Modern Music focuses on modern music creation and performance using technology. Students will expand upon the knowledge learned through elementary general music to explore various digital music tools and software in order to compose, arrange, and produce their own original music. Through hands-on projects, activities, and performances, students will develop essential skills in note reading, composition, piano keyboarding, sound design, lighting design, live performance, and digital audio production. Activities and project examples will include creating a podcast, composing music using the blues, designing a light show, and composing a soundtrack for a movie using online software programs for creating and composing music.