COMPOSER PROJECT

You're starting a composer project today!  Read the following instructions carefully BEFORE you ask any questions.

Step 1.  Decide if you're going to work alone or with a partner.  One.  Singular.  Partner.  Not a group.

Step 2.  By yourself or with your partner, decide which musical era you are going to find a composer from: Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic, or Modern.

Step 3. From the list provided, pick a composer that seems interesting to you.  Feel free to do a little pre-research (google them, listen to some of their music, etc) before you commit. Visit this link to find a list of composers.

Step 4.  Fill out this form.

Step 5.  Start thinking about how you are going to present your composer to the class in a way that is not boring.  Yes, oral presentations about composer could be SUPER DULL.  But you're not going to make it dull, are you!?  You're going to make us LOVE your composer, to think that he/she is the GREATEST COMPOSER EVER.


THE PROJECT ITSELF:

THREE parts: Research, Visual, Presentation

1.  Research your composer thoroughly.  That means you know everything of interest about your composer as well as knowing a little bit about the country he's from and the time period he composed in.  What was going on in the world while he was alive?  Could it have influenced his compositions?

2. Visual-- create something that I would be excited to hang on my wall (and that you wouldn't be embarrassed to look at every day).  Something that is visually interesting but also teaches us something.

3. Presentation-- come up with a creative way to tell us about your composer.  It's really, really boring to watch people get up and mumble through a presentation about a dead guy.  Take what could be a boring subject and make it more interesting.


DUE DATES:

Have this done by November 20th--that's when presentations will start.  It's a test grade!