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Composing as inspired by Gordon Hamilton SNAP

Teacher guide Composing as inspired by Gordon Hamilton SNAP

TLF ID M024861

This set of resources focuses on composition. Students listen to and analyse the orchestral work, SNAP, by Australian composer Gordon Hamilton. They develop their own skills in composition and perform and record their own piece. A video features conductor Richard Gill AO exploring the work SNAP with musicians from the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra. An audio recording of the piece as performed by the TSO is provided, and downloadable PDF resources include a Teacher Resource Booklet and a copy of the orchestral score. The resources are part of a larger collection, The Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra in your classroom – Insights into the workings of music with Richard Gill AO.

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Educational value
  • This resource would be extremely valuable for the Making strand of the Music curriculum for Year 9 to 10, especially for content descriptions that refer to manipulating elements of music in a range of styles or refining performance repertoire with increasing technical and interpretive skill, and planning and organising compositions with an understanding of style and convention.
  • This resource would be equally valuable for the Responding strand of the Music curriculum for Year 9 to 10 especially for content descriptions that refer to the evaluation of music and compositions to inform and refine their own compositions.
Year level

9; 10

Topics Torres Strait Islander art Aboriginal art Musical notation Music styles Music Music appreciation Music structure Composing (Music) Music performance Musical elements Rehearsal (Music) Improvisation (Music) Ear training
Learning area
  • The Arts
  • Music

Other details

Contributors
  • Contributor
  • Name: Education Services Australia
  • Organization: Education Services Australia
  • Description: Data manager
  • Address: VIC, AUSTRALIA
  • URL: http://www.esa.edu.au/
  • Copyright Holder
  • Name: Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
  • Organization: Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
  • URL: https://www.tso.com.au
  • Publisher
  • Name: Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
  • Organization: Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
  • Description: Publisher
  • URL: https://www.tso.com.au
  • Resource metadata contributed by
  • Name: Education Services Australia Ltd
  • Organisation: Education Services Australia Ltd
  • Address: AUSTRALIA
  • URL: www.esa.edu.au
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Learning Resource Type
  • Online
Rights
  • © 2017 Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra Pty Ltd, unless otherwise indicated. Unless otherwise indicated, this material may be used in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Australia (CC BY-NC 3.0 AU) licence https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/au/