Darrell Branaman

4/3/17
MUSE 250 (Brass Tech)
1. Materials

a. I nstruments

c. S
core of Music along with other pieces My Heart Will Go On

d. S
tand

E. Baton

2. Concept

a. L
earning song from paper

b. P
ass offs from melody to melody

C. Being expressive with dynamics and tempo fluctuation

3. National Standards

a. S
inging, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music. (Standard 1)

b. P
erforming on instruments, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music. (Standard 2)

c. L
istening to, analyzing, and describing music. (Standard 6)

d. U
nderstanding music in relation to history and culture. (Standard 9)

4. Objectives

a. S
tudents will be able to sing melody and rhythm of My Heart Will Go On

b. Students will be able to and play corresponding major scale

c. S
tudents will be able to play My Heart Will Go On on instruments
5. T
itle of Music Selection

a. My Heart Will Go On

6. P
rocedure (needs completed)

a. First I will have an introduction for the class about the song.(Where I heard it first and what it means
to me.)

b. Then I will have the students sing after me the rhythm of the melody and then sing the melody with
pitches after I do.

c. Next I will have the students play the concert B flat major scale

d . Then I will have the students play the song as a whole.

I will be conducting the ensemble and try and show the dynamics along with the tempo
fluctuations.

e. After their first read through I will work on balance, pass offs of the melody along with articulations
of the notes, and playing together as an ensemble.

f. We will work on parts of the song to fix any issues that we have run into. This will be the part section
of my teaching.

g. I will Then at the completion of my lesson go back and go over the whole melody making sure
everything I have gone over is remembered in the lesson.

7. C
losure/ Review

a. As the students play the whole song by themselves I will be listening as I direct to hear if they are
making dynamic contrast, while listening for intonation problems and seeing if I can see. Along with this
I will constantly be listening to the pass off between the sections with the melody and to make sure they
are embracing the dynamics properly.
b. I f I cant hear or see any I will know that they have learned the song and scale in an adequate way.

c. I f not I will know that I have to go back and fix problems.

I will make sure they understand how the song fits into our society culturally.