Music-making
Explore Your Songwriting Process
Dive into songwriting with Queens native and recording artist Orson Benjamin. In this three-part series, you’ll get a “Behind the Pen” look at the songwriting process as well as lessons and exercises. Enhance your songwriting with imagery, perspective, and creative lyricism.
Skills: Music-making
Topics: Songwriting, Composition, Music Production
Focus: Instruction (Participatory Course)
Time commitment: 20 minutes–2 hours
Find a Vision for the World
Hip-hop artists and educators Chen Lo and Asante Amin—the creative forces behind Soul Science Lab—lead this online course for young thinkers, activists, and musicians. Students create art with a purpose with assignments that inspire a personal vision for the world.
Skills: Music-making
Topics: Songwriting, Composition, Music Production
Focus: Instruction (Participatory Course)
Time commitment: 20 minutes–2 hours
Dive into the Creative Process
In this online course for young musicians, explore the compositional practices of artists Mazz Swift, Clay Ross, and Sarah Elizabeth Charles. Prompt students to refine their creative processes with guided assignments.
Skills: Music-making
Topics: Songwriting, Composition
Focus: Instruction (Participatory Course)
Time commitment: 20 minutes–2 hours
Discover Digital Music Production
In this five-part course, your students can join producer and percussionist Charles Burchell in his digital music studio to play around with tools and learn how to create loops, beats, basslines, melodies, and arrangements.
Skills: Music-making
Topics: Digital Media, Music Production, Composition
Focus: Instruction (Participatory Course)
Time commitment: 30 minutes–2 hours
Create Your Own Song
In this five-part course, songwriter and performer Bridget Barkan details how to write a meaningful original song. She shares how to first find inspiration and generate song ideas, then write a chorus, bridge, and verses, before putting the final touches on your composition.
Skills: Music-making
Topics: Voice, Songwriting, Composition
Focus: Instruction (Participatory Course)
Time commitment: 20 minutes–2 hours
Incorporating Meditation and Music
The ReUp, a series of video lessons that combines music and meditation created by Dr. Byron Young, explores how to help maintain emotional wellness, develop musical coping mechanisms, and harness the power of self-care and music.
Skills: Music-making
Topics: Wellness, Mental Health
Focus: Instruction (Participatory Course)
Time commitment: 20 minutes–2 hours