2009 Wisconsin State Music Conference
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creativity to the core |
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Thursday, October 29 |
Return to Session Schedule |
| 2:45 pm - 4:00 pm |
Location: Room F, Monona Terrace
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Solving Rhythm Problems in the Instrumental/Choral Ensemble |
Presented by: Garwood Whaley, Galesville, MD
Sponsored by: Hal Leonard
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Presider: Kristen Baus, Baraboo |
 Learn comprehensive strategies for teaching transferable rhythm skills, to enable any individual or ensemble to perform complex rhythms at sight. Rhythm, the fundamental element of all music, is perhaps the most problematic aspect of musical performance - this is especially true for beginning and intermediate instrumental and voice students, since their concentration is divided between rhythm, pitch, expression, ensemble and technical skills. By isolating rhythm and utilizing a system of “rhythm-syllable association” rhythms and rhythmic devices common to Western art and popular from the Renaissance to today are introduced and developed. The end result is the development of a rhythmically fluent student capable of performing rhythms on their instrument or voice from any style or historical period.
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| Wisconsin Teacher Standards:
1, 4, 7, 8
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| Wisconsin Music Standards:
A, B, E
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Dr. Garwood Whaley is President and Founder of Meredith Music Publications and Past President of the Percussive Arts Society. He was educated at Juilliard and at Catholic University earning a DMA Degree while performing with The U. S. Army Band-Pershing’s Own. His many percussion publications have become standard texts world wide.
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