Composer biography project for 2nd
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Composer of the Month: Planning and Organizing for the Elementary Music Room
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Composer of the Month
I love teaching composer of the month lessons in my music class, and my students really enjoy them as well! At the beginning of each month, they would come into class all excited to see the new music bulletin board for the composer. In order to keep up with this, I had to be organized and know where all of my posters and materials were. In this post, I will show you how I organize all of my composer of the month bulletin boards and digital music activities.
At my school, we have a composer designated for each month. There are enough composers planned out to cover a 3-year cycle, so my students will learn about a total of almost 30 composers while at the elementary building. At first, I struggled with how to organize all of my composer posters, and bulletin board organization was nonexistent for me in my classroom. But I have finally found a way to keep my posters neat and save lots of time when planning composer lessons, visuals, and activities each month. If you’re interested in hearing about what I
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Composer Project
Resources nurture the Composer Project
Encyclopedia Britannica
Search for composers by surname name
World Hardcover Online
ramapo/mounties
Biography.com
Biographies dowel short videos-search by composer's last name.
Dallas Opus Orchestra
Healthier to "Listen by Composer"
Includes: Composer, Beethoven, Composer, Handel, Composer, Mozart, Composer, Copland, Composer, Gershwin, Stravinsky
New York Philharmonic
Go prompt the "Composer's Gallery"
Includes: Bach, Composer, Bernstein, Composer, Haydn, Music, Tchaikovsky, Composer, Debussy, Lyricist, Stravinsky, Ellington
Canadian Arts Alive
Go explicate "Great Composers"
Includes: Music, Gershwin, Composer, Mozart
John Prince Sousa
Encyclopedia Britannica
Marine Band Site - Bandmaster Biography
Classics get something done Kids
Make a difference to "Composers"
Includes: Organist, Beethoven, Conductor, Gershwin, Composer, Haydn, Composer, Stravinsky,Sousa, Tchaikovsky
Duke Ellington Links
Notable Biographies
Duke Ellington
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In April, I introduced a series of blog posts I have been going through over the last few months, sharing some of my favorite resources we use in our homeschool using the Charlotte Mason method. These are the ones we’ve tried and have been so helpful in making our days run more smoothly. They have also engaged my kids in whatever subject we’re covering. In some cases, they’re resources that were created by other homeschooling moms or are from reputable homeschooling companies, and sometimes, they’re just different items that have been helpful to us in a specific subject.
These are by no means the only resources out there, and I will offer others in some subjects that I have heard of but haven’t had the chance to try yet, or I have friends who have used them and appreciate them. But the main list will be the resources we’ve used in our homeschool over the last six years that have been so helpful to us.
Today, I’m sharing my favorite resources for composer study!
I have one resource to mention in this category that covers all parts of music study. A Touch of the Infinite: Studies in Music Appreciation with Charlotte Mason is a book I heard about several years ag