Experimenting With Music: Soundscape Composition in the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme

Abstract

In this column, I discuss how a student studying music in the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme composed a soundscape for her experimentation report. When creating this composition, this student used GarageBand for Mac.

Using GarageBand for Mac in the International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme

“…In a previous article for this journal, I discussed how GarageBand for iOS can be used as both a compositional and pedagogical tool in elementary music classes (Norman, 2021). In a recent column, I discussed how a student studying the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Programme used GarageBand for Mac to create a soundscape composition for her experimentation report (Norman, 2023). In this column, I describe a composition activity, which involved students using GarageBand for Mac to explore the musical element of texture.…”