Composition and Improvisation in Taiwanese American Music for K-2
A Teaching Video Deck for MTAL-470 (Dr. Candice Mattio)
by Angela Chong
May 2025
Introduction
to
Taiwan
Where is Taiwan?
The World
Asia
World Map, via freevectormaps.com.
World Map, via freevectormaps.com.
Taiwan
Lesson 1: Creative Listening
Let's meet American folk musician Elena Moon Park
Taiwanese Train Song: Diu Diu Deng
Welcome Canadian folk singer Ginalina
Listen to audio clip of "Taiwan Suite":
Lesson 2: Composing Lyrics
Background photo courtesy Liao Yuan-chiao from https://edition.cnn.com/travel/gallery/alishan-railway-taiwan-photos/
Background photo courtesy Liao Yuan-chiao from https://edition.cnn.com/travel/gallery/alishan-railway-taiwan-photos/
Taiwanese Tsou Indigenous song: Yungu Yungu
Meet Angela Chong, a Taiwanese American music educator who will teach us how to sing "Yungu Yungu"
Tsou Indigenous People of Alishan Mountains
Highest peak at Alishan
Photo courtesy of Theerasak Saksritawee/www.popumon.com
Let's compose new lyrics
Ready to play?
Lesson 3: Improvisation
Hualien, Taiwan
Photo courtesy of Chanchai Phetdikhai from vecteezy.com
5000 years ago in Taiwan
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/95/Chronological_dispersal_of_Austronesian_people_across_the_Pacific.svg
The story of the Pacific Islanders
From RH Disney, Quest for the Heart (Disney Moana): Step into Reading 3, Penguin Random House, 2016.
From RH Disney, Quest for the Heart (Disney Moana): Step into Reading 3, Penguin Random House, 2016.
From RH Disney, Quest for the Heart (Disney Moana): Step into Reading 3, Penguin Random House, 2016.
A mountain in central Taiwan
Photo courtesy of Theerasak Saksritawee/www.popumon.com