Kansas Music Standard #3: The teacher of music has skills in composing and arranging music.

Knowledge

• The teacher knows the ranges and traditional usages of various musical sound sources.

Performance

• The teacher composes music appropriate for various developmental stages.
• The teacher uses imagination and technical skill in applying the principles of composition.
• The teacher transcribes or arranges selected music for voices and instruments other than those for which the pieces were written in ways that preserve or enhance musical expression.

Throughout my studies as a music education student I have been taught theory concepts of composing and arranging for a variety of instruments.  This ability is important for music educators so they can rewrite parts or arrange music for small ensembles that works on individualized improvement of music pedagogy and technique.  I realize that there will be times due to instrumentation of an ensemble or other situations that I will need to manually rewrite, transpose, or compose parts for my ensemble.  My undergraduate experience has prepared me to do this by composing and arranging in a number of settings.  Throughout my undergraduate I have composed 4 small ensemble pieces and arranged for a wind quintet. 

Artifacts

-Rhythm Warm-up Sheet

This artifact is a Rhythm Warm-up Sheet I dictated for the Kansas State University Band.  The Rhythm Sheet was used as a reference and warm-up for the University Band to play for the peice "Fanfare for the Third Planet".  It consists of rhthms used in the peice.  It is meant as a practice tool and a tool for students to recognize important rhythms and listen for them in the peice.  

Rhythm Warm-up

-Instrumental Arrangement

This artifact is an instrumental arrangement of "Gypsy Serenade" by Johann Strauss II.  It was originally written for piano and I arranged it for a wind sextet.  This artifact demonstrates my ability to arrange and transpose music appropriately for an ensemble.

Instrumental Arrangement