Appreciation
OCTOBER
Genres:
(links to just some of what we listen to)
Latin - Salsa, Mambo
Jazz and Blues
Country and Western
Rock and Rap
NOVEMBER
Classical Month:
Kodaly's Viennese Musical Clock
Bach's Little Fugue
Bach's Minuet in G (The Supremes)
Bach's Brandenburg Concerto
DECEMBER
Opera: (taught by Middle School)
Hansel and Gretal - Humperdink
Magic Flute - Mozart
Rigoletto - Verdi
Barber of Seville - Rossini
Little Prince - Portman
Madame Butterfly - Puccini
Carmen - Bizet
Aida - Verdi
JANUARY - FEBRUARY
Opera review
American History:
Native American music
Revolutionary War: Star Spangled Banner
Music for the Underground Railroad
Civil War: North vs. South music/lyics
Frontier Music: gold rush, homesteaders, railroad, cowboysBlue Grass music
MARCH-APRIL
A month of American composers:
Sousa (El Capitan is the perfect tempo for students learning the cup song)
Gershwin
Copland
Jopland
APRIL-MAY
Music from Asia
India
Korea
Japan
China
Middle East/Arabia
Philippenes
Theory
We follow the Music Mind Games curriculum
Play
Fall Unit - voice
Winter Unit - Boomwhackers
Spring Unit - Hand percussion