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Musical Explorers Digital - Website Guidance
Overview
This website guidance document provides an overview of Carnegie Hall's Musical Explorers Digital program. The site connects students in grades K–2 to rich and diverse musical communities as they build fundamental music skills through listening, singing, and moving to songs from all over the world.
Website Overview
Purpose of Website
Carnegie Hall has created ten different programs for K-2 that include online professional development resources and lesson plans to teach students about new musical genres and cultural traditions.
Site Navigation Strategy
Each Musical Explorers program contains three units, each devoted to one of the Musical Explorers genres listed below:
- Program 1: Georgian Folk, Freedom Songs, and Haitian
- Program 2: Argentine Folk, Native American, and South African Zulu
- Program 3: Greek Folk, Malian Traditional, and Indian Classical
- Program 4: Jazz, Bomba and Plena, and Brazilian
- Program 5: Cumbia, Armenian Folk, and Hip Hop
- Program 6: Bluegrass, Chinese Traditional, and Iraqi Folk
- Program 7: Georgian Folk, Native American, and South African Zulu
- Program 8: Son Jarocho, Sicilian Folk, and Calypso
- Program 9: Jazz, Zimbabwean Mbira Music, and Haitian
- Program 10: Bomba and Plena, Freedom Songs, and Indian Classical
Each of programs has its own resource page with two lessons that each focus on a song. The lessons guide you through the process of learning the songs, as well as teaching relevant musical concepts and exploring the cultural context. Each lesson includes transcriptions in Western notation to assist in learning the music, but please note that these are best approximations for diverse traditions that may use different tuning systems or emphasize improvisation.
Choose among the lessons to best suit the needs of your classroom. Features found within each lesson include:
- Audio Tracks: Audio tracks for each song.
- Videos: Introductory videos for the artists and their music.
- Resources for Teachers: Each artist’s resource page provides background information about the musical genre and culture. Some of these resources are intended to be shared with students; others are for teachers who may want to explore further on their own.
- Creative Extensions: Creative extensions are designed to deepen the exploration of repertoire, culture, and musical concepts.
- Literacy Extensions: Each unit identifies picture books related to the artist’s music and culture that you can read with your students.
- Musical Word Wall: We encourage you to build a word wall and add vocabulary words as they are introduced in the lessons.
Students may explore a Musical Explorers Around the World Map and listen to digital concerts for each of the programs as a culminating event.
Comments
Though not openly licensed, teachers may access all of the materials online without registration or login. Carnegie Hall grants permission to access, download, and use the material for lawful personal or educational, non-commercial use.
Teachers may choose to register to become a part of the Musical Explorer teacher network and receive regular updates, support from Carnegie Hall staff, and special opportunities.
Attribution and License
Attribution
- Cover image copyright Carnegie Hall. Used pursuant to fair use.
License
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