Musical Explorers

Category: 2024-25 Musical Explorers

  • Meet the Artists

    Meet the Artists

    Timothy Miller, Opera A native of Augusta, GA, tenor Timothy Miller is an active performer whose operatic roles include First Armored Man in Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte, Street in Davis’ X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X, Un Messaggero in Verdi’s Aida, and Parpignol in Puccini’s La bohème. His concert repertoire includes tenor soloist in…

  • Video Index

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  • Audio Index

    Audio Index

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  • PDF Downloads

    PDF Downloads

    ↓ Acknowledgements Unit 1: American Folk with Kaia Unit 2: Country with Anders Unit 3: Jordanian Folk with Farah Concert Experience: Fall Unit 4: Hip Hop with AJ Unit 5: Indian Classical with Falu Unit 6: New Orleans Second Line with Victor & Marcella Concert Experience: Spring

  • Standards for Music Education

    Georgia Standards of Excellence in General Music – Elementary Creating ESGMK-2.CR.1: Improvise melodies, variations, and accompaniments.ESGMK-2.CR.2: Compose and arrange music within specified guidelines.ESGMK-2.CR.3: Share creative work. Performing ESGMK-2.PR.1: Sing a varied repertoire of music, alone and with others.ESGMK-2.PR.2: Perform a varied repertoire of music on instruments, alone and with others.ESGMK-2.PR.3: Read and notate music. Responding…

  • Glossary

    Glossary

    b-boying/b-girling: hip hop dancing; also known as breaking ballad: a story set to music banjo: a 5-stringed instrument played by plucking the strings bahri: a seaside subculture in the gulf of Aqaba Bedouin: nomadic people of the Jordanian desert lands  clawhammer technique: a method of playing the banjo with a ‘claw like’ hand shape composer:…

  • Concert Experience

    Concert Experience

    Before the Concert Review the three artists and their music. Prepare for surprise songs. Get ready for your concert using SG 45. After the Concert ← Previous: Unit 3 – Lesson 2: Learning “Doraji (도라지)” Next: Glossary →

  • Unit 6 – Lesson 2: Learning “When the Saints Go Marching In” 

    Unit 6 – Lesson 2: Learning “When the Saints Go Marching In” 

    Aim: How does a second line band create community? Summary: Students will learn “When the Saints Go Marching In” and explore the different roles in the second line community. Materials: Musical Explorers online audio Standards: GA: MK-2GM.1, MK-2GM.6, MK-2GM.7, MK-2GM.9, MK-2GM.10 SC: GM.PR.NL-AH.3, GM.RE.NL-AH.6, GM.RE.NL-AH.7, GM.CN.NL-AH.8, GM.CN.NL-AH.9 Vocabulary: solo, second line instruments, parade “When the Saints…

  • Unit 6 – Lesson 1: Learning “Tôt Tôt Le Mardi Gras”

    Aim: What are the building blocks of New Orleans second line music?  Summary: Students will learn “Tôt Tôt Le Mardi Gras” and explore rhythmic layers and call & response in a second line band. Materials: Musical Explorers online audio Standards: GA: MK-2GM.1, MK-2GM.6, MK-2GM.7, MK-2GM.9, MK-2GM.10 SC: GM.PR.NL-AH.3, GM.RE.NL-AH.6, GM.RE.NL-AH.7, GM.CN.NL-AH.8, GM.CN.NL-AH.9 Vocabulary: Creole, rhythmic…

  • Unit 6 – New Orleans Second Line with Victor & Marcella

    Unit 6 – New Orleans Second Line with Victor & Marcella

    Tradition and Artist Overview  New Orleans second line is a New Orleans art form that encourages community and dancing in the street. These street parades combine African and Afro-Caribbean rhythms with brass instruments to infuse western classical, jazz, funk, soul, and hip hop styles of music. The tradition is entwined with the deep history and…