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Tacoma Youth Symphony Association
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Music Educators As you make plans for this school year we would like to invite you and your fourth grade class(es) to the Tacoma Youth Symphony Education Concert conducted by Dr. Paul-Elliott Cobbs. We will present two concerts (9:30-10:30 & 11:30-12:30) on Tuesday, January 19, 2010 in the Rialto Theater in Tacoma. Please click the link below to apply. The following is for those schools already confirmed for January 2010
Dear Educators,
Welcome to the 2010 TYSA Education Concert! We are going green this
year and leaping into the 21st century by distributing the education
packet via email/web as a web resource guide. In this guide you will find
composer backgrounds, stories behind the pieces, video recordings, and
access to a variety of lesson plans. I have also attached a variety of
resources and activities for your students to this document.
This year's concert will be held on Tuesday, January 19th, 2010 at
9:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m.. Please spend some time on audience
etiquette and explaining the concert format to your students. First,
the orchestra comes onstage and warms up. Then, the student
concertmaster (a violinist) comes to the podium and tunes the
orchestra. At this time all of the instruments play the note "A" to
make sure they all match. Finally,
the conductor comes to the podium and begins the program. This will
allow the students to understand what is happening on stage before the
actual program begins.
The concert program is as follows:
Sabre Dance........................................................Aram Kachaturian
Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra.....................Benjamin Britten
Fiddle Faddle........................................................Leroy Anderson
Star Wars............................................................John Williams
Please click on the links below for preparatory resources:
Biographies of the Composers:
Kachaturian - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kachaturian or http://www.khachaturian.am/eng/index.htm
Britten - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Britten or http://www.brittenpears.org/?page=britten
Anderson - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leroy_Anderson or http://www.leroyanderson.com/
Williams - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Williams or http://www.johnwilliams.org/
Background of the Pieces:
Sabre Dance - http://faculty.weber.edu/tpriest/FacetsMdl_files/Sabre%20Dance.html
Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Young_Person's_Guide_to_the_Orchestra
Fiddle Faddle - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiddle_Faddle_(musical_composition)
Star Wars - http://www.starwars.com/movies/episode-iv/ (Short synopsis of the movie's story.)
Video Recordings:
Sabre Dance - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8rTi8avsFY
Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ku3TRcjLpyY
Fiddle Faddle - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4067vMFTLg
Star Wars - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifwzaDy6sWk (This one is just for fun!)
Lesson plan links:
http://www.lessonplanspage.com/MusicUnoInstrumentFamilyIdentificationIdea26.htm (Young Person's Guide)
http://www.lessonplanspage.com/Music45.htm
http://classicsforkids.com/teachers/lessonplans/
http://www.squidoo.com/musiclapbook
Musical Internet Activity Sites:
http://www.nyphilkids.org/games/main.phtml?
http://www.dsokids.com/default.aspx
http://listeningadventures.carnegiehall.org/ypgto/index.aspx (Young Person's Guide)
http://brementownmusicians.com/ (instrument hangman)
Audience Etiquette:
http://www.menc.org/documents/mf/students.pdf
For
More Information Contact:
Tacoma
Youth Symphony Association ● 901 Broadway Plaza, Suite 500, Tacoma, WA
98402-4415 Copyright ©
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