PianoSlam5

Poemedyfor 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.