Comments on: Teaching Ideas For Using STOMP in a General Music Class

By: janice

janice — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 00:31:17 +0000

Your course sounds fantastic Sarah. What country do you teach in? do you use sheet music or do you get the students to play from rote? I’m just so full of questions for you and thanks for telling us all about it!

By: Sarah

Sarah — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 14:17:13 +0000

Our 7th grade arts rotation class for music is called “Music with Ordinary Objects” in the style of STOMP. It has been a great success in sound and creativity, particularly for students who have not had previous success or enjoyment in music class. They learn concepts of rhythm, timbre, form, technique etc. while getting to “play” with buckets, poles, sticks, metal tubes etc. It is one of the best classes I’ve ever taught. I would love to collaborate with another teacher doing such things.

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By: Serge Puchinsky

Serge Puchinsky — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:43:33 +0000

Stomp is a great show – I’ve taken my students to see it several times in New York in the past and I was just recently there this past winter for my son’s 13th birthday.

In the classroom the “stomp” repertoire is a great way to get the kids performing music and reading rhythm. For more advanced elementary or high school classes there’s a great resource of “stomp-like” compositions and arrangements over at Row-loff Percussion: http://www.rowloff.com

My music theory and fundamentals classes are currently preparing a vocal-percussion piece by Lalo Davila titled “Rockin’ Rickie Rocket” – the students love performing it, and it really helps them get a deeper understanding of rhythmic concepts.