PianoSlam5
Poemedy™for Educators© 2013
Friday, January 18, 2013
Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County
Dranoff International 2 Piano Foundation
PIANOSLAM™ VOLUME 5
"SUMMER SKOOL IN JANUARY!"
OR
"URBAN PULSE"
WITH
CARLENE SAWYER
YAMIT GEIGER LEMOINE
SUMMER HILL SEVEN
8:00 am - 8:30 am Registration/Networking/Coffee
8:20 am - 8:25 am Piano Slam - 2012 Video
8:25 am - 8:30 am Overture - Yamit Geiger Lemoine (TBA)
8:30 am - 8:40 am Welcome/Objectives - Jairo Ontiveros/Carlene Sawyer
8:45 am - 9:00 am Summer Skool Poemedy - Yamit Geiger Lemoine/Summer Hill Seven
9:00 am - 9:15 am Guided Meditation #4 - Abraham Hicks
9:20 am - 9:30 am Performers Stretch/Shake (Divide into three groups).
Urban Pulse composed by Marcel Bergmann performed by Yoshie & Takashi (2005 Two Piano Competition Winners)
9:30 am - 9:45 am The Philosophical Premise of Poemedy: The Glass is completely full! Poemedy is a tool for edutainment & advocacy.
9:45 am - 10:45 am The Writing Process!
The following authors are direct INFLUENCES on the poemedy writing aesthetic in chronological order:
James Baldwin - Langston Hughes - Dale Carnegie - Og Mandino - Laurence Holder - William Shakespeare - George Bernard Shaw - August Wilson - Ezra Pound - William Carlos Williams.
Yamit/Carlene - Favorite Composers - TBA
Exercise 1: Write a perfect poemedy, which is a 7 syllable restatement of a philosophical position related to your life.
Examples: Life is always perfected; The glass is completely full; Life is a game - play to win.
Exercise 2: Write a complete perfect poemedy, which consists of 7 verse lines, each containing 7 syllables.
Exercise 3: Repeat Exercises 1 & 2 with musical terms.*
10:45 am - 11:00 am The Intermission or Bathroom Break.
11:00 am - 12:00 pm The Performing Process! [Hamlet's Advice to the players! ]
The following performers are direct INFLUENCES on the poemedy performance aesthetic in chronological order:
Mr. Richard Pryor - Whoopi Goldberg - Anna Deavere Smith - Roger Guenevere Smith - Mr. Denzel Washington - Joe Morton - Danny Hoch - Jeffrey Wright - Mr. Samuel L. Jackson - Mr. Morgan Freeman - Andrew Wade (Royal Shakespeare Company) - Mr. Anthony Zerbe - Roy Hart Group (France) - Mr. Sanford Robbins (PTTP).
Yamit/Carlene - Favorite Musical Performers - TBA
Game 1: Harmonization - Yamit Geiger Lemoine
Game 2: Pass The Perfect Poemedy - Summer Hill Seven
Game 3: Balance the Space - Summer Hill Seven via Ethan McSweeny
12:00 pm - 12:15 pm Live Performance: TBA!
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm Evaluation - Written/Spoken:
12:30 pm - 12:45 pm Summary
12: 45 pm - 13:00 pm Inaugural Poemedy
As if a man were author of himself! William Shakespeare
Relevant Vocabulary Words for Students*
A-cappella Adagio Andante Allegro Azure
Blues Banjo Bongo Bango Bingo
Cadence Composition Cue Cerulean Crescendo
Dance Duet Duo Deep Dip
E (double flat) Eighth Note Encore Enharmonic Ensemble
Fagotto Fermato Finale Flat Flourish
Galante Galop Genre Gig Glide
Habanera Hammer Harmony Harp Haut
Inflection Integrate Interlude Intonation Ionian
Jack Jitterbug Jigg Jive Just
Kabuki Kantor Klammer Klang Kuchka
Lating rim shot Largo Lauda Leadbelly Liturgy
Maestro Majeur Major Mambo Movement
Natural Neck Ninth Non Nota
O Ode Operetta Opus Overture
Poemedy Poetry Poetic Portamento Polyrhythm
Quadrat Quartet Quill Quintet Quyada
Rakim Range Rap Rhyme Rhythm
Salsa Samba Slam Spit Sonata
Tabor Tambourine Tam-tam Tempo The Five
Über Unison Ukulele Up-bow Upbeat
Variation Vamp Vaudeville Verve Viola
West Coast Swing Waltz Washboard Word painting Windmaschine
X Xilofono Xyl. Xylophon Xalimon
Yankee doodle Yesteryear Yimmie Yodel Yü
Z Zart Zills Zimbelstern Zydeco
*http://www.music.vt.edu/musicdictionary/ is a great source for musical and multimedia vocabulary. Definitions for most of these words can be found there or via google.