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Music Appreciation Lesson Plans
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Learners evaluate the score of a movie. In this music appreciation lesson, learners watch the movie "October Sky," and discuss the artistic choices in the music featured in the film. Learners film their own movie clips that feature their own film score.
Students listen to, analyze, and describe excerpts from Benjamin Britten's, 'Finale From the Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra'. They listen to the entire piece, and identify the different instruments by their sound.
Learners, using excerpts from Bach's 'The Hunting Catata', examine the folk traditions of singing lullabies.
Students, using excerpts from Mozart's 'Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra in A Major', explore the ability of music to spark the imagination of the listener.
Students, using excerpts from Strauss's 'Also Sprach Zarathustra', develop listening skills by using a 'music map' to identify musical events.
Learners, using excerpts from 'Symphony 5' and 'Symphony 9', compare and contrast between two of Beethoven's works.
4th graders, using excerpts from Smetana's 'The Moldau', explore musical description and use pictures to represent musical events.
4th graders, using excerpts from Telemann's 2nd movement of the 'Recorder Suite in A Minor', examine solo works, the recorder, and the science of music.
4th graders, using excerpts from Rimsky-Korsakov's 'Flight of the Bumblebee', explore 'bee havior' and link habits of bees to the musical selection
Learners, using excerpts from Handel's 'Water Music' and Bach's 'Toccata and Fugue in D Minor', compare different pieces of music and explore opposites and contrast.
