Summer Competition 2017

These are the different options available for earning points during the summer competition. Remember that this competition is in effect from June 1st through August 15th at 11:59 PM. You can complete TWO additional activities every day in additional to your regular practice time. If you decide to do one of the more involved options (SoundTrap, NoteFlight, or Incredibox) don't forget to watch the tutorial videos so you know how to use the programs. I will be updating videos, playlists, and games on a weekly basis. The first update will happen on Sunday, June 11th except for the Classics for Kids podcast will be updated on Sunday June 4th. Make sure you submit what you have done every day through the Points Submitting Page

• Daily Required Practicing - 200 points
• Students who are in books levels 1-2 OR taken for 0-2 years should be practicing for a minimum of 30 minutes.
• Students who are in books levels 3-4 OR taken for 3-4 years should be practicing for a minimum of 45 minutes.
• Students who are in books levels 5+ OR taken for 5-6 years should be practicing for a minimum of 1 hour.
• Students who have taken for 7+ years should be practicing for a minimum of 1 hour and 15 minutes.
   
• YouTube Performance Watching 
• Liszt, Hungarian Rhapsody No.6, Martha Argerich 1966 - 50 points
• Lang Lang: George Gershwin - Rhapsody in Blue  - 100 points
•  Yundi Li: La campanella - 50 points
• Artur Rubinstein in De Falla's "Ritual Fire Dance" - 50 points
• Mussorgsky: Night on Bald Mountain- 75 points
• YouTube Performance Watching (Week 2)
• Chopin Fantasie-Impromptu Op.66 - 50 points
• Amazing Composition by blind pianist Nobuyuki Tsujii - 50 points
• Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 2 performed by Evgeny Kissin - 100 points
• Grieg Piano Concerto in A minor Op. 16 performed by Alice Sara Ott - 100 points
• Joshua Bell: Bruch Violin Concerto No.1 - 100 points
• YouTube Performance Watching (Week 3 - new options)
• Glenn Gould and Leonard Bernstein: Bach Piano Concerto No. 1 - (Clip) - 50 points
• Full TV Performance Gould and Bernstain play Bach Keyboard Concerto No. 1 - 150 points
• Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor "Pathétique" - Daniel Barenboim - 50 points
• Vladimir Ashkenazy: Frédéric Chopin - 24 Préludes Opus 28 - 125 points
• Spotify Playlist Listening
• Week 1
• Medieval/Renaissance Playlist - 50 points
• Baroque Time Period Playlist - 100 points
• Classical Time Period Playlist - 100 points
• Romantic Time Period Playlist - 100 points
• Contemporary Time Period Playlist - 100 points
• Week 2
• Baroque Time Period Playlist Week 2 - 100 points
• Classical Time Period Playlist Week 2 - 100 points
• Romantic Time Period Playlist Week 2 - 100 points
• Contemporary Time Period Playlist Week 2 - 100 points
• New Age Playlist - 100 points
• Week 3
• Baroque Time Period Playlist Week 3 - Vivaldi - 125 points
• Classical Time Period Playlist Week 3 - Mozart - 125 points
• Romantic Time Period Playlist Week 3 - Saint-Saens - 75 points
• Contemporary Time Period Playlist Week 3 - Prokofiev - 100 points
• Music Games/Tutorials/Exercises/Podcasts
• Classics For Kids Weekly Show - 50 points
• Make sure you select to listen to the "This Week's Show". Complete the 3 question quiz at the bottom of the webpage in conjunction with the weekly show. You will need to let me know what score you got on the quiz.
• Past Show aired on June 3rd - 50 points
• Past Show aired on June 10th - 50 points
• Learn To Play Jazz - Podcast #2 - Getting Started - 100 points
• Learn To Play Jazz - Podcast #4 - Major Scales Explained - 100 points
• Learn To Play Jazz - Podcast #7 - Major and Minor Triads - 100 points
• Learn To Play Jazz - Podcast #8 - Triad Inversions - 100 points
• Learn To Play Jazz - Podcast #9 - Voiceleading Triad Inversions - 100 points
•  Note Name Games - 50 points
• Treble and Bass Clef - Spaces 
• Treble and Bass Note Name Invaders 
• Bass Clef Sports Blaster 
  
• Rhythm Games - 50 points
• Add It Up Rhythms
• Listen to the Rhythms
  
• Music Terms - 50 points
• Key Signature Identification - 75 points
• Do this exercise for at least a minute and at least 10 questions. Make sure you pay attention to what score you get.
• Reset the score before you begin this exercise by clicking on the three ellipses in the right hand top corner, select "reset score" then the red "reset" area. Now you are ready to begin. 
• Level 1 Interval Ear Training - 100 points
• Do this exercise for at least 2 minutes and at least 15 questions. Make sure you pay attention to what score you get. This is only in the key of CM (no accidentals needed) and only doing perfect, minor, and major intervals. 
• Reset the score before you begin this exercise by clicking on the three ellipses in the right hand top corner, select "reset score" then the red "reset" area. Now you are ready to begin. 
  
  
• SoundTrap Project - 150 points
• You will need to create a free account on this website to utilize the software. 
• Visit This site and select "Get Started" then "Personal Use" and Sign up using whichever method you wish to (Remember to have parental permission as they need to sign up for children younger than 13)
• You will need to use the Google Chrome browser to use this software. If you do not have this browser installed you can install here.
• Click to "Enter Studio"
• Select "Blank" template to create your own
• Watch the tutorial videos found at the top of the screen
  
• After you are finished with your composition, select to "Collaborate" with me and then send it via my studio email (kofoedmusic2013@gmail.com) and Send.
  
• Once you have shared your composition with me then I can look at it once you have submitted that you have completed a SoundTrap project through the Points Submitting Page.
  
  
• Incredibox - 100 points
• Watch This Tutorial Video paying special attention in how to add, remove, mute, and solo "dudes". Pay close attention towards the end of the video on how to "record" and how to share.
• Go to http://www.incredibox.com/ and select either versions 2, 3, or 4 to make your own piece.
• Create your own and record it then share your project using the URL link and submit that in the "comments" section of the Points Submitting Page.
  
  
• NoteFlight Projects
• Watch the following tutorials before you begin:
•  Getting Started with Noteflight: Creating Your First Score
•  The Score Editor
•  How To Complete and Submit Projects
• Go tohttps://www.noteflight.com/ and select to "Sign Up" from the top right corner. Sign up using whatever credentials you want.
• You will need to finish creating your profile before it will take you to your home screen.
• Select "New Score" and choose a blank sheet, get started on either of the two available projects.
•  After you are finished with your project you need to "connect" and "share" it with me. You need to click to "Connect" in the top right corner, then make sure "everyone" can access the score and "anyone with a link can 'view' it." Make sure you save this setting. Next, click the "share link" and copy and paste the link given into the comments section of the Points Submitting Page.
  

• Transposition Project - 100 points
• Week 1 - Complete the Transposition of This Song for both the Treble AND Bass staves for only the first 8 measures. We are going to transpose UP to the key of B Major. Double check your key signatures, intervals, and accidentals as you input everything.
• Create own Composition Project - 150 points
• Create your own piece of music with both treble and bass staves for piano, and just treble for violin. Make sure your piece is at least 20 measures long.

After you have completed your daily practice or any additional projects for the day make sure you submit what you have completed through this Points Submitting Page