Governor's: Institute for Arts Educators: Summer 1998

Name:karen siegel

School District:St. Thomas More School 134 Fort Couch Rd. Bethel Park, PA

Lesson Title:Tibetan Music

Grade Level:7th andf 8th grade General Music

Piloted with students in grade:7th and 8th Grade

PA STANDARD AREA: ARTS AND HUMANITIES 7.1 Producing, Performing and Exhibiting 7.2 Historical and Cultural Contexts 7.3 Critical Response 7.4 Communicate Aesthetic Response 7.5 Connection with Other Subject Areas

Specific Standard: (write out from grade 4 or 7 or 10 or advanced column in standards document):Listen to and perform examples of Tibetan chants and compare this to western culture music.

Lesson Topic/theme:This is a systematic study of Tibetan chant. Activities prescribed are listening and responding, analysis, performing, possible creation of a chant, and sociocultural influences upon the music. The lesson will consist but not be limited to a collection of activities and experiences centered around those presented by the instructor and will culminate in responses elicited from the students at the conclusion of the unit. Each activity in the process will be correlated to the state standards.

overview: (type in 6 lines or less)

Keywords:music, Tibet, chant, Rag-Dung,Tibetan Wind Bells, Dorje, Tingsha, Singing Bowls, Jogi Baja, Copper Shawm, ceremonial music, aesthetics,western music

Learning Objective(s): (What will all students do to demonstrate they have reached the standard?): (type in 17 lines or less .) Participants will: 1. Have an increased sensitivity and understanding of artistic expression from another culture. 2. Respond to listening examples by completeing predetermined worksheets. 3. Create their own Tibetan chant. 4. Conduct a discussion upon completion of the lesson determining the sociocultural influences of this music. 5. Conduct a discussion of their own aesthetic response.   In addition to becoming sensitized to Tibetan music, the students will write a reflective page describing their experience .

Materials: (type in 8 lines or less) Slides with accompianing tape presentation, pictorial illustrations, i.e. map of Tibet, examples of art, architecture, monks, actual musical instruments (limited), musical examples, i.e. CDs of monks performing chants, listening worksheets, reflective entries.

Warm-Up: (type in four lines or less)Group discussion of Tibetan music and the personnal responses it has elicited.

Procedure: (type in 43 lines or less) 1. Participants will be given a brief history and background of the country of Tibet,i.e. Location on map, type of religion, climate, resources. 2. Participants will be given examples of art works from Tibet to view and discuss. 3. Participants will view a slide presentation from the Governors Institute on Tibetan art . This will last for approximately 20 minutes. Time will be given as necessay during the course of the slide presentation to stop and discuss any or all works. 4. Participants will be given resource sheets that show examples of instruments used in Tibetan music. Discussion will follow. 5. Students will listen to a real-audio performance of Tibetan music and chanting. After listening to the music, students will respond using the pre-determined worksheet given focusing on certain aspects I wish them to focus on and also give them opportunities to respond freely. Certain musical aspects will be melody, rhythm, harmony, instrumentation. 6. Students will share findings with other classmates. This discussion will include but not be limited to the sociocultural influences this type of music may have on them or others. 7. Create a new and original chant which represents the style chartacteristics of those listened to. Prepare and perform for class. 8. Write a brief journal in which each student reflects his/her own response to the music under discussion. Draw conclusions about your response and whether or not there was a change in your response as the result of this study.

Correctives: (enrichment activities for students who have not met the standard at proficient or advanced level): (type in 11 lines or less) Seek additional experiences hearing music of other non-western cultures. Hear and analyze additional examples of Tibetan music. Perform other examples of non-western cultural music. This can be done alone or with others. Create new examples based on non-western music. Redesign worksheet to measure additional examples of Tibetan music.

Extensions: (Additional activities for students who have met the standard at a proficient or advanced level): (type in 20 lines or less). Do additional studies of non-western music. Further study of Tibet, its music and style.

Assessment-Task Criteria: How will you judge novice, partially proficient, proficient and advanced? Do you have a model/exemplar of your expectations?: (type in twenty lines or less) Novice Seeks another experience with Tibetan music. Expreses a desire to hear the music again. Partially Proficient Cites examples of other works that are similar in style Names and describes a mood or atmosphere created by the music   Proficient Seeks experiences with new works of a similar style. Advanced Creates new, original work which is influenced by the experience.