MIDDLE SCHOOL

OCTOBER
music in our culture (commercials and TV)
Broadway unit
Broadway unit
Broadway unit

NOVEMBER
Broadway unit
Broadway producers unit
Broadway project

DECEMBER
Soundtrack of my life
Soundtrack of my life

JANUARY
Soundtrack of my life
Soundtrack of my life
Soundtrack of my life

FEBRUARY
create the soundtrack
create the soundtrack
create the soundtrack

TBA

2012 PRE-K AND K MUSIC APPRECIATION

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OCTOBER

CF: Bumblebee 

CE: William Tell (Rossini)

CE: Eine Kleine (Mozart)

CE: Beethoven's Fifth

NOVEMBER

CE: Surprise (Hadyn)

Little Old Lady who was not afraid of anything – book and instruments

DECEMBER

Pete the Cat and his school shoes – book

My Dolly - book and instruments

JANUARY

(Carnival of the Animals)

FEBRUARY

(Carnival of the Animals)

MARCH

CF: Tarantella (Rossini)

CE: Peer Gynt (Grieg)

CE: Ode to Joy (Beethoven)

CF: Radetsky March

APRIL

CF: Hoffman (Offenbach)

CF: Dance no. 8 (Dvorak(

CE: Adagio (Brahms)

MAY

CE: Fire Bird (Stravnisky)

CE: Little Minuet (Bach)

CF: Bird

South  America

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2012 ELEMENTARY MUSIC APPRECIATION

OCTOBER
Music & Movies: soundtracks, commercials, religious

Orchestra: Strings

Orchestra: Woodwinds

Orchestra: Brass

NOVEMBER

Orchestra: Percussion

Orchestra: Keyboard

Harmonica

DECEMBER

 Handel (Hallelujah Chorus) tonal notation

Vivaldi (Four Seasons) tempo terms

JANUARY

Interpreting rhythms of familiar songs

Offenbach (Can-Can) tempo terms

Verdi (Rigoletto)

FEBRUARY

Grieg (Peer Gynt)
Mendelssohn (Concerto in E Minor) concerto terms

MARCH

Bizet (Toreador Song) 4/4 meters

Music & Literature: verses and poems

Pachelbel (Cannon)  chord progression

Berloiz (Symphonie-Fantastique) articulation terms

APRIL

Sousa (Stars and Strips Forever) Key Signatures

Rimsky-Korsakov (Scheherazade) key signatures

Strauss (Till Eulenspiegel) key signatures

MAY

Berloiz (Symphonie-Fantastique) articulation terms

South America

South America

South America

South America