Performance Experiences
Below is a collated list of Performance experiences that are derived from Rush, and are incorporated in the Music 2 Unit of Work.
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Listen to Pat Methney – First Circle.
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Students to clap along to the clapping rhythm, followed by discussion of perception of rhythm and rhythmic cells.
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In-class Performance of Steve Reich – Clapping Music (4 shifts)
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Students in two seperate groups perform clapping music. Groups swap for experience clapping both parts.
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Teacher notates a cross rhythms (using standard or non-standard notation). Students to play or clap the rhythm. Students compose a short cross rhythm, repeated 4 times, notate it, and perform it to the class.
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Hans Zimmer – Time Mixed Bag Arrangement:
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In-class performance of Arrangement of Time. Recording made on SeeSaw and uploaded to Google Classroom for reference.
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In-class performance of Bars 1-17 of Bach Crucifixus, with bass line played by a student or teacher.
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Students presented with contemporary notation examples from Bree Van Reyk – Light For The First Time.
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Discussion of how it would be played, followed by in-class performance of the aleatoric section.
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In class performance composition activity:
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Student to play rhythmic cell (with pitch material) from their composition. Using logic or pedals or reverb or change the sound. Stereo, etc. Performance. Discuss tone colour before and after.
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