Jam Studio

http://www.jamstudio.com/Studio/index.htm

Jam studio is a free, non-subscription based composition site.  Included are the ability to choose key, chords, style, and instrumentation as well as tempo and meter.  Their is a simple tutorial when you initially visit the site.

Applications:
Little Ones - music appreciation, experimentation, very basic composition (high/low, fast/slow, same/different, interesting/boring), identifying: style, timbre, form-either through teacher creation or successful student.  Teacher's could also create background accompaniment for play party songs and can then easily change the style.  Teacher's could also create background accompaniment for recorder, xylophones, etc.

Older Kids - key, chord progression, style, advanced forms, balance; older student's could also take jazz band music solo sections, input the chords and practice improvisation on their own with accompaniment




Found through Larry Ferlazzo's http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org best of series

And here's the whole thing

Sir Ken's Tweet

Saw that Sir Ken Robinson will be in Boise giving a talk, love this presentation!