WAYS of KNOWING

In the early 1980s, students from Spanish Harlem, Harlem, the Bronx and Queens took part in a Carnegie Foundation, New York Academy of Sciences and Ford Foundation-funded program entitled MIDI-Music-Mathematics-Science... WAYS of KNOWING.  (Midimast)


These students, with no prior musical training, learned how to compose a contemporary piece of music at a professional level. In the process, and indeed as the stipulated goal of the immersion, they acquired concepts in Mathematics and Science greatly exceeding the normal learning for their grade levels.  Principals were stunned at the quantum improvements in Mathematics and Science test-scoring in such a short time, and immediately initiated a New York City-wide training session where 275 Mathematics and Science teachers took part in the processes and concepts prevalent to Midimast.


Tests rendered in the NYC Area schools verified a significant improvement in mathematics and science scores, and only after weeks of immersion in the process. 


Noted scientists involved at inception included Seymour Papert , author of MINDSTORMS and Professor at M.I.T., as well as fellow professor Marvin Minsky, the “Father of Artificial Intelligence.” 


Fueled by great successes, Midimast eventually expanded into courses in which as many as 275 New York City Mathematics and Science Teachers learned how to utilize Music to better teach concepts pervasive in and inclusive to Music, Mathematics and Science. 


This Teacher-Based Curriculum Guide is exactly the kind of knowledge and broad scope our Music Teachers and all Teachers need to have in their toolbox, as they work with administrations and sometimes, colleagues, who are misinformed about the vastly potent usefulness and interconnectedness of Music and much more!

The concepts covered, the facts presented, and the actual case studies shared, uplift the role and importance of Music in every child’s life. The curriculum texts, whether implemented as devised or not serves to expand one’s knowledge base with specific regard to the intersection of Music, Mathematics and Science...  and more.


BIO


Into 2018, Stephen's Symphony IIII: Lightfall,  was nominated for the Pulitzer and Nemmers Prize in Music. Winner of three 2009 Telly & Ava Awards for his 2005 Visualized Concert, Kakehashi: THAT WE MIGHT LIVE, Stephen's concert-version was also nominated for the Pulitzer Prize in Music. His 15 feature film scores include the Oscar-nominated 12:01PM and the horror thriller, The Unwilling, to be released on Sony VOD, both directed by Jonathan Heap. An ASCAP Concert Awards recipient each year since 1992, Stephen's more than 1170 works include 4 symphonies, several concerti and over 33-hours of Music for Ensembles of the 3rd Millennium™. The STORMWORKS Chapter 55 CD: Way of the Wanderer, will be recorded by Das Musikkorps der Bundeswehr in October.  With 28 CDs and 6 books on iTunes, and simply by word-of-mouth, Stephen's pioneering, self-publishing entity known as STORMWORKS has gone from 0 to many thousands of worldwide renderings since 1992.


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“Melillo is to wind music what Beethoven was to the symphony orchestra, and he follows a Beethovenesque design of increasing the musical tension almost to the breaking point, receding, and then reaching again. It is superlative musical craftsmanship and inspiring to hear.”  Marvin Sosna, Music Critic


“His S-MATRIX Symphony was fabulous, full of childlike wonderment as the composer intended and marvelous sounds.  And they worked to maximum effect — a brilliant, original use of orchestral resources for a sophisticated, sensational, beautiful and satisfying experience.”   Nancy R. Ping-Robbins, Music Critic


“...a new voice in the direction of music, his sound – a bridge between the serious and the immediately visceral.”  Maestro Gerhardt Zimmerman, Conductor

“If you want to know what the human spirit really is, you must, Yes - Must come to the Z tonight to hear a phenomenal world premiere that will put tears in your eyes. Symphony No. IIII by Stephen Melillo is a very powerful work. I am not embarrassed to admit that when I saw the score for the first time, I was in tears. What a powerful and moving work. It was commissioned by the Canton Symphony Orchestra for the 25th anniversary of the ADA (American Disabilities Act).  Your soul will be opened."  Maestro Gerhardt Zimmerman, Conductor


 “...his ability to create a mood, find precisely the right touch of drama and create the needed effect was manifest... the sustained chords in the choir, the timpani’s roar, the harp’s glissandos.  Melillo used them all with a sense of absolute rightness and the result was fresh, joyful and exciting... each measure scored with an unerring ear for drama and emotion.”  John S. Sweeney, Music Critic


“He could become the Leonard Bernstein of this age... Everything he creates has many layers, ranging from synchronicity to the significance of numbers, from visceral emotions to the brotherhood of mankind.” John S. Sweeney, Music Critic


Scores include:


    The Unwilling

    Pluripotent

    DWEGONS 

    12:01 PM  (OSCAR Nomination, Best Live Action Short)

    PBS Teledrama: Actress Works (EMMY Nomination for PBS Teleplay)

    Retrograde

    Unsung Heroes (NYPD Documentary) 

    Aurora

    Crossing the Line

    Gypsy Girl

    Benefit of the Doubt

    Basque Legacy

    They Bite

    Shock-A-Rama

    Hollywood Showcase

    The Newlyweds

    Music for STAR SEARCH

    Music for WNEW Radio

    ABC Life Goes On

    ABC Sunday Night Movie

    ABC All My Children

    ABC General Hospital

    ABC Business World

    ABC America's Funniest Videos

    ABC American Music Awards

    ABC Doogie Howser, MD

    ABC Going to Extremes

    ABC Good Morning America

    ABC Home Improvement

    ABC Jack's Place

    ABC Loving

    ABC Matlock

    ABC Nightline

    ABC One Life to Live

    ABC Primetime Live

    ABC Sunday Night Movie

    ABC The Commish

    ABC This Week With David Brinkley

    ABC World News Now

    ABC World News Sunday

    ABC 20/20

    NBC The Fresh Prince

    NBC Special: Fairgame

    NBC Movie of the Week

    NBC Night Court

    Nickolodean  Adventures of Pete

    Mr. Ed's Corral

    Real Kids

    Parenting

    A Cold Night 

    Terrorvision

    A Horse of Her Own

    Unification

    Dark Reflection  

    Cable & Industrial Projects Including Music for Sega, Super-Nintendo & IBM   

    Commercial Soundtracks, including Music for the NY Nets, Yankees & Giants