By Max Bent | Artist, Musican
As always we are so very grateful for your continued support and dedication to helping us provide ways to put Art into the standard STEM material in schools. And thanks to one of our great artists, Max Bent, in his own words shares the love of seeing arts used to teach a concept. For the full story please go HERE.
The residency kicked off with a wonderful professional development (PD) session at the absolutely stunningly beautiful Hoyt Center for the Arts.
The PD was the perfect opportunity to meet the teachers and artists I would be working with and share my art of Human Beatboxing with them...
The sixth graders worked in teams to compose multi-part arrangements which were laid out on an X-Y plot. Here is a recording of one of the groups performing their piece: Group4
An X-Y Plot composition arranged and awaiting performers.
The teams tackled music and math objectives. They worked together to perform their compositions, a process rich with musical skill development (steady beat, texture, form). Additionally, their teacher suggested a statistical analysis of the students composition. For example, the students created line plots to illustrate the change in volume over time of their compositions.
The artists that worked with us in the residency developed arts integrated lesson plans using a template I provided. One of the artists, dancer Shari Mastalski, went above and beyond the call of duty, and, on top of completing her own lesson plan, composed (with a little guidance) a rap based on lessons we observed in the sixth grade classroom. Click HERE to read the Integer Rap!!
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