Visualizing Sound
During my trip to Chicago I experience many great sessions, works of art, and a vast array of culture. One of the sessions I attended was Visualizing Sound by Chandra Hemminger, Janeece Henes, and Joseph Cornett. They described this session as, "Explore innovative opportunities for students to create visual responses to music. Teachers share experiences collaborating with a local symphony. Participate in interactive exercises that will provide possibilities for your program." In this session we saw 3 diverse high schools from Flagstaff, Arizona create collaborative works of art inspired by the Flagstaff Symphony Orchestra.
In this session we did a warm-up they had done with their students. Everyone was given a notecard and various art mediums (crayons, colored pencil, marker, etc.). In a short amount of time, 1-2 minutes, we were asked to create a visual reaction to the music that played. We then discussed, what emotions do you feel? How did the pace of the music impact your visual? Another suggested warm-up was display the progression bar on the screen and let music play. Have students note the time/times they were impacted by the music. Then could then go back and listen to certain segments to create visual responses.
When I saw this session on the agenda I knew I wanted to attend. Last year, the chorus teacher and I did a short class swap exploring the relationship of art and music. This session definitely inspired us to take it to the next level. This year, Chorus students are creating works of art related to music. We started with visual responses to music, talked about Kandinsky, and are now creating works of art inspired by their spring concert music. My advanced 8th grade class is working to create beats with the chorus teacher. They choose common objects to create visual works of art about. They also recorded the sounds that object makes in order to create their beats with the chorus teacher. All of this will be on display at a collaborative show in May.
In this session we did a warm-up they had done with their students. Everyone was given a notecard and various art mediums (crayons, colored pencil, marker, etc.). In a short amount of time, 1-2 minutes, we were asked to create a visual reaction to the music that played. We then discussed, what emotions do you feel? How did the pace of the music impact your visual? Another suggested warm-up was display the progression bar on the screen and let music play. Have students note the time/times they were impacted by the music. Then could then go back and listen to certain segments to create visual responses.
When I saw this session on the agenda I knew I wanted to attend. Last year, the chorus teacher and I did a short class swap exploring the relationship of art and music. This session definitely inspired us to take it to the next level. This year, Chorus students are creating works of art related to music. We started with visual responses to music, talked about Kandinsky, and are now creating works of art inspired by their spring concert music. My advanced 8th grade class is working to create beats with the chorus teacher. They choose common objects to create visual works of art about. They also recorded the sounds that object makes in order to create their beats with the chorus teacher. All of this will be on display at a collaborative show in May.