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Presenting Music as Performer - a formula to success?
A section of the IBDP portfolio "Presenting Music" is dedicated to performing. A separate post about the creating part will follow...
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Elisabeth Eichmeyer
Jun 203 min read
Writing a successful Music Extended Essay in the IB Diploma Programme
This is the first part of several blog posts about the music extended essay in the diploma programme.
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International Music Navigator
Dec 7, 20234 min read
Practical musical experiments in performing - thoughts generated from class discussions
Image by Arek Socha from Pixabay Criterion D: Practical musical experiments in performing. (referring to page 63 of the DP music guide)...
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International Music Navigator
Dec 12, 20221 min read
EarSketch - Music and Coding
I love finding out about new ways to getting my students engaged. This time, I had the pleasure of writing about EarSketch for...
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International Music Navigator
Nov 17, 20222 min read
Music From Around the World
In my music classes, I make sure that my students are exposed to a variety of different styles and genres. It is important that they...
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International Music Navigator
Mar 23, 20221 min read
Music for a Purpose - Composing Background Music
Teaching Middle- and Highschool about chords and chord sequences is essential, however, at times it can be a bit "dry" or boring. By...
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International Music Navigator
Jul 17, 20212 min read
Responding Musically to a Challenging Topic
This year, during our last MYP 5 unit, which is taught in conjunction with History and German, we explored the concept of music and...
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International Music Navigator
Apr 8, 20213 min read
Creating music - getting students out of their comfort zone.
Most of my IBDP students are quite confident creating music. The challenge is to cover all four Areas of Inquiry in their PRESENTING...
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International Music Navigator
Feb 28, 20213 min read
Experimenting With Music as a Performer
Experimenting as performer is a fascinating concept of the new IBDP Music course. However, it can lead to some confusion. In order to...
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International Music Navigator
Nov 24, 20202 min read
Expanding the musical horizon - and keeping the students engaged in distance learning.
With the new IBDP curriculum, with no "set pieces" and no exam at the end of the course, I had to find a different way of exposing the...
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International Music Navigator
Nov 7, 20203 min read
Taking the Guesswork Out of MYP Music
After 24 years of teaching MYP music, I am absolutely thrilled that FINALLY an MYP music textbook is available for purchase! I had the...
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International Music Navigator
Oct 3, 20202 min read
The power of a checklist
Currently, my students are getting ready to turn in their draft for the Musical Links Investigation for the IBDP (May 2021) music course....
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International Music Navigator
Sep 24, 20202 min read
Teaching Band in times of Covid-19
A summary on how we teach wind instruments in times of Covid 19.
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International Music Navigator
Sep 13, 20202 min read
Some thoughts about the Performance Portfolio (May & Nov 2021 exams)
After more than 20 years of teaching different versions of the "old" curriculum, it almost feels bizarre that this will be my last round...
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International Music Navigator
Sep 3, 20202 min read
"Experimenting with music" vs "Exploring Music"in the IBDP music curriculum
In the past few months, I have had many conversations with educators about the difference between these two portfolios in the music DP...
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International Music Navigator
Aug 28, 20201 min read
Finally! So excited to meet my IBDP students next week
After weeks of preparation, I am absolutely thrilled to meet my new cohort for IBDP music next Tuesday. We will start with lessons in...
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International Music Navigator
Aug 18, 20202 min read
Planning units for IBDP Music in 2020 - a challenge!
Planning the units for a new curriculum is always truly exciting! Add in the pandemic and many additional factors need to be considered....
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International Music Navigator
Jul 20, 20202 min read
TOK and IBDP music
Theory of Knowledge (TOK) is, together with the Extended Essay and CAS, at the heart of the diploma course. While it is also taught as a...
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International Music Navigator
Jul 1, 20206 min read
Exploring music in context- Viennese Schrammelmusik
For my sister's birthday, we all gathered at a "Heurigen" in Vienna to enjoy some excellent wine, fun company and listen to really good...
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International Music Navigator
Jun 21, 20201 min read
8 bit video game music examples
In one of my previous post, I shared a tutorial I made for my MYP 1 (grade 6) students. We investigated pentatonic music in different...
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