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- Grade Range
- 6th - 12th
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Students explore distinct styles that have characterized famous musicians and conductors. By studying one musician or conductor in-depth, students become experts on this person's musical style and are given the opportunity to share. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 11th - Higher Ed
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Students view a sample vocabulary table based on words related classical music. After students have had a chance to view the table, they break up into groups and create their own vocabulary tables based on a certain subject. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students identify musical structure and more specifically song form. A comparison of two popular songs demonstrate the use of form. Full Review »
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- 10th - 12th
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Students read the novel, The Fountainhead, and discuss what characteristics make something a classic. They create a top-ten classic movie list, compare and contrast the novel and film of, The Fountainhead, and write an essay. Full Review »
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- 7th - 12th
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Students use the correct music terminology to evaluate a performance, composition, and arrangement of the song "Blinded by the Light" by Bruce Springsteen and compare it to another version recorded by Manfred Man. Full Review »
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- 8th
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Students listen to examines of tribal African music. They participate in activities and listen to examples of the music. Full Review »
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- 9th
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Students are provided with opportunities to develop the ability to assess how elements of music are used in a work to create images or evoke emotions. They listen to examples of program music. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 8th
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Students investigate how historical events tie to musical periods of the past and present (setting), how larger works can contain smaller sections, how to listen for these smaller sections, how to identify major tonalities (keys) and how music vocabulary is used in the process. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 7th - 12th
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Students explore the history of music written during the classical era. They compare the melodic contours of specific thematic music, identifying the trills, slurs and articulations. As a class, students discus the characteristics of music written during the classical era. In groups, they create their own cadenza. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- Kindergarten - 8th
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Students discuss how the musical composition was created. They listen to "Pictures at an Exhibition." Students discuss how the Promenade in the beginning of the opus is based on Mussorgsky walking through the exhibit of paintings. Students discuss the fact that art and music can be created based on a wide variety of influences. Full Review »
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