Creative Project

The KG Creative Project Event is an extremely popular event. It allows the student to focus on their more creative side and is perfect for those students who play other instruments or have a keen interest in a particular aspect of music or performing arts.

Students create projects about a music subject which may be displayed or performed. The display format is similar to a science fair, with each student explaining and demonstrating their project to the judges. Creative Project Performance format could be an original composition, a skit, a play, a narration, etc. that is performed for the judges.

The sky's the limit on this one, but we have included a list of topics to get your creative motors running. You may also view photos of previous Creative Project events by clicking here:

Tables will be supplied for Creative Project displays. Students are responsible for other props (i.e. easels, video equipment, extensions cords, table cloths, etc.) Table space per student is approximately 3 ft by 2.5 ft. Table cloths are recommended for a polished presentation, but are not required. Students are judged on the quality of their project. They should be able to explain the concept they are presenting convincingly. Judges will be looking for understanding of the concept as well as what the student has learned from creating and presenting this project.

Performances should be polished and displays should be well-organized and legible, with no misspelled words. Students should pronounce all names and places correctly. Work on projects must be done by the student.

Students presenting compositions must turn in a copy of the composition and a recorded performance for the judge by the designated deadline.

Teachers will receive their student critiques after the Event day and are responsible for their distribution. Students who are nominated for Outstanding Creative Projects will receive their special awards at the Keyboard Gymnastics Awards Ceremony in May.

Click Here to submit KG Creative Project Registration Form on-line . Payment can be made on-line or mailed, but students may not be entered if payment is not received prior to designated deadline.

Click Here to download KG Creative Project Registration Form . Form must be mailed to coordinator by designated deadline. Any fees still due should be included - - check payable to "Keyboard Gymnastics of Phoenix"

Click Here to view photos of Creative Projects from previous years.

Creative Project Ideas

Performance (4 min. time limit)

  • Composition
  • Role plays (composer's life)
  • Dance styles
  • Raps
  • Dramatic reading about a music subject
  • Terms story
  • Analysis of a piece demonstrated at the piano
  • Rhythm composition
  • Instrument demo
  • Rhythm ensemble
  • Make and demonstrate an instrument
  • Investigative reporter interviewing a composer
  • Programatic piece about a composers life
  • Demo of Tarantella
  • Rhythms of different dances
  • Demo of accompaniment patterns
  • Mechanism of the piano
  • Orchestral sections and instruments
  • Carnival of the Animals/Peter and the Wolf
  • Synthesized music
  • Use of non-traditional instruments
  • Nature music
  • Illustrate a programmatic piece
  • Puppet show
  • Arrangements
  • Demonstrate teaching aspects, practice strategies
  • Historical information and analysis of a performed piece

Display

  • Create a music game
  • Create a musical Instrument
  • Display explaining Baroque dance suite
  • Music forms in a mobile
  • Music form in architecture
  • Non-harmonic tones
  • Rests chart
  • Note and rest values
  • Music survey
  • How music affects plants, animals, parents
  • Compare editions of a piece
  • Medical effects of music therapy
  • Color code a fugue or sonata
  • Chart on jazz chords
  • Painting of a composer
  • Paper mache
  • Composer family tree
  • Pianists lineage
  • Famous recording artists
  • Music periods
  • Synthesized music
  • Video presentation
  • History of an instrument
  • Demonstrate the workings of a piano
  • Pedagogy Project
  • Musical Experiments
  • Listening strategies
  • Write a storybook about a composer
  • Appogiaturas and their execution
  • How musicians get their music on the radio
  • Music websites for kids