Soundwalks and Sound Map Music Composition and Technology Lesson Plan

Students will make one or more of the following:

1. Design and participate in a Sound Walk, documenting, recording, and noting the sound of the environment.
2. Make a Soundwalk composition
3. Make a Soundwalk map
4. Make a digital sound map
   Objectives
   Within 2-6 lessons, students will compose a digital Sound Map based on the undertaken Soundwalk. In the process the student will:
   • Acquire knowledge of Soundwalks
   • Acquire knowledge of Sound maps
   • Acquire an awareness of the sounds of the environment
   • Design a Sound Walk
   • Design a Sound Map
   • Record sound for digital placement on the Sound Map
   • Become familiar with software such as mapme.com
   • Understand the significance of documenting and preserving our physical environment in sound
   Concepts
   • Sound Map: Cartographic, Compositional, Performative
   • Soundwalk
   • Acoustic Environment
   • Soundscape
   Included: Sound Walk Checklist template