Transcript Composer Connection

Composer Connection
Assignment
Research and find a composer or musician
(classical or pop) whose birthday is the same
day as yours, or close to your date.
Develop a PowerPoint presentation and
email to me at [email protected]
Assignment is due by Friday, March 26
PowerPoint Components
Minimum of 5 slides including:
Title slide with your name
Photo of you and picture of musician with
your shared birth date.
About Me slide introducing yourself
List a few interesting facts about
the musician.
Well-known works and your favorite work
by that musician
Helpful Links
Composer Birth Dates
www.classic99.com/bcomposb.htm
Composer Birth Dates and Lists of Works
http://www.classical.net/music/composer/lists.
php
Use non-copyrighted photos and clip art from
free sources such as Microsoft Office and
www.pics4learning.com.
COMPOSER CONNECTION
By Valerie Pafford
Valerie Pafford
 Born in Evanston, Illinois (metro-Chicago); lived in Jacksonville
for five years
 Began piano lessons at age 7; also play organ, handbells, flute,
and sing
 Married for 30 years, have three sons: ages 25, 19, and 18
 Began teaching piano at age 14, in my fifth year at DA
 Enjoy listening to any style of music but country-western
 Hobbies: spending time with family, browsing on eBay,
designing music-related crafts and gifts
Felix Mendelssohn
 Born February 3, 1809 in
Hamburg, Germany
 Child prodigy, first
composed before age 12
 Composed piano, organ,
orchestral, chamber,
instrumental, vocal and
choral works.
 Died at age 38 in 1847
Well-Known Works
by Mendelssohn
Wedding March
from A Midsummer Night’s Dream
The oratorio Elijah
Songs without Words
Collection of piano pieces
MY FAVORITE WORK:
Violin Concerto in E Minor, Op. 64
Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64
Sarah Chang and the New York Philharmonic Orchestra
(1995)