Music+to+Our+Ears!

= music to our ears! = 



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**welcome to the** IDEAL MUSIC PAGE!  check out the amazing IDEAL musicians, learn about the music curriculum, and explore the fun things we are doing in class! Listen to the school song...media type="file" key="IDEAL SCHOOL SONG-VOX.mp3" width="192" height="80" align="right"

Love it, Beth!! --Soren

 MUSIC NEWS: This fall and winter, all of the grades are learning about the **instruments of the orchestra** through the exploration of // Prokofiev's __Peter and the Wolf.__ click below for more info... __[|Peter & the Wolf-wikipedia]__ //The First Grade class is attending a production of P & the W at The New Victory Theatre, and students have viewed two film versions of this classic musical tale, in addition to selecting their own "theme" instruments and making musical connections in class, playing their own version of the characters. In Peter and the Wolf, each character in the story has a **"theme" and an accompanying instrument...** timpani=hunters; strings=Peter; French Horn=The Wolf; clarinet=cat; oboe=duck; bassoon=Grandfather
 *  PETER AND THE WOLF **



  see what some 4/5 students chose as their "theme" instrument:

   **Aaron Copland** and **SIMPLE GIFTS**-The Connection!

 This month, students are also exploring themes through listening to the music of **__AARON COPLAND,__** a composer who "QUOTED" The Shaker Hymn "SIMPLE GIFTS" in his famous composition //"APPALACHIAN SPRING"// <span style="color: #800000; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%; text-align: center;"> As part of the "Harvest Festival" in November <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">students will listen to this piece, watch the ballet choreographed by Martha Graham, <span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%; text-align: center;"> and discover how "themes" can be creatively borrowed, connecting and expanding on timeless classics <span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">**check the wiki entry for more info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simple_Gifts <span style="color: #4553de; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 160%; font-weight: normal;">__//DID YOU KNOW...?//__ THAT THIS PIECE WAS ALSO PLAYED AT THE INAUGURATION OF... __PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA!?__ <span style="color: #4553de; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 144%; font-weight: normal;">John Williams, who also wrote the music for "Star Wars", created and conducted a special piece just for the event, featuring cellist Yo-Yo Ma and violinist Itzhak Perlman... COOL!! **__check it out....__
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_and_Simple_Gifts**