Music

Apprentice

Read/Study

1-Read Chapters 16-18 in Orbiting the Giant Hairball


Know/Understand

• Choose a composer from the following list and prepare a presentation for the class that includes a short life sketch, a description of their work and how they influenced music. Please include interesting experiences or stories about your composer overcoming obstacles in their life. Please email teamhalley@gmail.com with the composer you would like, and I'll post it on the blog.

Franz Joseph Haydn - PATTY
George Frederick Handel - SUMMER
Sergei Rachmaninov - ADRIANNA
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Gustav Mahler - HANNAH
Giuseppe Verdi
Johannes Brahms - JAISHA
Franz Liszt - GRACE
Frederic Chopin - BENJAMIN
Robert Schumann
Franz Schubert - LUKE
Richard Wagner
Ludwig van Beethoven - TARA
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - SAMANTHA
Johann Sebastian Bach - CALEB
Edvard Grieg
Antonio Vivaldi - RACHEL
Johann Pachelbel - RAHEL
Johann Strauss II - MACK
Claude Debussy - MEGAN
  

Journeyman

Read/Study


1- Listen to and memorize the 1) composer and 2) name of song for the classical song list provided. There will be a quiz in class and prizes for top grades (maybe a new car).


Note: You will need to scroll down each page to find the correct audio recording that matches the song name.

1. Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No. 5 In C Minor, Op. 67, "Fate": I. Allegro Con Brio
2. Antonio Vivaldi - The Four Seasons, Op. 8, "Spring": Allegro
3. Richard Wagner - The Valkyrie: Ride of the Valkyries
4. Frédéric Chopin - Nocturne No. 2 In E-Flat Major, Op. 9
5. Johann Pachelbel - Canon In D Major
6. Johann Sebastian Bach - Orchestral suites No. 3 In D Major, BWV 1068: Air
7. Claude Debussy - Suite bergamasque, L 75: Clair de Lune
8. Johann Strauss II - On the Beautiful Blue Danube, Op. 314
9. Johannes Brahms - Hungarian Dance No. 5 In G Minor
10. Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Swan Lake Suite, Op. 20: Scene
11. Georges Bizet - Carmen Suite No. 2: Habanera
12. Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No. 9 In D Minor, Op. 125, "Choral": Ode an Die Freude
13. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Serenade No. 13 In G Major, K. 525, "Eine Kleine Nachtmusik": I. Allegro
14.  George Frideric Handel - The Messiah, HWV 56: Hallelujah Chorus
15.  Edvard Grieg - Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46: Morning Mood

 

Know/Understand
Choose One:
 • Start with a blank canvas or big sheet of paper and paints. Turn on your favorite style of music and create a piece of art based soley on the emotions that the music generates in you. Bring your artwork to class and we will try to guess what kind of music you listened to as you painted.

• Learn how to play a classical piece of music or compose an original song to share with the class.

Master

Read/Study

1- Watch this TED talk on music and emotion. Write a 1-2 page paper on insights you have observed or learned about of how music effects you or society in a unique way. Bring to class and hand in. I want to hear your thoughts on the subject and I will love reading them.

2-Bring an instrument or sound maker to class (real or invented)

We will be having a guest come in for Master. 

It'll be great to see you all again :)