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A World of MUSIC RESOURCES at Your Fingertips Hong Shao began playing the pipa—a traditional Chinese stringed instrument—when she was 12 years old. It was during the Cultural Revolution in China, when many young people were sent to the countryside to work after high school graduation; her mother thought that if Hong Shao had a special skill, she might be spared. Today, Hong Shao performs on the pipa for audiences in Kentucky. She is one of many musicians from around the world that teachers and students can meet and listen to through the Arts Toolkit in Music, which was released in June 2007. The toolkit also includes Indonesia gamelan music, folk songs from the Andes, bagpipe music from Scotland, salsa music from Venezuela, West African talking drum, and many other world sounds, along with a bounty of American music. In addition to video segments on DVD, the toolkit also includes a CD-ROM called A World of Music, with social studies and music information (including additional video segments and audio files) on 25 countries around the world. In addition to being the worldliest Arts Toolkit, Music is also the largest toolkit to date: •The three DVDs contain 12 hours of video (more than 150 segments), including performances, demonstrations of instruments, and introductions to periods and styles. •10 illustrated posters offer information on musical periods from Ancient Greece to 20th century, as well as American and World Music. • And there are 848 pages of the kinds of informational materials teachers have come to count on in the toolkits— comprehensive lesson plans, glossaries, responding guides, a statewide resource listing, ideas especially for primary classrooms, folk song lyrics, teaching ideas, and information on periods and styles, technology, and inclusive teaching—all correlated to Kentucky’s Core Content 4.1. Clockwise from above: Fernando Moya of South America; a member of the UK Gamelan Orchestra; a member of the UK Chinese Ensemble; Jennifer Rose and daugther Lydia. As with past Arts Toolkits, KET’s toolkit staff worked closely with Philip Shepherd, arts and humanities consultant for the Kentucky Department of Education (Shepherd, in fact, developed the Responding Guide), and turned to teachers and artists from across Kentucky to help create resources and lesson plans. Ethnomusicologist Gregory Acker, who frequently works with teachers and students in Kentucky schools, was a major contributor to 4 ARTSource Fall 2007 KET
the World of Music CD-ROM, on which he shares photos and first-hand experiences in a variety of countries, demonstrates a variety of instruments, and provides information and suggested activities. Other contributors/performers include the University of Kentucky Gamelan Orchestra; the UK Chinese Ensemble; members of the Central Kentucky Youth Orchestras and their conductor William Briggs; the Louisville Brass from the University of Louisville; the UK Men’s Chorus and members of the UK Opera; Dr. Diane Earle, professor of music at Kentucky Weslyan College; Jennifer Rose (and her daughter Lydia); and jazz pianist Harry Pickens. Video segments from existing KET series included such great performers as blues master Taj Mahal, folksingers Jean Ritchie and Mike Seeger; bluegrass star J.D. Crowe; African drummer Yaya Diallo; and the Louisville Youth Orchestra. In addition to a “Toolkit World Music Tour,” the CD-ROM also “I love this toolkit. It is the best yet!” — Cindy Higgins, orchestra director at Beaumont Middle School, Garden Springs Elementary, and Picadome Elementary in Fayette County includes a “Meet Some Musicmakers” feature in which songwriters and composers who work in styles ranging from country to jazz share their music and creative processes; a video Instrument Parade featuring members of the Central Kentucky Youth Orchestras; and sample audio listening assessments similar to those piloted in the schools by the Kentucky Department of Education and the Kentucky Music Educators Association. Robyn Swanson, Professor of Music Education at Western Kentucky University, created the assessment questions using toolkit music segments. (In the binder you’ll also find a unit she created on Colonial Music.) And that’s just a sampling of what you’ll find in the latest Arts Toolkit. If this resource sounds like something you could use, check with your media center to see if your school has ordered a copy. Teachers and schools in Kentucky have already ordered more than 1,150 Music Toolkits. If you don’t have one yet in your classroom or media center, visit www.ket.org/artstoolkit or call (800) 945-9167 for ordering information. It’s a lot of Arts Toolkit for $99! Take Note! • The World of Music CD-ROM and Music Around the World DVD were supported by a grant from the W. Paul and Lucille Caudill Little Foundation. The foundation also supported development of the Kentucky Virtual Art Museum CD-ROM in the Visual Arts Toolkit • A session on the Music Toolkit will be presented at the upcoming Kentucky Music Educators Association conference, Feb. 6- 9 in Louisville. Robyn Swanson of WKU and Teresa Day of KET will conduct the session, at 1:15 p.m. on February 8 KET Fall 2007 ARTSource 5
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