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Dear Mr. Copland and Mr. Ellington

Posted Aug 13, 2009 by Sonja Rivera

After gaining familiarity with the lives and music of Copland and Ellington, students write each a formal letter expressing how culture is reflected in music.  Students create a bio-poem about the composer’s life and music.

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GRADE LEVEL
3-5
SUBJECT
Language Arts, Performing Arts-Music, Performing Arts-Other
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America, Art, Biography, Composer, Copland, History, Jazz, Poetry, Reading, Vocabulary
 
 
 

Mr. Lincoln Through the Eyes of Aaron Copland

Posted Aug 13, 2009 by Jill Humrich

Learning about this nation’s twelfth president is fun when we combine music, writing, and performing to your lessons. Mix together a little Aaron Copland’s Lincoln Portrait, with historical facts and opinions, books, videos and even the Gettysburg Address. Your students will astound you as they create a class performance piece using their words, accompanied by Mr. Copland’s composition.

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GRADE LEVEL
3-5
SUBJECT
Language Arts, Performing Arts-Music, Performing Arts-Other
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America, Art, Biography, Composer, Copland, History, Reading, War
 
 
 

Beethoven's Thoughts

Posted Aug 13, 2009 by Sherry Matic

Students write a descriptive essay explaining their thoughts and feelings while listening to Beethoven’s 5th Symphony, learning how to describe the musical elements that cause them to feel this way, and transpose these feelings into a watercolor art piece.  The students will present their essay and art work orally, and act out their responses during a physical education exercise.

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GRADE LEVEL
3-5
SUBJECT
Performing Arts-Music, Language Arts, Performing Arts-Other
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Art, Beethoven, Composer, Reading, Vocabulary
 
 
 

Learning Literary Terminology Through Music

Posted Aug 13, 2009 by Stefanie Friesen

While gaining exposure to a wide range of music – from classical to contemporary - students will understand that music and literature share a common language.  Students will understand that hearing the language of music helps us to understand the language of literature.

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GRADE LEVEL
6-8
SUBJECT
Performing Arts-Music, Language Arts, Visual Arts, Performing Arts-Other
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TAGS
Literature, Story, Vocabulary
 
 
 

The Sound I See

Posted Apr 30, 2010 by Chris LeMoyne

This lesson represents a yearlong partnership with the local Symphony. My students studied all four musical instrument families - strings, brass, woodwinds and percussion, coinciding with the schedule of the local Symphony. With each instrument family we did free line drawings of instruments (violin, trumpet, flute and timpani). The lessons include visual art, live music and active listening. Finally, their experience will bring an understanding of the culture and climate of the Symphony, as it becomes truly accessible to students of all socio/economic backgrounds.

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GRADE LEVEL
PK-2 3-5 6-8
SUBJECT
English Language Learner, Language Arts, Performing Arts-Music, Performing Arts-Other, Visual Arts
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Brass, Concert, Instruments, Orchestra, Percussion , String , Woodwind
 
 
 

A Walk Back In Time with Copland

Posted Dec 21, 2010 by Lisa Cochrane

The lesson helps the students learn to compare and contrast their current life with the past. It is designed to help them learn to more thoughtfully listen to a composer's piece and write a descriptive paragraph of their interpretation.
 

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GRADE LEVEL
3-5
SUBJECT
Language Arts, Performing Arts-Music, Performing Arts-Other, Technology, Visual Arts
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America, Art, Composer, Copland, Dynamics, Geography, History, Reading, Tempo
 
 
 

Beethoven's Sixth Symphony and the Expression of Feeling through the Arts

Posted Dec 21, 2010 by Kathleen Helleskov

After exploring nature and country life through literature, poetry, visual art, science and social science, young children will explore feelings about nature by responding with movement to Beethoven's Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Opus 68, known as Pastoral Symphony, or Recollections of Country Life. By listening to the words of Beethoven (from documented source materials), students will become familiar with his feelings and his desire to express these feelings through his Symphony No. 6.

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GRADE LEVEL
PK-2
SUBJECT
English Language Learner, Language Arts, Life Science, Performing Arts-Music, Performing Arts-Other, Social Science, Visual Arts
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Beethoven, Composer, Dance, Dynamics, Geography, History, Instruments, Literature, Melody, Rhythm, Vocabulary, Voice
 
 
 

Grieg and Chopin: Day and Night

Posted Dec 21, 2010 by Kathy Davis

This integrated lesson uses Edvard Grieg’s Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46, first movement "Morning Mood," and Frederick Chopin’s Nocturne Op. 9, No. 2, to study day and night. As part of our science curriculum, we read and learned about day and night; routines at home and at school for day and night; and what animals are awake and asleep in the day and night.

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GRADE LEVEL
PK-2
SUBJECT
Language Arts, Performing Arts-Music, Performing Arts-Other, Science, Special education
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Art, Composer, Dance, Dynamics, Tempo, Vocabulary
 
 
 

Introduction to the Orchestra

Posted Dec 21, 2010 by Gail Claus

Students will gain a basic knowledge of acoustics, the families of instruments in the orchestra, an instrument’s pitch range, and how sound is produced by an instrument.

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GRADE LEVEL
3-5 6-8
SUBJECT
Language Arts, Performing Arts-Music, Performing Arts-Other, Technology
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Acoustics, Brass, Composer, Concert, Dynamics, Instruments, Orchestra, Percussion , Pitch, String , Tempo, Vibrations , Vocabulary, Woodwind
 
 
 

Kindergarten Carnival!

Posted Dec 21, 2010 by Gael Reed

This is a series of lessons on Carnival of the Animals by Camille Saint-Saëns, and is the culmination of a science unit on animals. During the animal unit, students learned about the different ways animals move. As an extension to the concept of how animals move, they were introduced to the book that accompanies the music of Carnival of the Animals. Each day we read and listened to one selection from the book and CD. We discussed various musical elements such as dynamics, tempo, and orchestration.

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GRADE LEVEL
PK-2
SUBJECT
Language Arts, Performing Arts-Music, Performing Arts-Other, Science, Technology, Visual Arts
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Animals, Art, Composer, Dynamics, Instruments, Orchestra, Reading, Story, Tempo, Vocabulary
 
 
 

Ode to Beethoven

Posted Dec 21, 2010 by Lisa Gatewood

After learning about the life of composer Ludwig van Beethoven and listening to a variety of musical selections, the students will create an Ode to Beethoven to express their appreciation and knowledge for his life and musical talent. In addition, the students learned about the artist Andy Warhol, and will use this knowledge to create an art piece of Beethoven in the style of Warhol.

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GRADE LEVEL
3-5 6-8
SUBJECT
English Language Learner, Language Arts, Performing Arts-Other, Technology, Visual Arts
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TAGS
Art, Beethoven, Composer, Poetry
 
 
 

Romantic Pictures in America

Posted Dec 21, 2010 by Sonya Fergeson

Students will improve vocabulary and writing skills by writing a sensory/descriptive story utilizing elements of both art and music as their inspiration. Students will pay close attention to the six traits of writing - editing our first drafts and making improvements in ideas and content, organization, voice, word choice, sentence fluency and conventions. Students will demonstrate an understanding of general musical terminology.

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GRADE LEVEL
3-5 6-8 9-12
SUBJECT
Language Arts, Performing Arts-Music, Performing Arts-Other, Social Science, Technology, Visual Arts
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TAGS
America, Animals, Composer, Dynamics, Melody, Pitch, Rhythm, Tempo, Vocabulary, Voice
 
 
 
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