Guidelines
Music-Drama - Presentation

Choose a song, poem or story on which to base your music-drama.  If you choose a story or a poem you will need to add songs or set some of the texts to music. Each presentation must include singing and you may ask the audience (the rest of the class) to join in the singing. If you do, please make appropriate plans and preparations for carrying this out smoothly.

The substance: As you create your music-drama be sure to include singing, acting, scenery, costumes, musical instruments. Please use things that you have or can find. Do not spend $$$ buying things for this project. Your final presentation should be about 5-8 minutes long and should consider the elements and skills of music, art and drama. As part of your the wrap up (post performance) discussion you must discuss how you use at least two elements of each of these arts in your performance.

Personnel: You will be divided into groups. If you need more actors than you have in your group please plan to incorporate classmates whom you will recruit at your final rehearsal. Each group will have 15-20 minutes of class time to rehearse before your performance. Your group should be the core of your presentation and you may assign some smaller parts to class members not in your group.

Note: Your performance will be videotaped.

Evaluation (8 points):

Updated on 8/1/08