Fun With Composers

A Simple, Fun Approach to Classical Music - An Orff Based Approach

Author: Deborah Lyn Ziolkoski
Format: Book with Audio and Video Online
Version: Teacher's Guide, Classroom Materials

Fun with Composer's Award Winning Series takes children on a classical music Adventure! Classical music is transformed from a complicated, mysterious form to one that is child-centred and fascinating! Dancing bugs, Snobby Pears and Sneaky Pirates are just a few of the fascinating characters unveiled in this unique union of story and song!

Each FWC Teacher Guide revolves around 9 new orchestral pieces and contains 27 interactive, Orff based lessons which promote literacy and include reproducible music maps, composer images and bios, visual arts activities, cross-curricular integration and more! Audio files (with catchy lyrics sung to the music and orchestral track) and instructional video files with a classroom of children demonstrating the teaching process, and final performances of each piece make teaching classical music the highlight of your curriculum! Designed for classroom and music teachers.

Contents:

• Foreword
• Let's Warm Up
• Composer Biographies & Activity Sheets
• Online audio with fun-filled lyrics as well as an authentic orchestral recording of each selection
• Online video which features key teaching strategies and the final performance of each selection
• Musical Selections from various composers:
  • The Marriage of Figaro - Mozart (Figaro the Magical Chef)
  • Slavonic Dance no. I - Dvorak (The Great Barn Dance)
  • Minuet in G Major - Bach (Royal Dance)
  • Tritsch Tratsch Polka - Strauss (The Ringmaster and the Tightrope Walker)
  • Minuetto - Mozart (The Snobby Pears)
  • Pizzicato Polka - Strauss (Bugsy and the Pizzicato Polka)
  • Aquarium - Saint-Saens (The Giant Octopus)
  • Surprise Symphony - Haydn (Sneakers and Sleepers)
  • Persian March - Strauss (Sneaky Sam)