Web. 25 Feb 2015.
http://quest.eb.com/#/search/139_1902514/1/139_1902514/cite
http://quest.eb.com/#/search/151_2490558/1/151_2490558/cite
Tallis / Musical score / c.1700. Fine Art. Encyclopædia Britannica ImageQuest. Web. 25 Feb 2015.
http://quest.eb.com/#/search/109_135571/1/109_135571/cite