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in the fall of 2000, the Fine Arts Society Music Academy is a
weekly after-school music education program for children.
Scholarship-based keyboard lessons, music theory, and classical
listening are provided to Indianapolis' economically disadvantaged
elementary age students.
The
Fine Arts Society Music Academy teaches group keyboard lessons,
music theory, and classical music listening to elementary age,
economically disadvantaged children living in Indianapolis (particularly
the southeast side Fountain Square neighborhood) and attending
selected partner schools. Tuition free weekly classes include
piano and theory instruction, a practice keyboard, and music materials.
Scholarship students pay only a nominal registration fee and keyboard
deposit. After completing the program, children may keep
the keyboard. After two
years of the Music Academy group classes, students may receive
a scholarship for private piano lessons at the University of Indianapolis
Community Music Center. Students may also opt for private
lessons offered by the Music Academy teachers.
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help subsidize program costs for disadvantaged children, the Music
Academy enrolls paying students from selected schools in Indianapolis,
including St. Richard's School. Paying students may receive
private piano or percussion lessons. The Music Academy recently
added hand drumming and choir to its program offerings and plans
to initiate a string program in the future.
The
Fine Arts Society provides the Music Academy program for youth
that attend IPS #19, 20, #39, and #82 located on the southside
of Indianapolis (Fountain Square neighborhood) as well as Emmaus
Lutheran in that same neighborhood. In addition, the program
is offered at seven lower-income Archdiocese Indianapolis schools
(St. Andrew / St. Rita, St. Philip-Neri, St. Joan of Arc, Central
Catholic, Holy Angels, St. Anthony, and Holy Cross) and St. Richard's
School.
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Fine Arts Society Music Academy serves approximately 210 youth
in 3rd through 7th grades (ages 8-13). Approximately 79%
of program participants qualify for free or reduced lunch programs.
.: Goals of the Program:
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Increased
understanding of piano, music theory, classical music listening,
and increased ability to play the piano through hands-on instruction
and performances
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Increased
understanding and appreciation for classical music
Through
an Indiana Youth Institute study it was determined that this education
program will meet four developmental assets each year:
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The
Music Academy will provide opportunities for children to develop
and achieve their unique talents
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Children
will be motivated to perform well in their musical studies
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Children
will be actively engaged in learning
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Children
will build self-confidence based on their involvement with
the Music Academy
.: The Fine Arts Society Music Academy addresses the following
Indiana Academic Standards in Music:
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Content
Standard: 2. Playing an instrument alone and with others.
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Achievement
Standard: 2.1 Play a given pitch pattern.
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2.2
Echo rhythmic or melodic patterns.
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2.3
Play an easy ostinato accompaniment independently.
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2.5
Play a short melody using appropriate dynamics.
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2.6
Play an instrument with a group, following the cues of a conductor.
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Content
Standard: 3. Reading, notating, and interpreting music.
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Achievement
Standard: 3.1 Read and write whole, half, quarter, and
eighth notes and rests in 2/4 and 4/4 time signatures.
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3.2
Read pitch notation by the letter names on the lines and spaces
of the treble clef.
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3.3
Identify melodic direction in written pitch notation as moving
up or down by steps or skips.
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3.4
Identify and explain dynamic markings for forte, mezzo forte,
mezzo piano, piano, crescendo and diminuendo (decrescendo).
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3.5
Identify and explain the symbols for a fermata, octave, and
D. C. al Fine.
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Content
Standard: 4. Improvising melodies and accompaniments.
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Achievement
Standard: 4.1 Respond on a melodic or rhythmic instrument
to teacher given phrases.
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4.3
Invent short songs or pieces using several types of sounds.
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Content
Standard: 6. Listening to, analyzing, and describing
music.
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Achievement
Standard: 6.1 Diagram musical forms such as AB or ABA.
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6.2
Use movement to indicate changes in the form of the music,
and talk about those changes.
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6.3
Write a glossary of musical terms.
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6.4
Identify various instruments by sight or sound.
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6.5
Use movements to demonstrate understanding of the musical
events being heard.
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Content
Standard: 9. Evaluating and critiquing music and music
performances.
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Achievement
Standard: 9.1 Compare two or more performances and compositions.
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9.2
Discuss likes and dislikes of musical examples using familiar
musical terms.
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For
more information or if you are interested in teaching
or volunteering for the Fine Arts Society Music Academy
please contact:
Laura
Warren
Education Coordinator
317-788-3291
lwarren@fasindy.org
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