Recreational Music Making in EVERY Lesson

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Recreational Music Makingin EVERY Lesson

• National Conference on Piano Pedagogy
• Oak Brook 2007

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Susan FlinnOwner Instructor

• The Music Studio
• Stafford, Virginia

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Serena Mackey
Owner Program Director TEACHER! Curriculum
Development Education Consultant,
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• Recreational Music Making... as an Attitude of
  Instruction

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Recreational Music Making Defined
Formal Music Instruction RMM

• Proficiency, Mastery, Discipline
• Individual Lessons
• Performance
• Exclusive
• Teacher

• Wellness, Enjoyment, Communication, Support,
  Creative, Non-musical Outcomes
• Group Lessons
• Performance Alternatives
• Inclusive
• Coach

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Recreational Music Making...as a cultural
response to the Millennial Generation

• Child based choices
• Satisfaction component
• Alternatives to performance

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Traditional v. Recreational
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Recreational Music Making...and implementation
of technology

• Make authentic music
• Digital Instruments
• Use of CDs
• ensemble playing
• Computers
• composition
• iPod Access
• YouTube
• MIDI Playback

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Use of MIDI Playback
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Recreational Music Making...and use of group

• No one recreates alone
• Stereotype solitude to social
• Group as motivator

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Recreational Music Makingand benefits to
students

• Pride in taking music lessons
• Music appreciation
• Realistic Goals for a Musical Future
• Adult Lessons
• Musical choices for the next generation

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Millennials Rising The Next Great Generationby
Neil Howe and William Strauss

• Only 3 in 10 hang out with 1 or 2 close friends
• 66 prefer larger groups of friends
• 8th and 10th graders would rather be active with
  friends than creative alone

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Recreational Music Making...as a marketing tool

• Match need to Market
• The Cool Factor
• The Sandwich Board Student
• Replace the Recital
• Peer Support and Low turnover

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• Music is an artistry of time.
• Being able to give a superb performance in real
  time requires extreme discipline and
  practice....only a handful of musicians are able
  to attain both the technique and the musical
  sensitivity needed at this level.
• --Ikutaro Kakehashi, I Believe In Music

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