What if you have an orchestra, or a band - or choir, any context. What might you do to ask the students to cover or remix, or create a parody, etc - any of those ways Tobias highlights in his article?
One activity that I would do with a music class in order to engage them with contemporary music would be getting them to do a "songwriting/cover" type unit. I would have the students pick a song that they like and try to write their own melody and lyrics to that backing track. I think it would let people experiment with their own original ideas while also giving them a comfortable base to work on. It would be really interesting to see how students might repurpose a song's melody to their own imagination.
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Carole PalattaoI'm an 18 year old studying classical voice at Western University. I'm also a hardcore mental health advocate, and I do creative writing on the side for fun!
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