Transcript Tour the USA A Symphony at A Time

Tour the USA
A Symphony at A Time
Click on the flag to hear the music!
Can you guess the name of the tune?
Let’s begin our journey out of the country…
We’ll begin in Canada…
Click on the link below to
enter the site…
http://www.artsalive.ca/en/mus/instrumentlab/
Go to the NAC Orchestra & Friends…
Listen to an interview for each of the orchestra
family groups & record your answers on the sheet…
Click on the horn to listen to Aaron Copeland
Do you know your instrument families?
Click the instrument
to hear the sample sound
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Next on our tour…San Francisco!
Go to the link:
http://www.sfskids.org/templates/radio.asp?pageid=21
Click on the various channels & listen to the selections listed below & answer the
questions on the worksheet:
 Channel 1: Rouse - Ku Ka Liimmu
 Channel 2: Mozart - A Little Night Music
Mendelssohn - Wedding March
Copland - Simple Gifts
Gershwin - Rhapsody in Blue
 Channel 4: Rimsky-Korsakov - Bumble Bee
 Channel 5: Kodaly - Viennese Musical Clock
Dukas - Sorcerer’s Apprentice
 Channel 6: Grieg - Hall of the Mountain King
Stravinsky - Infernal Dance of Firebird
Finale
http://www.sfskids.org/templates/splash.asp
Who composed this tune?
Well, partners,
Dallas is our next destination…
Fasten your seat belts…
http://www.dsokids.com/2001/rooms/DSO_Intro.html
Do you know the name of this piece?
Click on “Students.” Go to the Orchestra Seating Chart
Choose a period and fill in the instruments on your
worksheet.
Let’s hop a plane to New York…
http://www.nyphilkids.org/main.phtml?
Click on the icon of Mozart and the “Game
Room”…
Plaly any 3 of the following games:
 Instrument Frenzy
 Percussion Showdown
 Scavenger Hunt
 Music Match
 Composer Match
 Music Quest
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How did you do? Record on
Your Worksheet…
Back into the car… we’re bound for
Balitmore…
http://www.bsokids.com/
Click on “Kids” - Go to the
Coloring Page
Download 3 to print & color
Before we arrive at our final destination,
Let’s take a detour for some cool music
games…
http://www.kidsites.com/sites-edu/music.htm - Go to “Creating
Music” & try the Sketch Pad
 http://musicracer.com/ - Go to “Note Names” & see if you can
name your notes quickly
 http://pedaplus.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=blo
gsection&id=7&Itemi2 –For more advanced note games
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http://www.stevenestrella.com/IWP/bluesjam/bluesjam.html For some neat sounds creating blues
Washington D.C. and the
National Symphony Orchestra or
NSO….
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Enjoy your visit to the Symphony!