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Written by teachers for teachers the Classroom Resource Pack provides a wide-ranging and comprehensive set of materials for teaching music in schools with computer technology, and uses the industry- standard Cubase 4 or Cubase Studio 4 as the technology platform. The Classroom Resource Pack is collection of innovative practical projects which teachers can integrate within their own scheme of work or music curriculum. The CRP provides a wealth of highly usable lesson materials to support the development of Composing, Performing and Listening skills for students aged 11 to 18. Unlike some other publications, the CRP is more than just words! It is a truly comprehensive package of lesson plans, student worksheets, teacher support materials, video tutorials, quizzes and assessment tasks and specially written music provided as Cubase .cpr files. CRP comprises 4 main elements to include: the teacher manual, the CRP resource folder, DVD1-classroom project files and DVD2-teacher support materials. CRP has been conceived and written to provide teachers with a comprehensive range of projects that can be incorporated into a well balanced, pedagogically sound scheme of work. As such, teachers should not view the Classroom Resource Pack as an ‘off the shelf’ fully rounded curriculum which can be used without any other input. Top-15 Features in the CRP • High quality full-color 370-page Teacher Manual • Custom-made Director TM navigation environment for easily finding and selecting content and resources • 11 CRP Projects or ‘units of study’ • 74 Learning Activities or ‘lesson units’ • 127 Cubase Projects • More than 190 Worksheets • 100+ hours of fully-prepared music lessons • Royalty free audio files, audio loops, MIDI files, video sequences and recorded multi-track songs • Video tutorial files to support and improve teacher skills • Over 6Gigabytes of content in total • Full range of Student Worksheets provided as .pdf files which can be printed out ready for each class • Comprehensive set of Teacher Worksheets as .pdf files aimed at providing useful background information for each project • Cubase concepts, features and skills comprehensively mapped to CRP Projects • Project Learning Record for student self-assessment per CRP Project • Durable box and custom folder design conveniently secures complete CRP contents including the 2*DVD cases, Teacher Manual and Introductory notes • Flexible ‘Pick and Mix’ approach allows teachers to choose any selection of Learning Activities from any of the CRP Projects to fit their own scheme of work Classroom Resource Pack requires either Cubase Studio 4 or Cubase 4 as all lessons are built around these softwares.
Sibelius Starclass is a very interactive computer based curriculum for the K-8 music teacher. The simple interface (shown below) means you can quickly choose relevant activities that fit into your busy curriculum. Topics include: Dinosaurs, Magic, Space and Underwater. Each musical topic is explained in simple terms, so even non-specialist teachers can apply their expertise as educators while working with the elements of music such as pitch, rhythm and texture. Sibelius Starclass lessons and activities are usefully divided into progressive schemes to save you time in selecting the next lesson. Cross-curricular schemes are also available such as Dance, Drama, Technology, Literacy and Numeracy so that music can be introduced into any subject.
Computer requirements: PC: Pentium of faster, Windows 95/98/ME/2000/NT4/XP, 32MB Ram, 300MB free HD space, CD ROM Macintosh: Power PC, OS 8.6 or later (including Mac OSX), 32MB+free Ram, 300MD free HD space, CD ROM
Sibelius Instruments is a comprehensive guide to band and orchestral instruments that will be invaluable to anyone composing, arranging or studying bands and orchestras. The CD ROM will be popular with a huge range of people from music professionals to teachers, students and music hobbyists. Sibelius Instruments is organized into two main sections to include Bands, Orchestras and Ensembles and Instrument Writing Techniques. Bands, Orchestras and Ensembles: Use this area of the CD ROM to learn about the make up of different bands, orchestras and ensembles including Bands (School Bands Drum & Percussion Corps Marching Bands Military Bands Wind Bands Concert Bands), Orchestras (Standard Classical Orchestra Wagnerian Orchestra), and Ensembles (String Quartet String Trio Wind Quintet). Flip through the selection of orchestra and band layouts to gain a thorough understanding of the differences in the makeup of each ensemble. Find out about a range of compositions and recordings for recommended study and listen for each band or ensemble, with several recorded examples built in to the software. Open Sibelius Score templates for each band or ensemble directly from the CD ROM. Instrument Writing Techniques: Use the master menu, or click directly on an instrument shown in a layout to proceed to an in-depth look at how to write for that instrument, including details of:
Each example is provided complete with a score excerpt and audio recording that plays directly from within the software. Computer requirements: PC: Pentium of faster, Windows 95/98/ME/2000/NT4/XP, 32MB Ram, 300MB free HD space, CD ROM Macintosh: Power PC, OS 8.6 or later (including Mac OSX), 32MB+free Ram, 300MD free HD space, CD ROM
Sibelius Compass contains a learning framework that addresses student composition for students aged 13-20 and beyond, for both acoustic instruments and MIDI technology. The Compass framework contains learning modules organized in a sequential yet flexible approach to exploring musical composition, leading to several different composition projects, a creative arrangement project and a MIDI writing project. Flexible for different learning needs: Interactive: Computer requirements: PC: Pentium of faster, Windows 95/98/ME/2000/NT4/XP, 32MB Ram, 300MB free HD space, CD ROM Macintosh: Power PC, OS 8.6 or later (including Mac OSX), 32MB+free Ram, 300MD free HD space, CD ROM
Recommended for College This software program has been designed to facilitate analysis of musical form while listening to and viewing music. For the first time computer users will understand the impact of seeing a musical score as they listen to music while analyzing its musical structure under their own control. The user can mark-up the score as they listen, stopping and starting the playback as they wish. The program includes high-quality music performances from the Naxos record catalogue as MP3 files and scrolling graphical music scores. The author has selected and arranged the music compositions in order of complexity and structural content. The software generates umbrella charts of the user’s score analysis to compare with the author’s umbrella analysis of each piece. A series of questions then guides the user to making decisions about the form of each of the fourteen compositions. These include:
This software is a powerful tool for students and instructors to use in music analysis. It has been tested extensively by the author with hundreds of college students enrolled in undergraduate courses in music theory. System Requirements:
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