Video Games in Middle School General Music
Publication Date
2025
Presentation Length
Poster/Gallery presentation
College
College of Music & Performing Arts
Department
Music, School of
Student Level
Undergraduate
SPARK Category
Knowledge
Faculty Advisor
Dr. Julia Heath-Reynolds
Metadata/Fulltext
Metadata ONLY
SPARK Session
Poster presentation
Presentation Type
Poster
Summary
This is a curriculum designed to teach students about how music can be used to convey emotion. Through popular music genres such as video game music and film scores, students are taught how to recognize different features and how they work together to show emotions. The final project requires students to create a theme using DAW software and a playlist of songs to represent different characters in a video game of their own creation. The theme and playlist will be informed by the emotional intent of musical features learned during the course of the curriculum.
Recommended Citation
Martin, Quinn, "Video Games in Middle School General Music" (2025). SPARK Symposium Presentations. 357.
https://repository.belmont.edu/spark_presentations/357
