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- Grade Range
- 3rd - 12th
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Students design attractive posters to promote the work of Leroy Anderson, an American composer with an unusual style. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 2nd - 4th
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Students sing a fun rhyming song to rememberthe names of various composers, after seeing their pictures. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd - 4th
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Students use the Doodle Pad(TM) component of Music Ace (TM)to create short compositions. They play their songs and write down their opinions of each song that is created and played. They should be encouraged to be polite to one another. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students transfer their composed rhythm with melody into standard notation and add vocables beneath for text. They work individually to transfer their composition onto the staff in standard notation. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 8th - 12th
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Students invent a musical instrument to be played by them. They invent a nonstandard notation for music and compose a short piece to preform for the class using their instrument. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd
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Students study the history of Aaron Copland, the famous American composer. They dance to the song Hoe-Down composed by Aaron Copland. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 4th - 11th
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Students investigate the life and education of current conductor, composer, and jazz musician Thara Memory in this 50-minute lesson introducing a two day unit. A video of Thara is included. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 7th - 9th
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Students write program notes of composers. They discuss music, composers, themes and style and movements in music. They select a composer from a target language culture and write two paragraphs int eh form of concert program notes. They write a paragraph of a biography of the composer as well as a description of the work selected. Full Review »
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- 7th
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Students research the net to find sites to help them embrace Baroque, Classical, and Romantic composers. They describe the contributions of various composers. Students prepare a 6-8 page research paper on on a composer of the Baroque, Classical, or Romantic style. Full Review »
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- 4th
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Students study composer's tools, instrumentation, and rhythm. Students sing a major scale and review dynamic terms and symbols. Students read a poem about fire and brainstorm sounds they can make that sound like fire. Afterwards, they compose music that expresses the poem. Full Review »
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