NTI Assignment 03/13/20-04/06/20

Remind Text: @pianogrc to 81010

Option A (Piano/Keyboard at home):

• Email [email protected] with the last page number you have in your textbook, and I'll email you the next set and discuss options for submitting recordings.

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Option B (open to any Piano student):

Pianist/Composer Research

Initial Task

• Select a pianist or composer who writes primarily for the piano.
• He/she does not have to be a classical musician, but does have to be someone famous.
• Ideas:
  • Classical: Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin, Liszt, Rachmaninoff, Johan Sebastian Bach, Johannes Brahams, Robert Schumann, Clara Schumann, Fanny OR Felix Mendelssohn, Maurice Ravel, Claude Debussy, Lang Lang, Glenn Gould, Vladimir Ashkenazy
  • Popular/Jazz/Blues: Alicia Keys, John Legend, Norah Jones, Elton John, Billy Joel, Ray Charles, Stevie Wonder, Lady Gaga, Ben Folds, Tori Amos, Bruce Hornsby, Jim Brickman
• Remind text me at @grcpiano (text to 81010) if you have an idea that isn’t listed and want approval!

Set Up

• Create a PowerPoint, typed/written essay, brochure, Tri-Fold posterboard, MovieMaker project, or some other creative project (get it approved by me if it’s not one listed)
  • Use correct grammar and complete sentences whenever possible, especially when writing an essay
• If using Google Docs or Google Slides, title it Piano_PianistProject_Yourlastname ← make sure you replace “Yourlastname” with literally YOUR last name!
  • Share the file with me at [email protected]
• Otherwise, bring in a jump drive, paper, send me a YouTube link, or whatever the day we return.
• Make sure to include your sources for each portion of information as you go along!!!  Website addresses are fine, but Remind text Lowther if you have a question.
  

Information Required
Part One:

• Composer/pianist’s full name
• Birth & death dates (if applicable)
• Country of birth, and where they lived/worked, if different
• Background & early years
• How did they get into music/piano?
• Any difficulties/struggles they encountered throughout their lives
• What was their big break/how did they become famous?
  • Were they more famous for being a composer or pianist during their lifetime?  Is this still true?
• Adult musical career
• Personal relationships
• If dead, later musical career/ how they died.
  • Were they still famous later in life?
• Lasting impact & importance on music
• List several major PIANO works, and the date of composition
• If creating an electronic document/project, be sure to include clear photos/paintings/images of them

Part Two:

• SELECT ONE FAMOUS PIANO work of theirs, and listen to it on YouTube or wherever.
  • Provide me the title and year of composition
  • Describe the TEMPO
  • Describe the MOOD
    • How does it make you feel?  Are all parts of the piece the same?
• If there are lyrics, write/copy them out, and discuss what the song is about.
• What do you like about it?  What is your personal connection to it?  Why did you choose it?
  • “Nothing”, or something like, “I like it because it’s pretty” is an invalid response.  Be as specific as possible!

Anything plagiarized/directly copied from any source will receive a zero.  Don’t do it!

THIS IS YOUR GRADE for the weeks we are not in school; not completing it will result in a zero for two weeks’ worth of grades/participation! :(

Good luck, and let me know via Remind text if you need help or if you’ve emailed me something to look at/grade.  Stay healthy!