the presentation is going to be about Glenn Miller

Your assignment is to plan and prepare a maximum 15 minute PowerPoint presentation to include the following three sections:

Part I Biography of Artist

-Relevant and focused biographical information only.

-Summarize the life of your artist form birth to death, emphasizing the significant highlights and life experiences.

-Develop and format five or six slides, with images and not excessive written information. Your slides should have as few words as possible.

Part II Musical Influences and Style Identification

-Who were the musicians, teachers and other musical influences that shaped your artist’s unique musical style?

-How would you classify the artist’s musical genre and unique style?

-What are the style characteristics that support this decision?

-Develop and format two or three slides with images and not too much written information.

-Include a You Tube video of the artist in performance.

Part III Musical Analysis ( the audio is attached is a presentation form )

-Analyze the musical structure of your recording. This analysis map will be your final slide.

-Analyze the structure of your recording by mapping the sequence of musical events, left to right.

-Present and clarify the map features by answering the following questions:

-What is the specific style genre and sub genre?

-What is the meter?

-How long (number of bars) is each musical event?

-What are the types of musical events?

-What is the form of the main theme, head, song, etc.?

-Are there improvised solos?

-Are there transitions?

-Are there unique or unusual departures from standard design?

-What are the dominant timbres?

-Are there any unusual timbres?

-Any other relevant or unusual musical details?

This presentation will be graded on the parameters described in the Presentation Rubric.

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