8th Grade GarageBand Project

Objective

• View the paintings on the following PowerPoint slides.

• Choose one painting for which you will compose music which matches the theme, mood, or general feeling of the painting

Requirements

• GarageBand song must be AT LEAST 60-90 seconds in length.

• Use GarageBand techniques like looping, dynamic changes, and layering sounds

• Answer the questions at the end of this presentation• An 8 sentence (at least) paragraph describing your

song and how you think it mimics your painting, why you chose it, your musical decisions, etc.– Include the title and creator of the painting

Kandinsky, 1913:Color Study of Squares

Salvador Dali, 1931: The Persistence of Memory

Kandinsky, 1923:Composition VIII

Jackson Pollock, 1952:Convergence

Van Gogh, 1889:Starry Night

Monet, 1920-1926:Water Lillies

Andy Warhol, 1962:Marilyn Diptych

Pablo Picasso, 1921:Three Musicians

Joan Miro:The Nightingale’s Song at Midnight and Morning Rain

Questions

• 1. Which painting did you choose?• 2. How would you describe the mood or

theme of your painting? What kind of feeling does it give?

• 3. In what ways does your composition mimic the mood/feeling of your painting?