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Aaron Copland:
The Music of an Uncommon Man
Aaron Copland.
This is an excellent general music resource for young
people. Lessons and activities from some of Aaron
Copland's more popular works, including "Fanfare
for the Common Man" and his ballets "Billy the
Kid," "Appalachian Spring," and "Rodeo" are
presented through reading activities, listening maps
and singing. Part II presents an in-depth study of
Copland's ballet "Rodeo" through learning centers
and cross-curricular activities. The Bernstein Century
- Copland CD contains the actual Sony recording of
these works for use with the listening maps in the
teacher book. The CD is optional, but is essential to
making the most of the included activities.
10352132 Book/CD-ROM . . . . .Gr. 5-9 39.99
10352136 Singer's Edition 5-Pack . . . . . . 19.99
10352139 CD Bernstein Century -
Copland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18.99
10352142 Classroom Kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119.99
I Write the Music
Composer Chronicles #1
John Jacobson, John Higgins & Wesley Ball.
The lives and music of six famous composers
come to life in this historic and entertaining
resource collection of composer stories, original
songs and listening map activities. Your students
will enjoy acting out these age-appealing stories
and performing a variety of musical styles with
the original songs that accompany them. Make
music listening fun and active with the beautifully
designed full-color listening maps, easy-to-follow
lesson plans and full-length orchestral recording.
The six featured masterworks are: Variations
on a Theme (Mozart); Chorale from "Cantate
No. 147" (J.S. Bach); Hallelujah Chorus from
"Messiah" (Handel); March from "The Love
for Three Oranges" (Prokofiev); Symphony
No. 9 (Beethoven); and Finale from "Firebird"
(Stravinsky). The teacher's edition offers piano/
vocal arrangements, a helpful production guide, and
lesson plans for the listening map activities. Full-
color singer editions feature song vocals, composer
stories and listening maps. The 2-CD pak provides
performance/accompaniment tracks for the songs
and the six masterwork recordings.
10043172 Teacher Edition. . . . . .Gr. 4-8 19.95
10043173 Student Edition Full Color
20-Pack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39.95
10043174 P/A CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49.95
10043175 Classroom Kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89.95
I Write the Music in America
Composer Chronicles #2
John Jacobson, John Higgins & Wesley Ball.
Step into the lives of American composers Aaron
Copland, Charles Ives, Leroy Anderson, William
Grant Still, Leonard Bernstein and Amy Beach with
this resource of engaging stories, fun facts, songs,
and active listening lessons. Have fun reading and
acting out these age-appealing stories along with
performing a variety of musical styles with the
original songs that accompany them. Follow the
beautifully designed full-color music maps as you
listen to full-length recorded orchestral versions of
Hoedown from "Rodeo", Variations on "America",
Sleigh Ride, Afro-American Symphony, Scherzo
from"West Side Story", and Piano Concerto in
C-Sharp Minor. The teacher edition includes piano/
vocal arrangements of each song, easy-to-follow
lesson plans, and a helpful production guide for
performance options. The full-color singer's editions
feature song vocals, composer stories and listening
maps. The classroom kit includes the teacher's
edition, singer's edition 20-pak and the CD pak. The
CD's provide performance/accompaniment tracks for
the songs, and six masterwork recordings.
10062960 Teacher Edition. . . . . .Gr. 4-8 19.99
10062961 Student Edition Full Color
20-Pack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39.99
10062962 P/A CD 2-Pack . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49.99
10062963 Classroom Kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89.99
Luigi's Baton and the
Orchestra Family Reunion
John Jacobson, John Higgins & Wesley Ball.
Join Maestro Luigi and his trusted baton for
a multimedia study of the instruments of the
orchestra. Your students will be introduced to
each instrument family through humorous stories,
original songs, and listening maps of orchestral
recordings. Everything can be projected from your
computer with the digital student edition which is
included in the Teacher Edition. The CD-ROM
features full-color PDFs of the stories, vocal
songsheets and listening maps. All are embedded
with audio and video recordings so you can listen,
watch, sing or dance with a single click.
10284006 Book/CD-ROM . . . . .Gr. 3-6 39.99
10284007 P/A CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39.99
10284008 Classroom Kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69.99
Luigi's Listening Lab
Cristi Cary Miller.
Join Maestro Luigi and his trusted baton for a
multimedia study of some of the great masterworks
by Haydn, Saint-Saens, Mancini, Gershwin and
more. Luigi's Baton will entertain with recorded
fun facts about the composers and their writings,
and students will become actively engaged with
full-color listening maps while listening to quality
orchestral recordings. A digital student edition
comes with the teacher edition, so you can project
or print from your computer. The enclosed student
CD-ROM features projectable full-color listening
maps with embedded audio recordings and Luigi's
story tracks. Also included are printable stories and
maps. The easy-to-present lesson plans are linked to
the NAfME standards.
10343383 Book/CD-ROM . . . . .Gr. 3-6 29.99
Music Moves Me
Wesley Ball.
Created for the music classroom, this handy book/
CD pak features reproducible listening maps and
movement activities designed for a variety of levels,
along with easy-to-use teaching plans based on
the National Standards. All musical examples are
included on the CD. Featured listening selections
include Stars and Stripes Forever; Fanfare for
the Common Man; Ev'rybody Wants to Be a Cat-
"Aristocrats"; Chinese Dance- "Nutcracker Suite";
Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks- "Pictures at an
Exhibition"; Histoire du Tango; Spring- "Four
Seasons"; Variations on America; Variations
on Simple Gifts; Stompin' at the Savoy; Russian
Dance-Nutcracker Suite; Mars the Bringer of War-
"The Planets"; Splish Splash and Summer -"The
Four Seasons".
3299197 Book/CD Pack . . . . . Gr. K-6 34.99
Nutcracker Suite
Active Listening Strategies
Wesley Ball.
Make music listening fun and active with creative
visuals and activities for Tchaikovsky's holiday
standard "The Nutcracker Suite."The book/CD
collection features a variety of reproducible listening
maps and activities, helpful teaching suggestions, and
a full-length recorded version of this masterwork.
Student editions with full color listening maps
provide extra visual effect. Songs include: Overture;
Chinese Dance; Russian Dance; Dance of the Sugar
Plum Fairy; Waltz of the Flowers; March; Dance of
the Reed Flutes and Arabian Dance.
10035550 Book/CD Pack . . . . . .Gr. 2-6 19.99
10035551 Student Edition 20-Pack. . . . . . 19.99
10035552 Classroom Kit Book, CD,
20 Student . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34.99
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