MTMS Blog
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February Theme: Marching Band
This month in the music lab check out the stations for Marching Bands. If you didn’t know, OSU has the largest band in college football with 228 members. Local high schools also have marching bands, perhaps you’ve seen them at the games. Marching bands make interesting shapes and move during the music. Below are a…
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2024 Winter Benefit Concert
Thank you everyone for making this Winter Benefit Concert a success. Michelle dropped off the donated items at GRIN (Gahanna Residents In Need) today. The final haul was 184.5 pounds of food! Great job, students, for your performances! You make the music come to life. We can’t wait to enjoy your next performance event.
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January Music Lab Theme
Every month, the music lab teachers select a theme for the Music Technology and Learning Lab. Students explore the theme in the Music History, Composition, and Listening Stations during their scheduled music lessons. The lab stations this month are focused on the Baroque Period of music. This era of music ran from 1600 to 1750. Many of our modern instruments hadn’t…
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Happy 2024!
Classes resume tomorrow, January 2nd. We can’t wait to see everyone again in their normal lessons and classes. If you’re setting goals, remember to keep them SMART – Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant, and Time-Bound. This is a great way to fine-tune those nebulous goals we think will be interesting on January 1st and we forget…
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Rock’n’Roll Playlist
We’ve been talking about the three stations in the Rock’n’Roll space in the lab. Last week was the compositions in NoteFlight and the first week of December we talked about the music history of Rock’n’Roll. The third station that rounds this all out is the listening station. We compiled a playlist of Rock’n’roll for students…