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Ensemble Essentials
History, Theory, Listening and Terms for Young Musicians
Music Education for a New Generation
Ensemble Essentials is an online music teaching resource with a fully integrated accompanying cloud based document for each category of instruction. Along with the concepts discussed, directors will find imbedded self-grading quizzes as well as written theory tests. Live links to listening examples and captivating videos enhance student engagement. Copy and paste lessons into your district student lesson technology. Use this site as the technology integration with your smart board or computer projector. Teaching the way it should be!
Guiding principles:
This resource is divided into both sequential Weeks and Lessons allowing the teacher to decide which portions they will use for instruction. A theory quiz is included every 3 weeks and a unit test every 6 weeks. 30 weeks of lessons. Includes an additional file of 50 theory lessons, quizzes and tests in a JPG version to make adding to Google Slides and other editable background documents easier.
Ensemble Essentials is an online music teaching resource with a fully integrated accompanying cloud based document for each category of instruction. Along with the concepts discussed, directors will find imbedded self-grading quizzes as well as written theory tests. Live links to listening examples and captivating videos enhance student engagement. Copy and paste lessons into your district student lesson technology. Use this site as the technology integration with your smart board or computer projector. Teaching the way it should be!
Guiding principles:
- Develop music literacy and broad base understanding
- For beginners, middle school and early high school instruction
- Integration of concepts each week when possible
- Format
- Clear, concise
- Name, date on each page
- Written, Google Docs, Google Forms for all elements
- Links for all listening
- Links for all history
- 5-10 minutes per lesson
This resource is divided into both sequential Weeks and Lessons allowing the teacher to decide which portions they will use for instruction. A theory quiz is included every 3 weeks and a unit test every 6 weeks. 30 weeks of lessons. Includes an additional file of 50 theory lessons, quizzes and tests in a JPG version to make adding to Google Slides and other editable background documents easier.