G.F. Handel and contemporary composers – lesson planning ideas
Thursday, March 18th, 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. Have the students research differences between the instruments, looking at the time when each instrument was invented, and the [...]
Classical Composer Haydn – Lesson ideas to make it fun!
Sunday, March 14th, 2010There are numerous resources and lesson plans available from this website to help you if you are planning music lessons. Learning about the Classical Composer Joseph Haydn? – Here are a few ideas for you: Encourage the students to pretend that they are Prince Esterhazy, and that they are looking for a new Kapellmeister. Have [...]
Heres a few tips on writing lesson plans
Friday, March 12th, 2010Lesson plans are an indispensable tool for music teachers. They are very important to the success of both one lesson and the teachers career in general. There is nothing like the old saying “If you don’t prepare, then prepare to fail”. However, once you are a little more experienced then preparing lesson plans becomes a [...]
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in the junior high school classroom
Thursday, March 11th, 2010Planning music lessons? here are a couple of ideas to help you create some fun music resources for your lessons. In Austria the house where Mozart grew up have been converted into a museum. Have the students draw a design for the front cover of the brochure for this museum, showcasing why Mozart is still [...]
Flutes and Piccolo – an orchestral music lesson
Thursday, March 11th, 2010Here are a few lesson planning ideas for teaching your music class about the flute and piccolo High or Low Game: Sing or play some melodic intervals in both directions. Ask students to discern which note comes first, the high note or the low note, by describing the interval as flute-piccolo (low-high) or piccolo-flute (high-low). [...]
Tools for a trouble free life for music teachers
Saturday, March 6th, 2010Music Teachers have a very busy schedule. Possibly music teachers have the busiest life of all teachers Of course, many would disagree with that statement. Maths, Science and History teachers of course work very hard and no-one would say they don’t work extremely hard to bring excellent lessons to their students. Music Teachers however have [...]
Lesson Plan all about Violins and Violas
Thursday, March 4th, 2010Want your students to learn about the string instruments? Here are a few music lesson plan ideas that will get your students inspired about stringed instruments. firstly, compare the sizes of violins and violas with other objects of different sizes Show or speak pairs of objects, and have the students indicate the relative size relationships [...]