Wednesday, May 4, 2011

The Mystery of the Orchestra music!!!!!

The concert season is fast approaching and not only doing musicians need to be prepared in playing their music but they have to also have an understanding of the composer and the musical elements that they are playing. Today you are going to research and study each composer that you are playing. You are to find four facts about the composer and facts about the music that you are playing. Use the internet and your music as a reference as you investigate the music that you are playing. What information and fun facts can you discover about each musician and composition!
Google search the composer/arranger and the title of the piece. 6th grade: Look at the March 1 post on the concert music
5th grade: Fiddlers Hoedown http://www.jwpepper.com/2433084.item
Mozart Seranade-what is a seranade?