Notice that the artists use various vocal sounds as well as the spoken voice and traditional and non-traditional instruments. Watch DUCT on the video Prairie Variations . Listen to and discuss fugues with the students. A fugue, similar to a round, is a musical form that uses a primary theme that is repeated, varied and imitated by one or more other voices or instruments. Listen to and discuss program music with the students.
Program music is music that is inspired by or associated with something other than music.
In their journals, have each student conceive a program piece on a theme or subject not already discussed. Discuss the variety of styles and ideas that the students see. Listen to contemporary Western European art music. Organize the students into small groups. Assign a different art work to each group.