Project Description This listening center project will help me move away from teacher directed learning model in the general music class toward a student led, center-based model. Research shows that […]
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Audio Engineering
Project Description Goal: Students will gain an understanding of audio engineering and the process in which professionals go through to manipulate sound. Objectives: To bring this technology into the classroom […]
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Teaching Culture Through Music
Project Description Educate students on Renaissance Music and culture from the Renaissance era. Achieve cross curricular learning with culture; working with Art teacher as well as classroom teachers to help […]
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Making Music with Sound Science
Project Description The objective of our project is to incorporate STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) into the General Music curriculum by examining the way musical sound is created. This […]
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School Ukulele Project
Project Description Our goal is to expand our school ukulele program by acquiring 10 ukuleles. My co-applicant Susan Anarino formed the Dolphin Ukulele Ensemble and she has been teaching the […]
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Rhythm and Ribbons
Project Description Thanks to you, Eddy Elementary School’s “Rhythm and Ribbons” group was a great success last year! Our goals remain the same: to teach children the importance of working […]
Read moreThird Grade Rhythm and Ribbon
Project Description Poor grade three! They are the little ones of our school and sometimes get lost in the performance shuffle! I am proposing to begin a group (name to […]
Read moreScience Assembly
Project Description The intention of this grant is to bring a very special person to the school to present a program to the grade 4 science students. She is special […]
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Science Assembly
Project Description The intention of this grant is to bring a very special person to the school to present a program to the grade 4 science students. She is special […]
Read moreMaking all students tuneful, beatful, and artful
Project Description ¨All adults should be tuneful, beatful, and artful so they can participate in the music that is interwoven throughout our lives¨-John Feierabend. This past summer I became certified […]
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Fixing Instruments
Project Description My goal is to fix the instruments that I inherited in my music room. While these instruments are of high quality they were not given the maintenance they […]
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Illuminated Drums
Project Description The goal of Illumination Sound is to incorporate STEM activities into the music classroom and performances. Music students are often gifted in many ways, and this will allow […]
Read moreWorld Percussion
Project Description My goal is to have world percussion instruments to use in the grade 6 music curriculum. We have some world percussion instruments but not enough and not enough […]
Read moreLive Musician Performances to Expose Students to Various Genres
Project Description The Goal of this project is to give our student body an opportunity to experience live music performances in many different genres. This would provide an experience that […]
Read moreIntroduction to Guitars and other Musical Instruments
Goals, objectives, and activities The goals of this project are to enable young students to learn how to play a musical instrument. We have received grant monies from this […]
Read morePreschool Social Learning Curriculum
Goals, objectives, and activities The Preschool Social Learning Curriculum teaches students social language skills through stories and play. Young children learn best through play, and this program combines a […]
Read moreOrleans Elementary School Drama Club
Goals, objectives, and activities It is our vision to instill a love of theater in our students in Grades 3, 4, and 5 and to enhance their literacy, speaking, […]
Read moreMystery Dinner Theater Script-Writing Residency with Steven Krasner
Goals, objectives, and activities Children’s author and sports writer Steven Krasner guides students through the script-writing process in an interactive, motivational consecutive three-day residency. Mr. Krasner travels from classroom to […]
Read moreFoundations of Music
Goals, objectives, and activities I am writing this grant on behalf of the students at the Cape Cod Collaborative in the STAR program. The STAR Program is a public […]
Read moreEnhancing Orff Schulwerk for elementary music
Goals, objectives, and activities The main goal of this project will be to foster creativity through singing, playing instruments, and movement. The Orff Schulwerk elementary music teaching method is […]
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Elbows Concert
We want to have the Elbows – a 4 piece local band that plays children’s music – come to our school for a concert for the children in our […]
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Dennis-Yarmouth Bagpipes
I am a string orchestra teacher for the Dennis-Yarmouth Regional School District. I have also been a member of a local (Sandwich) pipe band (Colum Cille Pipes and Drums) […]
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Foundations of Music
Summary This project will provide students of the STAR Program the opportunity to creatively express themselves through learning to play percussion instruments, sing together, and read and write music. Goals, […]
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