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a music composition mentoring project
The ArtFusion Opus project, managed by ESD 105 in collaboration with Yakima Valley Community College and Central Washington University, provides regional music teachers and students with the opportunity to participate in an online music composition project designed to support the achievement of the Washington state music standards. Our goal is to provide regional composers the opportunity to review student music compositions through an innovative program of sharing and critiquing student musical compositions online.
The project provides a password-protected website for the purpose of sharing and critique of student compositions. Mentors provide students with feedback based on project goals for student learning outcomes. All interactions are respectful, positive and constructive. Participating students are in grades 3-12 and will be identified with their compositions. Involvement in these activities help students meet the state standards in music. This project is funded by a Professional Development for Arts Educators grant from the U. S. Department of Education, visit the About ArtFusion page to learn more.
How it Works
1. Teachers participating in the ArtFusion Opus project receive training in the use of the Sibelius music notation software through a series of teacher developed music composition lessons. Lessons used were developed by regional music teachers with the intent of instructing on Sibelius and targeting state music standards in composition.
2. Teachers instruct students in music composition through the use of Sibelius.
3. Teachers post student compositions on the ArtFusion Opus Student Composition site for feedback and critique from regional composers.
4. Regional mentors respond to the student composition and teachers share the mentor input with the students.
5. Students adjust their compositions based on mentor feedback and steps 3-5 are repeated.
6. Teachers assess students using select state approved music composition assessments.
7. Completed student compositions will be featured on the ArtFusion Student Sounds page (under construction). Click here to visit the Student Composition page.
Interested in Participating?
Teacher selection for the 2010-2011 school year have been completed but music teachers within the ESD 105 region who are intersted in participating in this project should contact Aurelio Garcia at
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for more information.
Teacher Responsibility
-Attend a 2 day training on teaching music composition through Sibelius and using the ArtFusion Opus site.
- Instruct students in music composition using the composition lessons provided.
- Post a series of student compositions in a timely manner till the student has a completed composition.
-Provide students with mentor feedback.
-Assess students in music composition using one of the state approved Classroom-Based Performance Assessments.
Teachers Receive
- A copy of the Sibelius music notation software.
- Other material TBD
Special Thanks
Special thanks goes to the AVID company, maker of the Sibelius software for their support of this project by providing participating composition mentors with the Sibelius and Pro Tools M-Powered software as well as a M-Audio keyboard. Special thanks also goes to Mike Klinger of Synthesis Midi Workshop for his support of this project and providing advanced Sibelius training for ArtFusion Opus participants.
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2010-2011 Participating Districts/Schools
10 participants from:
Ellensburg School District
Lincoln Elementary
Sunnyside School District
Washington Elementary
Toppenish School District
Toppenish High School
Thorp School District
Thorp High School
Wapato School District
Wapato High School
Yakima School District
Hoover Elementary
McKinley Elementary
2009-2010 Participating Districts/Schools
13 participants from:
East Valley School District
East Valley elementary
Moxee elementary
Terrace Heights elementary
Ellensburg School District
Valley View elementary
Highland School District
Tieton Intermediate
Union Gap School District
Union Gap School
Sunnyside School District
Chief Kamiakin elementary
Toppenish School District
Toppenish Middle School
Yakima School District
Davis High School
Garfield elementary
Martin Luther King elementary
Robertson elementary
Zillah School District
Hilton elementary
2009-2011 Composition Mentors
12 composers from:
Yakima Valley Community College - Yakima WA
Central Washington University - Ellensburg WA
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