Archive for February, 2011

Kids Theme Parties: How to Plan a Music Theme Party

Tuesday, February 22nd, 2011

The actual schedule will be after the age of the child, the children and preschool children to enjoy home-made instruments, Tweenies and children can go to parties or to the disco music of their favorite pop star. You can also focus on the music of different countries.

Invitations:

Invitations can of plain paper with pictures of notes or instruments to requests from CDs range, marks (and no, you use the music books have just to copy or online make image search download) or small drums made from empty cans with invitations inside.

Birthday cake:

Birthday cake can be in the form of drums, boom boxes, phonographs, radios or musical instruments like guitars and pianos. You can make modeling clay to the musicians and even on or near the sweet cake.

Make party snacks, the music or musical instruments seem to be. Use templates to cut out cardboard shapes from slices of bread, pizza dough or cookie dough and add different spices. Decorate cookies to look like Marie biscuits or other suitable CD. You want to keep old vinyl into bowls for sweets and chips.

Decorations:

This is again on the specific musical theme that you select depend. Here is the opportunity to use all those old CDs and give them swirls foil, cut simply attached a few colorful foil pie plates in a spiral, the CD with glue and hang from the ceiling.

Music Scores of colored paper can be mounted on walls or hung from the roof too. It also adds a touch of celebration for the table decoration.

Buy or make large posters printed popular singer and folk musician, or decorate the walls with him.

Party Games and Activities:

Children can have games like musical chairs or musical glasses -.. Withdrawal of glass bottles to make it a good sound when you have to beat you to fill the first bottle with water, the second with less water, and until the last continue. During this time you should just be able to fill it with about an inch or so of water. If you tap each bottle with a spoon or a stick, you will find that they create a different tone and sound.

Glasses can be filled in the same way, wet fingers and rub around the rim of each glass. Each glass is more to their sound depending on the amount of water in it.

Drums of empty cans of coffee can be made of bright colors, children’s pots and pans with a wooden spoon love, balloons filled with a small amount of sugar from binding to mixers and other noisemakers to empty plastic bottles and empty cans filled with beans or rice .

Karaoke, name of the song / melody and musical curiosity are all games that are enjoyed by older children.

Think about dance classes for children, especially if your party theme centers around the music of other cultures and earlier times. If you do not know all the dance steps even ask your friends or family if they can do it, or if your budget allows hire a professional dancer for a dance studio. If all else fails, buy a DVD with the appropriate dance steps and let the kids have fun following the basic steps.

Party favor:

Leaving the children make their own musical instruments in the activities of the party, they can take home.

Older children can use a CD with music of the time, you can choose to be presented – you can tour the songs before the party and burn CDs on your computer where. If you cover a graphics program and the print media, design a CD with the date and time of the party and the birthday child name on it, party guests will leave good memories every time I listen to music.

Children love a party and a music party theme will give them the opportunity to enter into another era dress as she, the rock n roll, pop star, drummers and dancers for the duration of the party and who knows, one or two of them can only discover their future career, while enjoying the music at the birthday party for your child.

A Prayer & Plea For Indian Arts, Culture & Music

Tuesday, February 22nd, 2011

Acts alone will not help in the prevention or the promotion of a culture of bankruptcy. The unfortunate state of our music and culture is a prime example of government apathy and neglect. According to prepare a report of the UNESCO, the Punjabi language in the world will disappear in 50 years. Our language, dialects, and especially a lapse of the oldest permanent legacy of the music is.

We ourselves are discouraging our children to art, culture and music to decide as a profession. Envious of the descendants of our dearest and closest to force medicine, engineering or computer science study, our children in the same career that in. At least we are interested and do not want our children to be what we want to be, choose and where Excel can, but we want what you do not want to be and remain average. We want to create doctors, engineers and managers at the expense of our fine tradition of art and culture. This is a disastrous development.

We ignore music, art and culture in primary, secondary and university level. In India, music has provided very little support as a school subject and music teachers feel they must actively seek more public support for music education as a legitimate subject of study. Then the music patronage are clearly encouraged. And “our common responsibility to preserve our heritage and in a rich legacy for future generations.

Modern tradition do not superfluous. We are children of a rich and complex culture and music played a crucial role in the synthesis of it. It deserves more than a disinterested view of the authorities in colleges and universities. One is amazed at their insensitivity and rather shocked by their ignorance when it comes to the abolition of the topic from their curriculum. They argued that require “unnecessary” things, financial support and want to save their beloved little country of much needed money. We are not the victims of financial crisis, but the pure, pure prejudice. Suppose that sticks in the name of us musicians who are on dusty shelves of modern education in India languishing?

Of course, a new education policy was announced by our government. Unfortunately, only the technology, polytechnics, industry-related training centers, medicine, management, etc. have been the point of discussion. What about our culture, art and music? The philosophers and educators to define education in various ways. This will be the sum of a person’s character. Education in the Indian tradition is not simply a means to a living or even a thought or a kindergarten to acquire citizenship. E ‘initiation into the life of the mind, a training of the human soul in search of truth and the practice of virtue. But in the present context is a means to earn a living. Education must be treated not only as a means of empowering people to find work for their living. The Indian Education Commission (1964-66) said that education must be connected to life, the needs and desires of people and thus an effective instrument of social transformation that made economic and cultural.

The music is also the victim of the State Govt. ‘S awful apathy and neglect. As a result of the deliberate intentions of the government inexplicably Punjab. Contributions of teachers of music from various government colleges Govt. Barjindra Collge, Faridkot, were abolished. They claimed that these issues were a surplus useless and a waste of money. This is followed by an agitation of the trade unions of the Punjab students and teachers, and in the upcoming elections, the government. Punjab has changed his mind and some posts have been restored.

Our university in India has failed to attract students who are really interested in music. Life has changed dramatically in the last ten years. We can not for the same vision for our decaying educational system. Our educational institutions offer the same old-fashioned, trite, courses of two to three years and study programs in the arts, culture and music. A review is required and must be accepted without raising eyebrows. We will encourage new curricula to state-of-the-art design students, art and culture to study especially music.

The United States of America and some European countries have set national standards for arts education, to follow each student and teacher at the elementary school and secondary education in art.

• Students should be able to communicate at a basic level in the four disciplines of art, dance, music, theater and visual art.
• Students should be able to competently communicate in at least one art form.
• Students should be able to develop and present basic analysis of works of art.
• Students must be informed with exemplary works of art by a variety of cultures and historical eras.
• Students should be able to relate to different types of arts knowledge and skills within and between the artistic disciplines.

There are a number of national standards in music education and that to follow most of the teachers:

• Sing alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music.
• Execution of instruments, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music. Improvising melodies, variations and accompaniments.
• composing and arranging music within specified guidelines.
• reading and notation.
• Listen to analyze and describe music.
• Evaluating music and performances.
• Understanding relationships between music, art and other disciplines outside the arts.

The Indian government and private institutions, these standards in their music education. Teachers should those standards in the classrooms at the beginning of a general class of music kindergarten and ending in the general high school, band, choir, orchestra or classes.

In the world, “global village”, the system of higher education in developing countries like us should seek integration with the universal learning. The concept of internationalization of higher education in the curriculum, teaching and research must be implemented. Our institutions have to introduce some new courses in ultra-modern music.

Small Duration:

Courses of music playback and performance should be offered at the college level, for instance, Guitar / Sitar / Tabla Intermediate (for 3 months), performance with music, Flute Ensemble etc. 3-month period courses in various instruments such as sitar, tabla, harmonium, sarangi, flute, violin, guitar, synthesizer, drums, etc., should be offered between courses in different genres such as classical, folk, world music, fusion, Bollywood, pop, western, including Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, romance, opera, operetta, zarzuela, Rock, Grindcore, Heavy Metal, Punk, Pop, R & B, funk, jazz, electronic, break beat, Drum & Bass, Ambient, Electro, downtime, Electro, House, Trance, Techno, UK Garage, Reggae, Calypso, etc.

We have a guest in our school, graduate and undergraduate courses in musicology, evolutionary musicology, ethnomusicology, bio-musicology, music technology, zoo musicology, music therapy, musilanguage, artistic and musical education.

Courses Musicology (socio-musicology, and zoo-evolutionary musicology musicology), including:

Music Archaeology, music appreciation, introduction to music research, methodology (research methods) of music, philology, music, orchestration, counterpoint and fugue, acoustics for music, philosophy, aesthetics, composers or genres, topics in music literature, Introduction to Music Bibliography .

Zoo musicology courses: including:

Fundamentals of Sound and Music World, World Music Theory and musicianship, music cultures of the world, World Music Performance Organizations, Psychology of Music, Experimental Research in Music, anthropology of music from different countries, the music and the mind, historical readings in ethnomusicology, material culture of music, artists and music theory.

Music Technology Courses: including:

Study of Creative Sound Engineering & Music Technology degree in music and audio production, live sound courses, writing music, music business, music publishing.

Music Therapy Courses:

A university in Australia offers a course in music therapy, including: – Applications of Music Therapy (Client child, adult clients, contemporary contexts), Research in music therapy, music psychology research, music therapy skills (guitar, vocals, groups, and verbal counseling skills, the ability to improvise, work performance and songwriting, singing improvisation, receptive methods), clinical training in music therapy, guided imagery and music (therapy, music and exploring deeper states combined relaxation and guided the thoughts and feelings).

Music Education Courses:

This program should be designed with the knowledge, skills and understanding of the current and future music teachers to improve. You can study and practice in an international context to learn.

The institutions have to start, offer courses that are recognized and celebrated. Each course must be the occasion for all the different types of musicians to continue their work. A student must also understand the broader context of the music. One of the main objectives of the course should be to students’ understanding of their world of contemporary music, short of its broad historical context and contemporary ease. At the same time offer music degree significant crossover and ability to work together so that the students explore and use the most modern techniques of contemporary music. During the course, students should be encouraged to choose their focal area and to identify their own musical personality. This personal development potential of an easy-to-body composition, performance or written work, in turn, open doors to career paths of both existing and lead the creation of new market niches. A creative approach to the poor students with a variety of professional experience, backed with a strong knowledge base and theoretical basis.

I AM A COLLEGE Senior Lecturer in Indian music with PUNJABI UNIVERSITY Patiala Punjab India connected. SIGNED describe myself:

Can a positive learning and cultural environment and make a difference in the lives of students. Energetic self-starter with experience in teaching 15 years. A strong commitment to promoting the growth of students, knowledge and life. An enthusiastic, attentive teacher believes that all students can learn and grow in a learning environment that is stimulating, comfortable and functional, the ability of the students. the proven ability to work in chaotic situations and still maintain a sense of humor, praised for excellence in innovation, creativity, organization and talent practice. Exceptional ability to build a direct relationship with students and parents on the basis of a strong visual sense and excellent communication skills.