Soundscapes

**SOUNDSCAPES**

Soundscape Scenarios - an activity that provides scenarios (ie. a day at the beach, a day at the theme park) to create small group soundscapes

__**Types of Sounds Students Chose to Use **__ • voice • body percussion (clapping, tapping, rubbing hands together, stomping) • instruments (strings, percussion, piano) • sound props (crunching paper, aluminum foil, water bottles being squeezed, etc.)

__**Projects **__ A Walk Through a Haunted House media type="file" key="HauntedHouseOllie.mp3" width="240" height="20" A Picnic media type="file" key="Picnic.mp3" width="240" height="20" A Day at the Beach media type="file" key="BeachCaroline.mp3" width="240" height="20" A Day at the Show media type="file" key="ShowJacobW.mp3" width="240" height="20" A Day at the Zoo media type="file" key="ZooPatrick.mp3" width="240" height="20" A Day at a Theme Park media type="file" key="ThemeParkJacobT.mp3" width="240" height="20"

__**Assessment **__

__**Soundscape Projects** __ The following are some examples of the final improvisation project. In small groups, students created improvised soundscapes based on a scene from a book, a movie clip, or an original written scenario created by the group. During the performances, students listened to the soundscapes and reflected on what sounds/instrumentation they heard and what images, emotions or feelings the music evoked ([|Groupsoundscapes.pdf]).

**Rue's End** - based on a scene from the book "The Hunger Games" media type="file" key="Rue's End - 8C7.m4a" width="288" height="44" **The Hobbit** - based on the movie trailer media type="file" key="The Hobbit - 8C7.m4a" width="300" height="50" <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 90%;">**Piranha** - based on a scene from the movie <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 90%;">media type="file" key="Piranha - 8C7.m4a" width="295" height="42" align="left"

<span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 90%;">**Running Through the Woods** - based on an original scene <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 90%;">media type="file" key="Running Through the Woods - 8C7.m4a" width="288" height="44" <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 90%;">**An Action Soundscape -** <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 90%;">based on an original scene <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 90%;">media type="file" key="An Action Soundscape - 8C7.m4a" width="300" height="50"

__**<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Useful Websites **__ <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Build a Soundcape - Wild Music <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Explore Soundscapes - Wild Music <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Kompoz - a web application for collaborative composition (see below for examples) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Arts Online - creating a soundscape <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Musical Soundscape - article and lesson plan by R. Murray Schafer <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Soundscapes - Connecting Music and Art - Boulder Philharmonic Orchestra

Kompoz Example - Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells (educators from around Ontario) This would be an effective tool for a group improvisation project. media type="custom" key="13451966"

__**<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Ideas for Other Projects **__ <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">• add a soundscape to an animation (eg. Frames) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">• record original music to go accompany a movie video project