A great listening idea for learning about Franz Joseph Haydn
Thursday, March 18th, 2010A recording of this work can be found on video at
The most famous Deaf Musician in the classroom
Thursday, March 18th, 2010Ludwig Van Beethoven has to be one of the most unusual and interesting characters to ever compose music. Here are a few ideas to help introduce him into your music lesson plans: Write a short children’s story about the life of Beethoven. Include the most important parts of Beethoven’s life that younger children may be [...]
Haydn Talk Show? What if TV shows were around in the 18th Century?
Tuesday, March 16th, 2010What if TV talk shows were around in the 18th Century? Create a talk show segment interviewing Joseph Haydn on the success of one of his tours to London. Talk about a concert, the people Haydn met, Haydn’s opinion of the current fashion trends and anything else of interest. D Don’t forget that Haydn was [...]
J.S. Bach on a social network like facebook?
Tuesday, March 16th, 2010Students will love being exposed to a variety of composers, and there is none more important than J.S. Bach for learning about the Baroque Era. You will find many more ideas for music lesson plans in our composers series of printable worksheets. Create a pretend profile for JS Bach on your favourite social networking site [...]
Music Lesson ideas to share with a class about Mozart
Sunday, March 14th, 2010There are numerous resources and lesson plans available from this website to help you if you are planning music lessons. In Salzburg, Austria, Mozart’s childhood house has been turned into a museum. Design the front cover of a brochure advertising the Museum by briefly describing who Mozart was, what may be see in the Museum [...]
Teaching Music Students Baroque Music
Sunday, March 14th, 2010These days Handel’s keyboard music is most often performed on a piano. At the time that this music was performed however pianos had not yet been invented, so keyboard music was generally played on a harpsichord. Do some research on the differences between the two, considering when each instrument was invented, how the sound is [...]
Learn about Baroque Music in a fun way
Sunday, March 14th, 2010Want to share some Baroque Music with your music class? here are a few ideas for a music class based on J.S. Bach. If you are creating a music lesson plan about baroque music then this may give you a few ideas. Create a pretend profile for JS Bach on your favourite social networking site [...]
Learning about 18th Century composer Haydn in the music classroom
Thursday, March 11th, 2010There are numerous resources and lesson plans available from this website to help you if you are planning music lessons. One activity is to have the students research the 18th Century ‘Symphony’. There are a lot of interesting facts to learn like the number of movements, the standard instruments used at the time and the [...]
Lesson Plan ideas to teach your class about Haydn
Thursday, March 11th, 2010This is an excerpt from our Printable Music Lesson Plans series on great composers. These are just a couple of the ideas found in the Lesson Plans. A couple of ideas for a lesson plan about Franz Joseph Haydn: Have the students Imagine that they are Prince Esterhazy looking for a new Kapellmeister for their [...]
Learning about J.S. Bach? Here are a few ideas
Thursday, March 11th, 2010Want to share some Baroque Music with your music class? here are a few ideas for a music class based on J.S. Bach. This is just an excerpt of the materials found in our Great composers series of printable music lesson plans. Design a Facebook profile for J.S. Bach. You’ll want to include some basic [...]
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