Valley Symphony Orchestra Education Concert Booklet

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20 education20concertSuggested Activities [approx. grade levels noted]• Figure out what direction you would need to go to get from thecomposer’s birth place to where they spent most of their lives. [3-5]• Find the steady beat of the music and tap your foot to the beat.Does it speed up or slow down? Is it easy or difficult to find? [K-5]• When listening to The Nutcracker March and Bugler’s Holiday, trymarching to the beat. [K-5]• Listen for a specific instrument within each piece. For instance,raise your hand when you hear the clarinet in the Liszt. [K-5]• Clap along with the son clave rhythm in the Marquez [6-8]• Explore different instruments and what vibrates on eachinstrument to produce sound. [K-5]• Discuss why bigger instruments sound lower and smallerinstruments sound higher. Order the instruments of the orchestrafrom lowest-sounding to highest-sounding. [K-5]• What happens to the vibrations to make the instrument playsofter/louder or higher/lower? [6-8]• Discuss the materials used to make each instrument. How does thematerial affect the sound of the instrument? [6-8]• What was happening in the United States when Anderson waswriting Bugler’s Holiday? [6-8]
20 education20concertThe 2020 Children’s Education Concertsare presented with generous sponsorship from:Concert Guide Author: Meredith GerstenDesign: Black Koi 360
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Page 5 and 6: JohannesBrahms(1833-1897)HUNGARIAN
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