Classroom Music Lesson Ideas for learning about Mozart
Saturday, March 13th, 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. Have the students draw a design for the front cover of the brochure for this museum, showcasing why Mozart is still so popular [...]
Classroom Music ideas for teaching about the flute and piccolo
Saturday, March 13th, 2010The Flute and Piccolo are important instruments to learn about in music class, but no so easy if you can’t play them yourself, so here is a few ideas to get you started. This is part of a
Classroom Lesson Plan Idea – Musical Analysing
Saturday, March 13th, 2010Photocopy a page of music and have students use different colored markers to identify particular intervals and articulations. For example, you could make harmonic 3rds blue, melodic 4ths orange, and staccato marks-green. You can adapt this to whatever level and musical concepts the class is currently studying. Submitted by Dianne S. Cox
A music lesson about the symphony orchestra’s conductor
Saturday, March 13th, 2010These are all ideas that students can use to learn about the conductor in the orchestra. There is a complete lesson plan on this subject in Our Printable Music Lesson Plans Series. What would happen to an orchestra if the conductor wasn’t there – could the musicians cope by themselves? Students will discover in this [...]
Learning about Ludwig Van Beethoven in the music class
Saturday, March 13th, 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 the music classroom: Write a short children’s story about the life of Beethoven. You can describe all the parts of Beethoven’s life that children may be interested [...]
Learn about the Symphony Orchestra in Music Class
Saturday, March 13th, 2010Here are a few ideas for lesson planning a lesson all about a Symphony Orchestra Arrange the student’s seats as if they were an orchestra. Place the names of instruments on the appropriate desks, or affix name stickers to individual students. Allow students to be different instruments on different days. Have a class discussion about [...]
Learning about Mozart in the music classroom
Friday, March 12th, 2010Planning music lessons? here are a couple of ideas to help you create some fun music resources for your lessons. In Salzburg, Austria, Mozart’s childhood house has been turned into a museum. Have the students draw a design for the front cover of the brochure for this museum, showcasing why Mozart is still so popular [...]
A listening activity on the Music of Vaughan Williams
Friday, March 12th, 2010Listening Activity The Lark Ascending Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1w4N-NL_Bw&feature=related Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHbkfGsgbpQ&feature=related While listening to The Lark Ascending (Part 1), close your eyes and let the music form a scene in your imagination of a particular place. As you listen, consider the following points: You may also want to review the Poem that the piece is [...]
A Baroque Music Lesson on J.S. Bach
Friday, March 12th, 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. Design a Facebook profile for J.S. Bach. You’ll want to include some basic [...]
Could an orchestra exist without a conductor?
Friday, March 12th, 2010What would happen to an orchestra if the conductor wasn’t there – could the musicians cope by themselves? Students will discover in this music lesson. These are all ideas that students can use to learn about the conductor in the orchestra. There is a complete lesson plan on this subject in Our Printable Music Lesson [...]
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