Keep timer

2:30-2:35​ ​BALL TOSS GAME​ (introduction)

name/age/anything else
2:35-2:45 ​TRIVIA
Students asked questions about the following. (ex: which one composed music when 5 years old? Was it Mozart,
beethoven or Bach? Or Did you know that Beethoven liked to take walks? DO you like taking walks?)
-Slideshow with composers and musical examples

Mozart composed when he was 5 years old.

Bach had 20 children.
Chopin composed primarily for the piano.
Beethoven liked to take walks.
Bach wrote a piece about coffee.
Haydn composed 104 symphonies.
Beethoven went deaf.
Brahms was friends with Schumann.
Mozart wrote the original version of Twinkle
Twinkle Little Star.
Beethoven loved going from quiet to loud.
Debussy was inspired by paintings.
Amy Beach was from America. Show example.
Any fun facts about composers?

2:45-2:55 ​FANTASIA CLIP

Students watch the following clip for about 5 min and are asked questions. 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWJ-kGuOA_Q
What did you hear? What did you see? What characters did we see?
How would you describe the music for x character? Is it fast or slow? What happened when music was fast? What happened when it
was quiet? Who was your favorite character? Would you imagine any of these characters in the piano pieces that you play?
The cat concerto if we have time? ​https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5CDFaZvEXY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0DLvqTwTEY

2:55-3:05 ​MOVING GAME

Give sticker sheet to each student.
Students are asked to walk to the music. How does this music make you feel?

1.) Bach (Glenn Gould) - Track 8 (opening - Skipping for tutti (ritornello) and smaller, lighter steps for solo
2.) Chopin (Artur Rubinstein) - CD 1, Track 9 - “Minute Waltz” (bigger beats vs. smaller beats ; Guess how long
this piece is?)
3.) Scarlatti (Enrico Baiano - harpsichord) - Track 12 - Sonata K.395 in E Major (Allegro) - surprises, virtuosity
4.) Mozart Magic Flute - Track 4 (Papageno) - “flute” calling birds, lyrical, playful
5.) Debussy (Krystian ZImmerman) - CD 2, Track 12 (Feux d’artifice) - How does this sound like fireworks?
Atmospheric; colors
6.) Schubert (March Militaire, Op. 51, No. 1 - D.733)
*Does anyone know what a concerto is?
7.) Liszt Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-flat Major (Argerich) - CD 1, Track 1 (Raise your hand when the piano
enters)
8.) Ravel PIano Concerto in G (Argerich) - CD, Track 5 (Where do you hear the piano? How does this sound
different from Liszt Concerto No. 1 in E-flat Major)
 9.) YouTube - Beethoven Symphony No. 7 Leonard Bernstein 1:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6yp9XJfDK0​ (small posture for piano and big posture for forte; different
colors for different instruments, dramatic dynamic changes, dance)

3:05-3:15 SCAVENGER HUNT

9 excerpts numbered scattered around the room.
Students divided into 2 groups (play by ear)
Students of GROUP A work with 5 questions. Students of Group B work with the rest of the
questions. They share in the end.

*****listen to excerpts and describe how you feel via stickers and discuss****add-on activity
Or ***scattered images and students choose one that represents the music***

3:20-3:30 ​MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB VIDEO (wrap up)

https://www.facebook.com/practicenotes/videos/750901741777831/?hc_ref=ARRJ8evo6fndv36ovVdAkQi3XajtkjLfyb
zOysSkZOnavf_Lqyu-QGU8Oxbo8wvgpP4
Which one was your favorite?
Could you tell this was mary had a little lamb?

* Beethoven pdf and give out to kids when they leave (to color)