Note to ALL Students: 

You would be very wise to read everything on this page.  Failure to comply with the specifics of this assignment just because you didn't bother to read them will really tick me off!

Guidelines for PowerPoint or Keynote Presentation

You will present a be a brief (5-6 minute) PowerPoint presentation on an assigned composer.

Here are some elements you might include in your talk:

    1. Brief biography of your composer. Do not give a blow by blow chronology.  Tell us the important points.

    2. Their musical style used and his/her relation to associated culture

    3. Why your composer is important - what did he/she do that we should study and remember today

1. 4. NOTE:  Your project will be posted for peer assessment and evaluation.  Place a copy of your Finished work in your “drop box” on the school server.
   

1. 5. How to embed your PowerPoint using Scribed into you Blog.
   

 

     Composers

   1.  Hildegard von Bingen

   2.  Guillaume de Machaut

   3.  Josquin Desprez

   4.  Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

   5.  Claudio Monteverdi

   6.  Henry Purcell

   7.  Antonio Vivaldi

   8.  Johann Sebastian Bach

   9.  George Frideric Handel

  10. Joseph Haydn

  11Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

  12. Ludwig van Beethoven

  13. Franz Schubert

  14.Robert Schumann

  15.Clara Wieck Schumann

  16.Frederic Chopin

  17.Franz Liszt

  18.Felix Mendelssohn

  19.Hector Berlioz

  20.Antonin Dvorak

  21.Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

  22.Johannes Brahms

  23.Giuseppe Verdi

  24.Giacomo Puccini

  25.Richard Wagner

  26.Claude Debussy

  27.Igor Stravinsky

  28.Arnold Schoenberg

  29.Alban Berg

  30.Anton Webern

  31.Bela Bartok

  32.Charles Ives

  33.George Gershwin

  34.William Grant Still

  35.Aaron Copland

  36.John Cage

Assessment Criteria

Letter grades on this rubric translate to the following grade level for “Levels of Achievement”.  

A=7/6, B=5/4, C=3, D=2, F=1

Content

State your name and the title of your presentation at the beginning.

A good rule to follow: 

    1) Tell us what you're going to say,

    2) Say it, 

    3) Recap - tell us what you said.  

This is a simple matter of voicing your intent so that we know what to listen for as you go through your material to make your point.  Then, at the end, you will restate your intent (which should be your conclusion).  By the way, "Well, that's the end of my talk" is not a conclusion.

1. •Don't just present a bunch of "Trivial Pursuit"- type facts and information.  Analyze your information and draw conclusions. 
   

1. •At the end of your presentation, I should not be able to say: "And your point is ?"
   

Media

1. •When you use PowerPoint or Keynote for your presentation, be careful not to use too much text on the slide.  Wordy slides distract your audience into reading instead of listening to you.  "Bullet" important points in a very few words to aid your audience in following your elaborations.  You should really have no more than 20 words per slide at the most.
   

1. •If you use sound clips, you must have everything in your presentation self-contained.  Be sure and rehearse your presentation.  There is definitely a Murphy's Law of Media:  something will go wrong, especially if you have not rehearsed.
   

1. •Make your clips short.  Play only a short section to make your point.
   

1. •Use graphics on your slides:  photographs, paintings, representative art of the same period, etc.
   

1. •How to use MP3 audio files with PowerPoint:
   

1. On the slide in which you wish to insert the audio file, click insert - movies and sounds -  sound from file and choose the mp3

2. Choose “automatically” in response to the “How do you want the sound to start in the slide show?”  

This is your choice, but the following procedure seems to work best:

1. 1.Do not put music files on any slides which have text.  For example, use your bulleted text slides to make verbal points about your subject, give explanations, etc.
   

2. 2.When you get ready to play an example, insert the audio file into the NEXT slide and set the music to begin automatically when you get to that slide.  Put a picture or graphic on that slide.
   

3. The result:  you say everything you need to before the audio clip, go on to the next slide which automatically plays the clip.  When you have heard enough of the clip,  go on to the next slide and the music automatically stops so that you can go on to your next point.

Presentation

1. •Try to avoid distracting vocal mannerisms such as "like" or "you know"; leaning on the lectern, shifting your feet, propping your foot on the lectern or on your other foot,  hands in pockets or fiddling with objects on the lectern.   You get the idea.  The focus should be on what you are saying, not on you.
   

1. •Begin your presentation by announcing your name and the title of your subject
   

1. •Speak slowly and clearly.  Do not rush through, mumble, or speak at a low volume.
   

1. •Do not read the entire report.  Use notes if you wish, but as a guide.
   

1. •Practice your timing.  Don't lose points because you don't have as much material as you thought or because you ramble on too long.  Don't forget to allow for the time your music clips will take.