Category: composer
Form Worksheets
Teaching Suggestions When your goal is to have the students fill out A,B,C, etc. on a form worksheet or assessment, they first need to be very familiar with the piece, or at least portions of the piece. For some students, ...
John Philip Sousa
Quick Facts Nickname: The March King Born in Washington, D.C., U.S. Band Director Stars and Stripes Forever: national march of the United States Invented the sousaphone, a tuba for a marching band 3 families of a Band: Brass, Woodwind, Percussion ...
Ludwig van Beethoven
Quick Facts Born in Germany, lived most of his life in Austria Played piano and violin Father treated him badly and forced him to practice for long hours Father wanted him to become a child prodigy like Mozart Became deaf ...
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Quick Facts Considered to be one of the world’s greatest composers because of his genius, a child prodigy Born in Austria At young age, traveled through Europe with his sister giving concerts Last opera = The Magic Flute Opera uses art, ...
Johann Sebastian Bach
Quick Facts Born in Germany Baroque Period Musical family Played violin, harpsichord & organ Harpsichord – quills plucking strings Organ – air goes through pipes Both parents died when he was 9 & 10 Wrote new music for each Sunday ...
Peer Gynt
Handouts (See downloads at bottom of page.) Books (Click on images to purchase.) See also Composers Dynamics resources Video with Jim Gamble Puppets YouTube https://youtu.be/Wk43IDUQmTkhttps://youtu.be/dRpzxKsSEZghttps://youtube.com/embed/gOhmvHsAJmo?si=TDqCWl-I8GbWgrc6https://youtu.be/RIz3klPET3ohttps://youtu.be/5we40h_-QQM?si=C9j3gYJ-oWx-Zu6v or purchase here (printables only) Listening Maps (In the Hall of the Mountain King & Morning ...
Hallelujah Chorus / Handel
I enjoy teaching the Hallelujah Chorus to 5th graders in December – because they hear it in public places, movies, etc. during the holidays. We look at the Hallelujah Chorus listening map (see below) and learn about Handel. 2 Listening Maps (See downloads ...
March: Music in our Schools Month
It’s fun to celebrate Music in Our Schools Month in the month of March each year. Ideas Put up signs. Decorate the school hallways with music notes and have a contest to guess how many. Put a shoebox outside the music classroom ...