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n Great Composers of the 20th CenturyJacqueline Wollan-
Gibbons. Here is a handy all-in-one resource that will help introduce
students to the great masterworks of the 20th century. Each section
features a specific composer and includes a reproducible student
article written at an appealing age-appropriate level, reproducible
student sheets including games, activities, and listening maps keyed
to the selected composition for that composer, and a detailed lesson
plan based on national standards. All musical examples are on the
included CD. Featured composers include Claude Debussy, Arnold
Schoenberg, Bela Bartok, Igor Stravinsky, Dmitri Shostakovich,
Aaron Copland, John Cage, and Leonard Bernstein.
3261062 Book/CD Pack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gr. 4-8 34.99
n An Illustrated History of Music for Young MusiciansGiles
Comeau & Rosemary Covert. Part of a series of five volumes,
these books explore not only the characteristics of the music,
lives, and works of these major composers, but also many social,
scientific, and historical aspects of each period. The books
feature beautiful art illustrations and include reproducible study
guides with activities accompanying the book sections, timeline
posters, quizzes, and composer summary charts.
3295068 Reproducible Kit Renaissance . . . . Gr. 4-8 32.95
5791504 Reproducible Kit Baroque . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32.95
5791496 Reproducible Kit Classical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32.95
5916994 Reproducible Kit Romantic . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32.95
5942859 Reproducible Kit 20th Century. . . . . . . . . . . 32.95
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Listening Fun with Scarves and Tennis BallsDan Fee.
Provide active listening activities for your students using scarves,
tennis balls and movement. This collection includes three discs: Disc
1 is an audio CD of all of the featured musical selections. Disc 2 is
a Digital Resources disk including QuickTime movies of all routines
(both practice and performance) led by Dan Fee. There are also
QuickTime movies about each composer, including J.S. Bach, J.C.
Bach, Edvard Grieg, Modest Mussorgsky, George Frideric Handel,
and Felix Mendelssohn. Composer biographies, lesson information,
and routines are included on this disk in PowerPoint and Smartboard
formats. Disc 3 is a DVD of all the practice and performance
routines for those who may not have a available computer or
projector available. The teacher's guide includes lesson plans
with objectives, assessment strategies and alignment to national
standards, composer biographies, detailed movement instructions,
guides-at-a-glance and student reproducibles.
10284718 Digital Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gr. 1-6 45.00
l More Listening Fun With Parachutes, Paper Plates, Rhythm
and ScarvesDan Fee & Denise Gagne. This collection provides
active listening lessons with parachutes, paper plates, scarves
and ribbons. The collection includes an audio CD and a Digital
Resources Disk with PowerPoints to aid in teaching the routines
and concepts, movies about the composers, and Quick Time
videos of each activity. The teacher's book includes lessons
with reproducible composer biographies, reproducible visuals,
listening logs, beat charts, dynamics cards, form cards, and
texture visuals to aid in teaching the concepts.
10444633 Digital Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gr. 1-6 35.00
n Listening Resource KitDenise Gagne. This is a complete
resource for music listening! Each kit comes with a CD recording
of all the selections, featuring artists such as Glenn Gould, the
Canadian Brass, the Toronto Children's Chorus and Tafelmusik.
The kit includes: reproducible biographies and worksheets
on major composers, instrument families, and a listening log.
Activities include cup games as well as movement activities
using scarves, balloons, flashlights, paper plates and ribbons.
Internet references are provided, with an "Internet Scavenger
Hunt" for upper elementary students. The "Intercom Listening
Program," complete with scripts and recordings, is a great way to
introduce the entire school to great music!
3297530 Book/CD Book 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gr. K-5 25.00
3297531 Book/CD Book 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.00
3297532 Book/CD Book 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.00
3297533 Book/CD Book 4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.00
3297534 Book/CD Book 5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.00
n Meet the Great ComposersMaurice Hinson & June
Montgomery. This resource includes a valuable set of 17 units which
explore the lives and music of 17 great composers. The companion
recordings feature keyboard performances of the musical examples
used, and the activity sheets offer your students the opportunity
to learn about the composers with fun games, puzzles, quizzes,
fascinating illustrations and interesting facts. Composers covered
are J.S. Bach, Domenico Scarlatti, Handel, Haydn, Clementi, W. A.
Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin, Schumann, Liszt, Brahms, Debussy,
Joplin, Rachmaninoff, Ravel, Bartok and Kabalevsky.
5412036 Teacher Edition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gr. 4-9 10.99
5449269 Activity Sheets Reproducible . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.95
5412044 CD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.95
5449228 Classroom Kit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29.95
n Music! Words! Opera! Aida!Clifford Brooks & Roger Ames. The
epic story of "Aida" is the backdrop for exploring one of the world's
great art forms. This second volume of the series includes complete
lesson plans, an opera outline, activities, handouts, study questions,
assessment tools, a glossary, and a DVD recording of a classic
performance from the Metropolitan Opera conducted by James Levine
with a cast including Aprile Millo and Placido Domingo.
10345378 Book/DVD Spiral Bound . . . . . . . . Gr. 5-9 39.95
n Music! Words! Opera (Hansel and Gretel)Clifford J. Brooks &
Roger Ames. This is the first volume of a series that brings opera to
life as an art form that can be understood and enjoyed by everyone.
The series will challenge students to think about communication and
storytelling as something that can reach beyond speaking and writing.
Because opera is a multi-art form, it invites students to explore
several of the basic ways humans communicate through words,
music, dance, drama, and visual arts. Included in the kit are complete
lesson plans, an opera outline, activities, handouts, study questions,
assessment tools, a glossary, and a DVD of a classic performance
conducted by the renowned Sir Georg Solti.
10308828 Book/DVD Spiral Bound . . . . . . . . Gr. 5-9 39.95
l Music! Words! Opera! (Create Your Own Opera or Music Theater)
Clifford J. Brooks & Roger Ames. The Music! Words! Opera!
series challenges students to experience storytelling through
methods beyond the spoken and written word. Opera and music
theater invite exploration of human communication through
language, music, dance, drama, and visual arts. This "Create Your
Own" module guides teachers and students through the process
of composing and producing an original work of opera or music
theater. By encouraging the basic human instinct for telling stories,
it introduces students to a whole new world of creative expression.
This book includes complete lesson plans, activities, handouts,
study questions, assessment tools, and a glossary. Teachers will
have free access to an online resource bank that offers reprintable
downloads and other helpful support materials.
10395495 Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gr. 6-8 39.95
l The Nutcracker Suite: Active Listening LessonsDavid
Bretzius. This collection of seven detailed lesson plans includes
a variety of hands-on activities for exploring Tchaikovsky's "The
Nutcracker Suite." Students will learn and practice their parts
through rhythmic chanting and body percussion before transferring
to classroom instruments. The step-by-step instructions build to a
culminating Orff performance for each movement. Student scores are
included on the enhanced CD for printing and projecting.
10457836 Book/Enhanced CD-ROM . . . . . . . Gr. 2-6 29.99
n One-Page Composer Bios (50 Reproducible Biographies
of Famous Composers)Jay Althouse. One-Page Composer
Bios is a 100% reproducible book containing brief, informative,
and interesting one-page biographies of 50 of history's greatest
composers. Each biography page also includes: a drawing of
the composer; an interesting quote relating to his or her life or
music; a listing of important compositions; dates of birth and
death; and a pronunciation guide for non-English names. Use
these easy-to-read bios as a complete course in composers
or music history - studying as many or as few composers as
you wish - or use them as supplemental material in the music
classroom. Also included as a bonus are one-page histories of each
of the six eras of music from the Medieval era through the 20th
century. From Bach, Bartok and Beethoven to Verdi, Vivaldi and
Wagner, this is an indispensable resource!
10070249 Reproducible Book . . . . . . . . . . . . Gr. 6-9 19.99
10369766 Reproducible Book & Data CD . . . . . . . . . . . 24.99
n Playing with the Classics (Music Masterworks for Children)
Peggy D. Bennett. Peggy Bennett presents her classroom-
tested creative ideas for movement, stories, and listening activities
as she delights preschool through primary-age children with
orchestral favorites. Fully reproducible and designed to be used
by experienced music teachers and novices alike, the simple,
charming and playful lessons give children a chance to sing, move,
and act while they listen to the music of great composers. Book
1 includes a CD containing 30 tracks of orchestral favorites such
as selections from Gershwin's An American in Paris, Beethoven's
"Symphony No. 5," Bizet's "Carmen" and more. Book 2 includes a
listening list containing 15 tracks, all of which can be downloaded
from iTunes, Amazon, or GoogleMusic as needed. Selections in book
2 include Strauss's "Also Sprach Zarathustra," Mozart's "Eine Kleine
Nachtmusik," Stravinsky's "Firebird" and more.
10296778 Reproducible Book/CD Book 1. . . Pre K.-3 26.99
10321188 Reproducible Book Book 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19.99
n Pleased To Meet You (Biographies and Games about Composers)
Jenny VanPelt. This resource provides in-depth information
about 14 famous composers. Informational text designed
for younger students and biographies for older students
are provided for each of the featured musicians, along with
reproducible games. Composers include: C. Monteverdi; J.S.
Bach; G.F. Handel; F.J. Haydn; W.A. Mozart; L. Beethoven; Fanny
Mendelssohn; C. Saint-Saens; R. Strauss; C. Ives; B. Bartok; G.
Gershwin; D. Shostakovich and L. Bernstein.
10340130 Reproducible Book . . . . . . . . . . . . Gr. 2-6 19.95
n Silly Songs and Sing-Alongs for ComposersJohn
Jacobson. Learn a wealth of interesting and fun facts about 10
famous composers with this delightfully whacky collection of
familiar melodies set to new lyrics. Enhance learning further with
reproducible composer bios and review questions, and puzzle
activities. Songs include: Bach the Great Composer; Fur Beethoven;
Brahms; Handel Handel; H!A!Y!D!N!; Oh Where Have You Been
Mendelssohn?; Amadeus Mozart What Can I Say?; Johann
Strauss; Igor Stravinsky and This Is a Verdi Day.
10284001 Reproducible Book . . . . . . . . . . . . Gr. 3-6 19.99
10284002 P/A CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39.99
10284003 Book/CD Pack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49.99
n Top 40 Classical Fun FactsElaine Schmidt & Tom Anderson.
Experience classical music with captivating composer stories,
active listening, dramas, interviews and puzzles. Sharpen your
listening skills with the music of Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Strauss,
Tchaikovsky and others. Act out your own fictional television
interview with Bach, and decode fascinating fun facts through
musical word spelling. Learn about symphonies, concertos, operas,
arias, chamber music and program music, while identifying tone
colors of different instruments with challenging listening activities.
Included are 40 reproducible activities and an Enhanced CD with
quality recordings and PDFs of the activities.
10302915 Reproducible Book/CD . . . . . . . . . Gr. 4-8 29.99
n Ultimate Game and Activity Pack for Orchestra (Kid-Tested
Games for Your General Music Class)Artie Almeida. This
fantastic collection from master teacher Artie Almeida features
four unique ways to enhance your Orchestra unit. There is a flash
card activity to teach and reinforce a variety of orchestra terms,
an orchestra concentration game based upon the terms learned
with the flash cards, a game called instrument families which
incorporates listening to and identifying specific instruments from the
orchestra and the group of instruments they belong to, and another
aural activity called clip the instruments. The included orchestral
CD has all the aural examples you will need.
3301620 Classroom Kit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gr. 3-6 39.95
n The Young Person's Guide to the OrchestraWesley Ball.
This familiar standard by English composer Benjamin Britten
has become the classic introduction to the sights and sounds of
the orchestra for young people. Enhance music appreciation and
explore the unique qualities of the instruments in a symphony
orchestra with this creative collection of visuals and strategies.
Created for the music classroom, the activity book/CD features a
variety of reproducible listening maps and games, helpful teaching
suggestions, and a full-length version of this masterwork performed
by the Slovak Symphony Orchestra. The value-packed classroom
kit includes the book/CD pak and the Hal Leonard Discover
the Instruments of the Orchestra poster pak of 24 full color 9 x
12 laminated posters with history on each of the instruments,
fun facts and representative musical works.
3304573 Reproducible Book/CD . . . . . . . . . Gr. 4-8 24.99
3304574 Classroom Kit Book, CD, Poster Pak . . . . . . 39.99
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