Staci Calder

"21st Century Music: Integrating Technology and Creativity" is Calder's winning program to transform seventh-grade students at Frankfort Middle School into composers. Calder will teach lessons in music theory and composition to guide students toward creating an original piece of music. This project will give students the opportunity to explore their creativity while enhancing computer and keyboarding skills. It will also require students to apply math, writing, and critical thinking skills. Using a computer software program will allow the students to hear their music as they create with 108 instruments and 20 drum kits. They will identify and notate rhythmic and melodic notation, explore grand staff notation, and interpret dynamic and tempo marking. Calder resides in Cumberland, MD.