Planning

 

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


Interview Q&A

  • Inviting and contacting the interviewee
  • Making invitation cards
  • Designing interview questions
  • Rehearsing interviews
  • The actual interview

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Questionnaire Analysis

  • Questionnaires from the public
  • Questionnaires from the concert audience
  • Questionnaires from the music seminar audience
  • Questionnaires from in-school guided tour

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

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

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

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


Final Presentation – Topic Website

Source: the Beautiful Voices