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Music
Factory Music Factory offers several classroom-based workshops, each features a leading composer-performer-teacher, with a focused interactive curricula. Residency workshops range from 2 - 12 weekly sessions. Open Rehearsals and special in-school performances are also offered.
Film Music Factory
Film Music Factory
Film Music Factory is a hands-on technology based program by which the students create a musical score to accompany a real Hollywood film scene. Your students will gain facility and comfort with computer hardware as well as media and audio software. In each case the composer will work with the students using computers to create original musical compositions. The students will learn listening skills and decision making. They will work in closely collaborative teams to make determinations regarding melody, harmony, rhythm, instrumentation, form and the elements of creating a mood or tone. Film Music Factory can be as few as 4 sessions or as long as a full semester. Film Music Factory sessions are taught by experienced film composers, often with Emmy, Grammy, and Academy awards to their credit. This program can be paired effectively in partnership with video, production, filmmaking, or in-school music programs. Email Kevin James Education Director for more info The Music Factory programs of the American Composers Orchestra (ACO) are designed to promote student achievement, inspire creativity and develop baseline transferable skills through close engagement with some of the worlds finest composers and musicians. Taking unique advantage of one of the city’s most underutilized resources - New York is home to more accomplished composers than any other place in the world - ACO Music Factory programs are hands-on minds-on, performance based activities aimed at students from the 4th-12th grades and are appropriate for in-school or after-school settings. All provide high-impact learning opportunities for music students of any level, and many are appropriate for schools and students without musical experience. For most ACO Music Factory programs the length and number of artist visits is adaptable to the needs of the school, from a single event to a full semester or year. For 35 years the ACO has been the only orchestra in the world dedicated to the creation, performance, preservation and promotion of music by American composers. Since it’s founding the orchestra has commissioned and premiered more new works by American composers than any other orchestra. ACO serves as an incubator of ideas, research and talent, as a catalyst for growth and change among orchestras, and as an advocate for American composers and their music.
For students in Fourth Grade through High School WITH or WITHOUT musical experience, in 3 to 5 sessions only
They work in closely cooperative teams to develop both a sense of professionalism and pride in their work. All sessions are hands-on, creativity and outcome based intensive learning sessions. Rhythm Factory features a culminating event in which an ACO instrumental ensemble performs for the students and works with them to incorporate the student’s compositions into their performance. Schools often choose to follow up the Rhythm Factory program with a hands on percussion/drumming program designed to get the kids performing the beats and compositions they’ve created on the computers, oftentimes on instruments of their own creation. Email Kevin James Education Director for more info The Music Factory programs of the American Composers Orchestra (ACO) are designed to promote student achievement, inspire creativity and develop baseline transferable skills through close engagement with some of the worlds finest composers and musicians. Taking unique advantage of one of the city’s most underutilized resources - New York is home to more accomplished composers than any other place in the world - ACO Music Factory programs are hands-on minds-on, performance based activities aimed at students from the 4th-12th grades and are appropriate for in-school or after-school settings. All provide high-impact learning opportunities for music students of any level, and many are appropriate for schools and students without musical experience. For most ACO Music Factory programs the length and number of artist visits is adaptable to the needs of the school, from a single event to a full semester or year. For 35 years the ACO has been the only orchestra in the world dedicated to the creation, performance, preservation and promotion of music by American composers. Since it’s founding the orchestra has commissioned and premiered more new works by American composers than any other orchestra. ACO serves as an incubator of ideas, research and talent, as a catalyst for growth and change among orchestras, and as an advocate for American composers and their music.
For Middle and High School students WITH or WITHOUT musical experience in 4 or more sessions
Email Kevin James Education Director for more info POSSIBLE PROGRAM EXAMPLES: If your school currently has an ongoing music program: 3 workshops with your music students on improvisation techniques led by acclaimed composer/performer 3rd workshop - the Manhattan Brass Quintet also attends, performs for the music students and participates in a rehearsal/workshop with them. Culminating event: MBB performs and is joined by the students for a raucous and improvisation filled rendition of a piece they’ve rehearsed together. If your school currently does NOT have an ongoing music program: 3 workshops with your students led by acclaimed composer/percussionist. 1st is a demonstration and performance of percussion techniques done entirely on home made instruments and found objects. 2nd & 3rd - students create a battery of instruments drawn from their school environment and learn about creativity, form, rhythm, listening skills and identity while creating a new work of their own. Culminating event: SO Percussion performs for the student body and is joined by the student ensemble to perform the student created work for the school. For ANY AGE students WITH or WITHOUT musical experience Members of American Composers Orchestra, as well as guest artists and ensembles perform concerts featuring music by contemporary American composers in assembly-style, interactive performance settings. Performances can stand alone, or serve as an adjunct or supplement to ACO workshops or related classroom work. Emphasis is placed on educating students about basic musical concepts and sources, and about creative choices made by, and conceptual methods employed by the composers and performers. Works selected for performance often illustrate broader aspects of American culture.
Email Kevin James Education Director for more info Through Music Factory, ACO offers weekly beginning instrument lessons with a focus on fundamental technique and improvisation in areas of string, band, and percussion. Students are encouraged to perform in their own works; these lessons compliment year-long ACO workshops and residencies.Instrumental teachers include graduates of the Juilliard, Manhattan and Mannes Schools of Music.
Email Kevin James Education Director for more info Schools are invited to sign up classes to attend dress rehearsals of American Composers Orchestra’s at Carnegie Hall and other venues. Participating teachers will receive a Study Guide with background information to share with classes, and a CD of music to be heard. At Carnegie Hall just prior to the rehearsal, the Education Director and guest artists will give an orientation and brief introduction to the music and the rehearsal process. At the break or conclusion of the rehearsal, the conductor, composer, and/or soloist may speak briefly with classes in the hall. Each rehearsal is three hours long. Classes must arrive a half-hour before the start time. They may elect to leave at the break, approximately 75-90 minutes into the rehearsal, or to stay for the entire session. Open Rehearsals are offered to both general music classes and musical ensembles, and may also be available to other classes like English or social students, as space permits. There is a limit of 150 attendees, and must be scheduled in advance. There is no charge for school groups to attend open rehearsals. Email Kevin James Education Director for more info
Academic Ticket Program: ACO makes free and discounted tickets available to students for all of it’s performances. Often these concerts extend the work students have done in the classroom. Group tickets for students, faculty and staff are handled by group reservation and must be made in advance of the concert you are interested in attending. Email Kevin James Education Director for more info
For ANY AGE students WITH or WITHOUT musical experience World class artists and ensembles from the ACO roster team up with renowned composers to perform concerts featuring contemporary American music in assembly-style, interactive performance settings. Performances can stand alone, or serve as an adjunct or supplement to ACO workshops or related classroom work. Longer term composer residencies can also be arranged. Emphasis is placed on introducing students to concepts of creativity and artistry, the work of the composer, and the rooting of their work in cultural sources often already familiar to the students.
Email Kevin James Education Director for more info
Coming to America: Immigrant Sounds and Voices For students in Fourth Grade through High School WITH or WITHOUT musical experience. any number of sessions. Taking advantage of the incredible diversity of world-class composers based in New York City, a composer who has immigrated to this country is paired with one of our ensembles for these events. The composer makes an initial visit to share their experiences as artist and immigrant with students and to introduce how concepts of background and identity effect their work and their performance. Whenever possible the composer then will rehearse with a student ensemble on one of their own works which is representative of their experience and their heritage. These sessions may be followed up by a guest ensemble performance featuring works of the composer. Again, when possible, a student ensemble and guest ensemble will collaborate on a work by the composer. Immigrant Heritage Week programs of the ACO usually involve 2-4 sessions with the students, but are not limited to that number. This program also usually culminates the third week of April to coincide with the city-wide Immigrant Heritage Week celebration, but this is not essential. Email Kevin James Education Director for more info
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