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Finalizing on research topic and team name.
【 Topic 】: A Cappella Poetic Voices - HanGuang Vocal Band
【 Team 】: The Beautiful Voices
Methodology
Data Compilation
- Sorting through related websites and news articles
- Sorting through Facebook fan page
- Sorting through and grouping data provided by the band
- Sorting through interviews
- Sorting through and analyzing questionnaires
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Interview Q&A
- Inviting and contacting the interviewee
- Making invitation cards
- Designing interview questions
- Rehearsing interviews
- The actual interview
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Everything About the Band
- Recording of band practices
- Filming of singing rehearsals
- Interviewing teachers and band members
- Sharing and interpreting a song
- Event filming and documentation
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Learning Activities
Taipei South Town Art Festival 2014 —The Contemporary Art of Chinese Characters
- Rehearsal observation and documentation
- Interviewing band members and Cultural Association
- Questionnaire on how well do people know about a cappella
- Event filming and documentation
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Special Concert
- Questionnaire on how well do people know about a cappella
- Questionnaire on the audience’s satisfaction about the concert
- Interviewing band director and teachers
- Attending the concert
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Yu-Tsai A Cappella Exhibition
- Activities and guided tour planning
- Prop preparation:
a. sign boards, b. related video clips, c. self-improvised song and performance
- Guided tour activities rehearsal
- Event filming and documentation
- Best guided tour voting
- Questionnaire on a cappella and the band before versus after the guided tour
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In-school A Cappella Music Seminar
- Event planning
- Contacting between the band and school personnel
- Promoting during lunch time radio broadcast
- Venue decoration
- Event rehearsal
- Event filming and documentation
- A cappella demonstration:
a. tntroduction, b. the making of songs for a cappella, c. live a cappella demonstration
- Questionnaire on the level of satisfaction and the perception on the music seminar
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Bringing A Cappella into Music Classes
- Designing a brief introduction on a cappella
- Making a vocal bass and VP demonstration video clip
- Instructing on ‘Learning poetry though a cappella’ competition
- Class filming and documentation
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Learning Poetry Through A Cappella Competition
- Competition planning
- Rehearsal filming and documentation
- Event filming and documentation
- Questionnaire on the competition
- Interview with the judges
- Watching and discussing competition clips by grade
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Questionnaire Analysis
- Questionnaires from the public
- Questionnaires from the concert audience
- Questionnaires from the music seminar audience
- Questionnaires from in-school guided tour
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Analysis on the Poems
- Organizing poems performed by HanGuang Vocal Band
- Learning about the poems’ authors, their meaning and underlying essence
- Presenting afterthoughts on the band’s interpretation of the poems
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Poetic Creation of "Joy of Studying in Four Seasons" in A Cappella
- Learning about the verses and essence of “ Joy of Studying in Four Seasons ”
- Poetic creation of “ Joy of Studying in Four Seasons ” by the Beautiful Voices
- Analysis by parts on the choir singing "Joy of Studying in Four Seasons" in a cappella
- A cappella parts assignment and singing rehearsal
- Recording of "Joy of Studying in Four Seasons" in a cappella by the Beautiful Voices
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Setting up the Website
- Learning to set up a website
- Planning the layout of the website
- Designing the appearance of the website
- Organizing website content and materials
- Setting up the website
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Research Results
Video clip of Yu-Tsai A Cappella Guided Tour
Presentation of A Cappella Music Classes
A Cappella Demonstration Video Clip
Our version of "Joy of Studying in Four Seasons" in a cappella |
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Final Presentation – Topic Website
Source: the Beautiful Voices
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