The Music of Life
May 2020
Piano…soft. Forte…LOUD! Bartolomeo Cristofori has a passion for the music of life. He wants to create an instrument that can express the chaos of life AND its gentleness.
Will his new instrument wow musicians around the world?
❓Ask the Author: Elizabeth Rusch
📺 Videos
🎹 Piano Anatomy-What’s inside?
🖨 Printable Italian Phrases Flashcards
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🔒Musical Story Time
🔒Famous Italian Landmarks Slide Show
🔒Author Suggested Links and Videos
🔒Digital Italian Musical Words Flashcards
🔒Word Search
🔒Discussion and Writing Prompts
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Singing in the Rain
April 2020
April showers bring may flowers and those rainy days can bring a lot of fun! Celebrate the anniversary month of the movie musical Singin’ in the Rain with this beautifully illustrated edition by Tim Hopgood.
✏️ Ask the Author: Tim Hopgood
📖 Gene Kelly Bio: Encyclopedia Britannica Article
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🔒Musical Story Time
🔒Rainy Days Maze
🔒Rain Stick Instructional Video
🔒Rainy Day Playlist
🔒Discussion and Writing Prompts
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When Stravinsky Met Nijinsky
March 2020
What happens when a composer and choreagraphor work together to create something exciting and new?
The audience can’t decide if it is a pioneering success or horrible failure…so they riot in the streets!
📺 Videos
📝Activity Guide created by Zimmer/Stringer
✏️Activity Guide created by the Minnesota Orchestra
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🔒Musical Story Time
🔒Stravinsky Mini-Bio
🔒Nijinsky Mini-Bio
🔒Saint Basil’s Cathedral Coloring Page
🔒Consonance VS Dissonance Listening Exercise
🔒Rite of Spring Orchestral Recording (Complete)
🔒Lesson on 20th Century Music Composition
🔒Discussion and Writing Prompts
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We Shall Overcome: The Story of a Song
February 2020
From the cotton fields of the southern United States to the streets of South Africa,
We Shall Overcome is the story of a a song that inspired a movement and traveled the world.
🎶 The Freedom Singers
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🔒Musical Story Time
🔒’This Little Light’ by The Freedom Singers
🔒I’ll Overcome Someday’ Sheet Music
🔒We Shall Overcome Crossword
🔒Instrument Matching
🔒Sound Samples: Instruments of the World
🔒Discussion and Writing Prompts
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Guitar Genius
January 2020
“Red, your voice is fine, your harmonica’s fine, and your jokes are funny, but the guitar is not loud enough.”
Guitar Genius by Kim Tomsic tells the story of legendary musician Les Paul. In this month’s book we’ll learn how Lester harnessed his perseverance and determination to “rock the word” with his solid-bodied electric guitar.
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📚Companion Books
📺 Videos
👂Les Paul: Inventor and Innovator (NPR Podcast)
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🔒Musical Story Time
🔒Guitar String Spelling
🔒Meet the Musicians
🔒Make Your Own Guitar!
🔒Discussion and Writing Prompts
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Walking in a Winter Wonderland
December 2019
Sleigh bells ring! Are you listening?
Illustrated by Tim Hopgood
Based on the song by Felix Bernard and Richard B. Smith
As sung by Peggy Lee