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MUSIC FROM ANYTHING! <br /> WITH BILLY JONAS <br /> An interdisciplinary program in making music and musical instruments from found,foraged and <br /> recyclable objects. <br /> TEACHING GUIDE and CURRICULUM SUPPLEMENT <br /> PROGRAM INCLUDES : <br /> • Workshops in instrument making, songwriting, and playing rhythms and music <br /> • A concert of fun, educational, participatory songs <br /> DISCIPLINES COVERED: <br /> • Music—vocal, instrumental,percussion, ensemble, composing, performing, and <br /> improvising <br /> • English—language arts, creative writing,vocabulary <br /> • Art—instrument design, construction and decoration; sonic sculpture <br /> • Environmental Studies—ecology,recycling, natural resources, relationship and <br /> responsibility of individual to the natural world <br /> • Physics—sound waves, sound generation, acoustics <br /> SHILLS AND ABILITIES DEVELOPED(using"Gardener's Theory of Multiple <br /> Intelligences"): <br /> • Logical/Mathematical—rhythm, rhyme schemes,pattern recognition and manipulation <br /> • Verbal/Linguistic—songwriting, verbal improvising, new vocabulary, enunciation <br /> • Visual/Spatial—instrument design and construction, creation of visual "musical scores" <br /> • Bodily/Kinesthetic—rhythm and movement coordination, hands-on building of <br /> instruments <br /> • Musical—singing, playing, composing, performing, improvising <br /> • Interpersonal—ensemble playing, group songwriting, cooperative building of <br /> instruments <br /> • Inteapersonal—conception and implementation of song and instrument ideas, creative <br /> self-expression <br />