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‘TOY SYMPHONY’: AN INTERNATIONAL MUSIC TECHNOLOGY PROJECT FOR CHILDREN

Type: journal article

Authors: Kevin Jennings

Abstract
The Hyperinstruments research group at the MIT Media Lab in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. developed a number of technology-based instruments and a piece of graphical software for composition for children in the 8-12 year age range. The ‘Toy Symphony’ project gave children in various cities in Europe and the USA access to these technologies during a series of workshops and culminated in a public concert in each city involving children, a local professional orchestra, conductor and violin soloist. The technologies, the workshop process and the concert are described and some observations are made on the value of these technologies for music teaching and learning.

Associated tags
metadata ▸ material ▸ Hyperscore
metadata ▸ material ▸ Music Shapers
metadata ▸ material ▸ Beatbugs
metadata ▸ contribution ▸ Evaluation
metadata ▸ year ▸ 2003
technological dimension ▸ applications ▸ Desktop
technological dimension ▸ input technologies ▸ Mouse, keyboard
technological dimension ▸ input technologies ▸ Tangibles, wearables
technological dimension ▸ system outputs ▸ Audio
musical dimension ▸ activities ▸ Creating
pedagogical dimension ▸ learning theories ▸ Constructivism
pedagogical dimension ▸ users ▸ Pre-school, primary
pedagogical dimension ▸ venues ▸ Lab