Eco Music Festivals - Part 2

Students,

To make sure we know what exactly is a music festival, we should read and explore many different types of festivals (see the lists in the post before). Look at several of those websites to get a feeling for the size of the area needed, the number of audience members, the number of bands, the number of stages, camping areas, services, and what might make each festival unique (look at Burning Man...).

You should have several assignments finished:

1) Your Google Presentation slide
2) Your list of the top 10 things to bring to a music festival (Music Journal)
3) Three sentences about the Glastonbury Music festival, especially the clean-up (Music Journal)
4) The five ways energy is provided at the CO2PENHAGEN Music Festival, and a short explanation.
5) For Grade 9, look at pages 7 (list of stakeholders), 15 (greening solutions), 33 and 36 (eco music organizations) of the Singing a Greener Tune Report and make notes in your Music Journal.

The summative assessment will be to design a week-end festival of music to be as green as possible, with a map of facilities with explanations, and a summary of how you made the festival as green as possible.

Eco Music Festival Design - Part 1

Students,

You need to research and pretend you are a consultant for a famous music group that wants to green up their tour. Here is a list of organizations to start your research:

Organizations or initiatives working with musicians and industry to promote environmental issues:

- 10:10 Campaign (UK)
- All At Once/Jack Johnson Initiative (USA)
- Artful Change (UK)
- Artists Project Earth (UK)
- Climate Neutral Network (UNEP)
- Fieldcore (International)
- Greenpeace (UK)
- Green Train Project (USA)
- Hard Rain Project (Global)
- MUSE Musicians United to Sustain the Environment (USA)
- MUSE Musicians United for Safe Energy (USA)
- Music for Acton (USA)
- Music for Relief (USA)
- Rock the Earth (USA)
- Save the Earth Artrock Auction (USA)
- WWF (International)

 

Who are the groups concerned with music?

- Musicians/Bands/Music Groups
- Record Companies/Record Labels
- Music Industry Organizations, including those focusing on the environment
- Festival and Live Music Event Producers
- Music venues
- Instrument and equipment manufacturers
- Audience
- Regulating, Licensing and Funding Bodies
- Solutions providers
- Tour Promoters and Managers
- Booking Agencies
- Sponsors
- Environmental campaigns and related NGOs
- Music Media Outlets

The following is a list of music festivals which have taken an active role in reducing the environmental impacts and/or in promoting environmental messages:

2000 Trees Festival, UK AIM Festival, Iceland Bestival, UK
Big Chill, UK
Big Day Out, Australia
Big Green Gathering, UK BluesFest, Australia
Bonnaroo, USA
Boom Festival, Portugal Burning Man, USA
Canal Street Festival, Norway Clearwater Festival, USA CO2PENHAGEN Festival, Denmark
Corinbank Festival, Australia Croissant Neuf Summer Picnic, UK
Das Fest, Germany
Download, UK
Electric Picnic, Ireland
Falls Festival, Australia Frequency Festival, Austria
Fuji Rock Festival, Japan Glastonbury Festival, UK Golden Plains Festival, Australia
Green Apple Festival, USA Greenfest, Australia
Hanoi Sound Stuff, Vietnam High n Dry Festival, Australia Hove Festival, Norway Ilosaarirock Festival, Finland Kokua Festival, Hawaii
Lake of Stars Festival, Malawi Latitude Festival, UK
Live Earth (international) Lollapalooza, USA
Lovebox Weekender, UK Lowlands Festival, Netherlands Meredith Music Festival, Australia
Meredith Music Festival, Australia
National Folk Festival, Australia Øya Festival, Norway
Paleo Festival, Switzerland Peats Ridge Festival, Australia Phish Festival, USA
Pink Pop, Netherlands Provinssi Rock, Finland Rainforest World Music Festival, Malaysia
Reeding/Leeds, UK Rheinkultur, Germany
Rock Party, Sweden Roskilde Festival, Denmark Rothbury Festival, USA ROTHBURY Festival, USA Ruis Rock, Finland
Sarawak Rainforest Festival, Malaysia
Shambala Festival, UK
South by Southwest, USA Southbound Festival, Australia Splore Festival, New Zealand Summer Sundae Weekender, UK
Sunrise Celebration, UK
The Big Tent Festival, UK
The Green Apple Festival, USA The Green Man Festival, UK Think Green-World Music Festival, USA
Waverock Weekender, Australia
WOMAD, UK
Woodford Folk Festival, Australia
York Green Festival, UK

Mozart notes part 1

notes about Mozart:

More than 200 years ago, there was a little boy who learned to play a musical instrument at the age of three.
By the time he was five, he was composing beautiful music all by himself.

Soon Wolfie was reading music.
Papa Leopold saw that his son had a rare gift.
He gave him special ruled sheets of music paper.
That way, Wolfie could write down the music he heard in his head.
Wolfie was writing music even before he learned to write words.

Vienna was a magical city, filled with palaces and castles.
It was a home to the University.
There were also many beautiful gardens and grand churches.
Musicians came for its concert halls.
Vienna was known as a center for music and art.

I Am a Ukrainian

Students,



Normally I don't post news on this blog, but this is really important. Listen to why the Ukrainian people fighting.



Mr. Kozak

February 20 - Music 6-1 Lesson Plan

Here is the lesson plan for MUSIC 6-1 at 8:30 for February 20, 2014:

Students will begin their listening research, looking for appropriate Earth Day music. Students should find songs that sing about the Earth, the environment, nature, recycling, etc. Keep a record in your Music Journals regarding:
- the artist’s name
- the song title
- the specific theme of the song
- the lyrics to each song
- a short explanation of what Earth Day is

If students find ten songs, they may continue their theory study at http://www.musictheory.net/lessons

Start at the top (THE BASICS) with The Staff, Clefs, and Ledger Lines, and work down the page. Go through the lessons at your own pace.

guitar strumming

Grade 8 Students,

Upload your guitar song here, making sure to demonstrate:
- an even, constant, sure, beat
- at least three different chords
- smooth chord progressions

I recommend E, D, and A.

Once you've uploaded your video, in your Music Journal, write about:
- what chords you used
- what meter your song was in, and
- what difficulties yoou had

Smile for the camera!

Mr. Kozak

Robert Johnson - Cross Road Blues

Grade 7 Students,

Using PhotoBooth, record a 30-second video explaining the Robert Johnson song Cross Road Blues.

Title it (your name) "Jim - Cross Road Blues".

Mr. Kozak