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Let's Tune up the Band

School:: New Smyrna Beach Middle School
Subject:: Music
Teacher:: Jonathan Brodie
Students Impacted:: 1000
Grade:: 6-8
Date:: August 17, 2023

50% Funded

Only $500.00 Needed

Impact to My Classroom

# of Students Impacted: 150

Having access to a tuner for students has been a key sucess to our tone building this year. This has a llowed out students at all levels beginning to advanced to have an equal playing field for artistic development. We have been using them weekly and even daily in some classes. Some sudents even got to help with the 3d printing process to put stand tuner holders on our music stands. Students always work harder and strive for a higher level of success when they have the tools. Futures foundation allowed that growth this year with our project. Thank you

The Band students and I must thank Futures Foundation Board and the Futures staff for their support of the Performing Arts at New Smyrna Beach Middle. Without the continued support of our local communities the Arts and Humanities would cease to exist. We look forward to the impact this equipment will have for many years to come.

Original Grant Overview

Goal

To provide Tuners, mics, and Tuner holders to Students who don't have a personal devices in class when teaching intonation.

What will be done with my students

We will purchase tuner/metronome combos with mics and will 3d print mounts for the stands so that they stay secure and safe for many years to come. Students who didn't have access to a device before will be able to ensure they are mastering the same skills and tasks without having to share 3-4 to a personal phone or tuner.

MU.68.C.1.1 Develop strategies for listening to unfamiliar musical works.
MU.68.C.1.3 Identify, aurally, instrumental styles and a variety of instrumental ensembles.
MU.68.C.2.1 Critique personal performance, experiment with a variety of solutions, and make appropriate adjustments with guidance from teachers and peers.
MU.68.C.2.2 Critique, using correct music vocabulary, changes in one’s own or others’ musical performance resulting from practice or rehearsal.
MU.68.F.3.1 Describe how studying music can enhance citizenship, leadership, and global thinking.
MU.68.H.1.1 Describe the functions of music from various cultures and time periods.
MU.68.H.1.3 Describe how American music has been influenced by other cultures.
MU.68.O.1.1 Compare performances of a musical work to identify artistic choices made by performers.
MU.68.O.3.1 Describe how the combination of instrumentation and expressive elements in a musical work can convey a specific thought, idea, mood, and/or image.
MU.68.O.3.2 Perform the expressive elements of a musical work indicated by the musical score and/or conductor, and transfer new knowledge and experiences to other musical works.
MU.68.S.3.6 Develop and demonstrate efficient rehearsal strategies to apply skills and techniques.

Benefits to my students

Our students perform in the community all year long. With 40-50 kids per class each year having enough resources is a large challenge to overcome. Learning to play in Tune with your neighbor and section is once of the most challenging tasks to master for a young musician. Having a tuner handy ensures students have a device to show them their mistakes at an early developmental stage and gives them a visual on how to correct bad intonation.
In todays day in age phones have made this easier with apps costing only $3-4 but not every student has a phone handy and not every student can afford the app. In order to combat this in the past we have had to share and take extra time to give each student a chance with the device we do have. Having enough to get that class time back and allow us to use them more often in rehearsals is essential.
By 3d printing a mount for the stand students will be able to see the tuner while reading music and ensure we have no accidental damage. This will ensure that our tuners last for many years to come positively impacting 200 students each year.