The Musical Piece:
Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker, Op. 71 – Divertissement: Trpak (Russian Dance) 1:05 Leonard Bernstein: New York Philharmonic Orchestra SBMM_Gr3_09 Children’s 0
Written Information
This is the visual interpretation of your project.
Prepare a word document about your piece and application of it for submission. Include the following information:
Full title of selection (if it is from a collection of pieces, you must include that in the title)
Composer information:
Full Name (use correct spelling)
Dates of birth death, year the piece was written in, and style period of composition (example: Baroque Era).
Interesting fact about the composer that you might share with a young learner or novice listener.
Key for icon/symbol descriptions. Your key must contain a detailed description of what symbols are used to represent specific musical elements. A minimum of 3 musical different elements and their symbols must be included in your list. This is modeled with the March example. The model had 5 different elements. One had 4 sub-concepts. Consider following the list in Step 2 above. You may also describe other helpful graphics, use of color, and markings contained on the map.
Integration idea describe an academic subject that you might integrate this listening selection into for a future lesson. For example, for the piece Shenandoah, I might include a lesson on geography. Discuss the connections you would make in detail, minimum of 5 sentences.
Personal Reflection statement It is valuable to the learning process when we pause and think about our learning. In this section, detail what you have learned through this project. Include your thoughts about the piece you selected, the value of the listening maps for a future teaching opportunity, how you might change the map if you used it in the future, what the most challenging part of the project was for you, what came rather easy, and your overall musical growth experience in completing this project. Be detailed and insightful. This should be a well-developed paragraph.
References cite all materials you used to complete the project including the source where you found the music.