CSCA Music News/ May 2015 By Mr. Olson Core Virtue Forgivenessschool I will show grace to those who have hurt my feelings. Music Grading Policy Change The decision has been made to make assessments (quizzes) the same weight as participation grades in music class. This will, especially, help those students who have struggled academically in music class. This will have little impact on students that display good participation, behavior and academics in music. Grading used to be 75% tests and 25% participation. Have a great summer everyone!! Music to Our Ears Black font will indicate music we have listened to or will be listening to in a few weeks. Red font indicates music that we will listen to in future months.
Kindergarten Listening and Kid-Friendly Biographies Richard Rodgers, March of the Siamese Children from The King and I Edvard Grieg, Morning and In the Hall of the Mountain King from Peer Gynt Suites 1 and 2 Victor Herbert, March of the Toys from Babes in Toyland Khataturian- Sabre Dance Bizet- Overture from Carmen Mozart- Theme and Variations on Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star Schumann- Dreaming Debussy- Golliwog s Cakewalk Offenbach- Can Can Saint-Saens- selections from Carnival of the Animals Brahms- Lullaby Ponchielli- Dance of the Hours 1 st Grade Listening and Kid-Friendly Biographies Sousa- The Stars and Stripes Forever Mozart- Eine Klene Nacht Musik Humperdinck- Brother Come and Dance With Me, I am the Little Sandman, Children s Prayer from the opera Hansel and Gretel Tchaikovsky- The Nutcracker Suite Prokofiev Peter and the Wolf Jazz: Louis Armstrong- West End Blues, Potato Head Blues, St. Louis Blues Jazz: Miles Davis- So What, All Blues Jazz Improvisation demonstration by Mr. Olson Jazz/Post Bebop: John Coltrane- Afro Blue (listening only/no biography) Jazz/Bebop: Charlie Bird Parker- Klaunstance (listening only/no biography)
Jazz/Fusion: Mahavishnu Orchestra(with John McGlaughlin)- Meeting of the Spirits (listening only/no biography) Dukas- The Sorcerer s Apprentice 2 nd Grade Listening and Kid-Friendly Biographies Star Spangled Banner-memorize and learn the history Carlos Chavez- Toccata for Percussion Bach- Minuet in G, Jesu Joy of Man s Desiring, Toccata and Fugue in D Minor Vivaldi- The Four Seasons Beethoven- Fur Elise, Symphony # 6 (Pastoral) Mozart- Rondo Alla Turca Mendelssohn- Spring Song Saint-Saens- selections from Carnival of the Animals 3 rd Grade Listening and Kid-Friendly Biographies Rimsky-Korsakov- Scheherazade Sousa- Stars and Stripes Forever Tchaikovsky- Selections from Swan Lake Debussy- Prelude to the Afternoon of a Fawn Rossini- The William Tell Overture Gershwin- Rhapsody in Blue Mozart- selections from Horn Concertos Copland- Fanfare for the Common Man, Hoedown, Simple Gifts
4 th Grade Listening and Kid-Friendly Historical Information Gregorian Chant Medieval Music Handel- Hallelujah Chorus from The Messiah Mozart- The Magic Flute Haydn- Surprise Symphony # 94 Mozart- Theme and Variations on Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star Britten- A Young Person s Guide to the Orchestra 5 th Grade Listening and Kid-Friendly Historical Information Music of the Renaissance- John Dowland, Palestrina, DePrez, Motets, Madrigals, Masses, Beethoven- 5 th Symphony Mussorgsky- Pictures at an Exhibition Mendelssohn- selections from A Midsummer Night s Dream 6 th Grade and Kid-Friendly Biographies Handel- Water Music, Hallelujah Chorus from The Messiah Bach: Brandenburg Concertos, Well Tempered Clavier, Cantatas Mozart: Piano Concerto # 21, Symphony # 40-1 st Movement Haydn- Surprise Symphony, String Quartet Opus 76 The Emperor Schubert- art song (lieder) The Trout, Gretchen at the Spinning Wheel Schubert- Unfinished Symphony, Ave Maria Beethoven: Piano Sonata # 14 Moonlight, Symphony # 9 (4 th Movement) Chopin- Minute Waltz, Funeral March, Revolutionary Etude in C Minor Schumann- Piano Concerto in A Minor
7 th Grade Listening and Kid-Friendly Biographies Johannes Brahms, Symphony No. 1 (fourth movement) Hector Berlioz, Symphonie Fantastique Franz Liszt, Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 for piano Richard Wagner, Overture to Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg Tchaikovsky- 1812 Overture Dvorak, Symphony No. 9 / The New World Symphony Blues Music: Robert Johnson, B.B. King, Muddy Waters, Bessie Smith (listening only/no biography) Blues-Rock Excerpts (via The British Invasion ): The Yardbirds, John Mayall, Peter Green (listening only/no biography) Blues-Rock Excerpts (Indirect results of the British Invasion/ Worthy of Mention) Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix (listening only/no biography) Jazz and It s Influence on Other Musical Styles Jazz- selections by Joplin, Ellington, Miles, Gershwin Jazz: Miles Davis- So What, All Blues Jazz/Post Bebop: John Coltrane- Giant Steps (listening only/no biography) Jazz/Bebop: Charlie Bird Parker- Klaunstance (listening only/no biography) Jazz/Fusion: Various Artists Weather Report: Birdland 8 th Grade Listening and Kid-Friendly Biographies 12 tone compositions- serial composition, tone rows Aleatory (chance) Music- featuring John Cage - 4 33 (listening only/no biography), As Long as Possible Schoenberg- Suite for Piano Opus 25 Steve Reich- Electric Counterpoint featuring jazz guitar virtuoso, Pat Metheny (listening only/no biography) Harry Partch- Bewitched (listening only/no biography) Circadian Rhythms Edgar Varese- Ionisation (listening only/no biography) Sibelius- Finlandia Bartok- Allegro Barbaro, Mikrokosmos Rodrigo- Concierto de Aranjuez Copland, Appalachian Spring
Sibelius- Finlandia (8 th Grade Continued) Opera: Rossini- The Barber of Seville excerpts, William Tell Overture Verdi- Aida, The American Musical featuring: Irving Berlin-There s No Business Like Show Business, Blue Skies George M. Cohen- Give My Regards to Broadway, Yankee Doodle Dandy Cole Porter- Don t Fence Me In, You re the Top Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein - Ol Man River (from Showboat ), Rogers and Hammerstein- Oklahoma, Oh What a Beautiful Morning Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim- Maria, I Feel Pretty (from West Side Story) DVD excerpts- CK tie in with Shakespeare Brother Steve, Sister Vickie, and that s me pointing. Circa middle to late 1960 s