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Youth Concert 2014-2015 Student Guide
Sight to Sound
The Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra Presents
KSO Youth Concerts 2014-2015
“Sight To Sound”
Student Guide Pages
Concert Introduction………..………….………………………………....……….……………….………………….....2
Submit Your Artwork! ……...…………….………………….………………………..……………….……………......3
Instrument Families…………………………….…..…………………………………………………………….…….…..4
“Sunrise Ignites Daybreak’s Veil” from Chasing Light, by Shwantner…………...…..…...……….....6
Composer Joseph Schwantner…..………………..……….……………………………………………..……….…..7
In the Steppes of Central Asia, by Borodin...….…….....…………………………………...……………...….8
Composer Alexander Borodin………………………..……...……………………………………..………………....9
“The Storm of Chenery Auditorium”…….………….………………...…………………………….………….....10
Mystery Composer…………………....….………………...…….……………………………………………..……....11
“The Royal March of the Lion” from Carnival of the Animals, by Saint-Saëns…………............12
Composer Camille Saint-Saens……….…………………......…………………………………………….…..……13
Mosquito Dance, by White…………..……………….….…….………………………………………..……....…..14
Composer Paul White……...……………………..……….….……..……………………………………...…..…....15
“The Elephant” from Carnival of the Animals, by Saint-Saëns………….……....………..……….…..16
“Flight of the Bumblebee” from The Tale of Tsar Saltan, by Korsakov………..……..……..…….16
Composer Rimsky-Korsakov…………...………………………………………..…..…….…...…………………...17
“The Moldau” from Ma Vlast, by Smetana……………………...……………..……….……………………..18
Composer Friedrich Smetana……………...………...………………………..…...…………..………………….19
“The Flying Theme” from E.T., by Williams……………………………......….…...………………………….20
Composer John Williams………………..………………………………….....…...………………..……………...21
What a Wonderful World, by Thiele/Weiss……….…..…………….....…...……………..……………….22
Musician Louis Armstrong………….…..…………………..……………..………..……………………………….23
The Conductor’s Role…….……...…………………………..…..……….…………..………………………….……24
KSO Youth Concert Puzzle Page…………………………..…...………….………..……………………………..25
Show What You Know………………………………………...…………….…………….…………………………….26
Post-Concert Reflection………………………………..…………………………...………………………………….28
Thank You to KSO Youth Concert Design Team……...……..…………..………………………………..…30
Student and Teacher Guide cover design, composer pages, lesson formatting and graphic design by Cori Somers
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Youth Concert 2014-2015: Sight to Sound Welcome to the Kalamazoo Symphony Youth Concerts 2015! This year’s program will take us on a musical journey with
composers who have used the symphony orchestra to create images of our natural world through music. You will explore
Sunrises, thunderstorms, rivers, animals and more!
We have exciting participation pieces this year too! You will have the opportunity to sing with us, create a storm of your
own, and submit artwork that will be shown during the concert!
We look forward to seeing you at the Kalamazoo Symphony concert, enjoying the music that sparks your imagination!
CONCERT PROGRAM
Schwantner “Sunrise Ignites Daybreaks’ Veil” from Chasing Light
Borodin In the Steppes of Central Asia
*Working “The Storm of Chenery Auditorium”
Mystery Composer ???????????????
Saint-Saëns “The Royal March of the Lion” from Carnival of the Animals
White The Mosquito Dance
Saint-Saëns “The Elephant” from Carnival of the Animals
Rimsky-Korsakov “Flight of the Bumblebee” from The Tale of the Tsar Saltan
*Smetana “The Moldau” from Ma Vlast
Williams “The Flying Theme” from E. T.
*Thiele/Weiss What a Wonderful World
* Indicates a student participation piece!
Youth Concerts are made possible in part by: The Burdick-Thorne Foundation, Education for the Arts, John E. Fetzer Institute
Fund, Diane S. Robertson, Mignon Sherwood DeLano Foundation, Stucki Family Foundation, Tyler-Little Family Foundation, Youth
Concert Luncheon supporters , Dorothy U. Dalton Foundation, Harold and Grace Upjohn Foundation, Irving S. Gilmore Founda-
tion, Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra League, Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs, National Endowment for
the Arts, Pfizer Corporation, Youth Concert Fund Supporters, Zoetis, Schupan And Sons, Upjohn Mason Grandchildren’s Chair in
Music Education
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What do you see when you hear music? What kinds of images come to mind when you listen carefully? Won-derful cascades of your beautiful world may come bub-bling up when you close your eyes and become a part of the music.
We invite you to submit your artwork based on Friedrich Smetana’s Work “The Moldau” from Ma Vlast
All artwork chosen will be displayed on our screen during the KSO’s performance of The Moldau!
Meet the Instrument Families of the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra!
The String Family
The Brass Family
Can you Identify all of the instruments of the Symphony Orchestra? What are the parts of the instruments? How are they played?
Where on the instrument does the sound come from? Does the musician sit or stand on stage?
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The Woodwind Family
The Percussion Family
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“Sunrise Ignites Daybreak’s Veil” CD Track 3
From Chasing Light By Joseph Schwantner
Special thanks to Kimberly Licavoli from North Ward and Dawson Elementary, Allegan Public Schools for creating this lesson.
Beneath the sickle moon,
sunrise ignites daybreak’s veil
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During Schwantner’s Lifetime:
Schwantner
born
Joseph Schwantner was born in Chicago, Illinois.
He is known for his dramatic and unique style and as a gifted orchestral “colorist”. He is one of the most prominent American composers today.
Schwantner began his musical study at an early age in classical guitar. He also studied jazz and folk.
His first compositional aspirations were noticed by his guitar teach who consistently experienced Schwantner elaborating on pieces he would be studying. From this, Schwantner’s teacher suggested he collect these ideas and create his first musical composition.
Remaining in Chicago after high school, he continued his musical study in composition to the city’s American Conservatory, where he graduated with a bachelor’s degree in 1964. He was exposed to and closely explored the music of Debussy, Bartók, and Messiaen.
He earned masters and doctorate music degrees in composition from Northwestern University in Chicago.
He was awarded the Pulitzer prize in music in 1979.
Joseph Schwantner has composed over 18 orchestral works and 19 chamber works.
1950 First o
rgan transp
lant
1943 1959The first
Barbie D
oll
was sold
1969 Astr
onauts first
landed
on the m
oon
1972 Pocket c
alculato
rs
were in
troduce
d
1975 Micr
osoft w
as founded
Meet the Composer Joseph Schwantner
Born 1943
1982 Mich
ael Jack
son’s
album
Thriller w
as release
d
1993 The World
Wide W
eb
went public
2010 The first to
tal lunar
eclipse
occurre
d since
1638
Special thanks to Cori Somers from the Kalamazoo Symphony for designing this lesson.
In the Steppes of Central Asia CD Track 5 By Alexander Borodin
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During Borodin’s Lifetime:
1833
1869 Cincinnati Red Stock
ings beca
me
the first
professi
onal base
ball team
1887 1872 Yellowsto
ne National P
ark was
establis
hed as the first
National P
ark in
the U
nited State
s.
1879 Milk
was s
old in
glass bottles f
or 1st
time
Borodin died
Borodin born
1836 Arkansa
s beco
mes the 25th
state
1844 first electr
ic te
legram known
as Morse
Code
1863 The Emancipation Pro
clama-
tion was m
ade by Abraham Linco
ln
1853 Ste
inway Pianos Co. m
oves
from G
ermany to
New York
Borodin was born in Saint Petersburg, Russia. His mother and father never married. His father, a foreign noble, and a 24-year-old Russian woman, had Alexander registered as the son of one of his serfs, Porfiry Borodin.
As a boy a young boy, Borodin studied piano.
Borodin was a Russian Romantic composer, doctor and chemist. He was a member of the group of composers called “The Five” or "The Mighty Handful," who were dedicated to producing a spe-cifically Russian kind of music.
When Borodin was 17 he entered the Medical–Surgical Academy in St Petersburg, which was lat-er home to Ivan Pavlov, and pursued a career in chemistry. On graduation he spent a year as sur-geon in a military hospital, followed by three years of advanced scientific study in western Eu-rope.
Between 1862 and 1879 Borodin spent his spare time studying composition with Mily Balakirev.
He married Ekaterina Protopopova, a pianist, in 1863, and had at least one daughter, named Gania.
Borodin suffered from poor health, having overcome cholera and several minor heart attacks. He died suddenly during a ball in 1887.
Meet the Composer Alexander Borodin
1833 - 1887
The Storm of Chenery Auditorium By Marcia Working
Special thanks to Marcia Working for designing this lesson.
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When the orchestra performs a piece of music, each player has a copy of the music to read so that they can practice
and perform their part correctly. The Conductor’s music is called a score. The score shows all the music for all of the
instruments. This way the Conductor knows each and every part of the music and helps the orchestra to stay together.
The scores below are pictures that will help your classroom orchestra perform a storm. It must be decided what sounds
will be used and who should perform them. Choose a conductor and try out these two examples of scores. You can
even draw up your own score!
Example 2
Example 1
Rub Hands Snap Fingers Pat Knees
Thunder!
19-20
56-58 55-56 54-55
48-49 47 46 44-45 38-40
36-37 34-35 30-33 21-22 13-18 Measures 1-12 23 25 27
59-60
41 42 43 50 51 53
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During the Composer’s Lifetime:
Mystery Composer
1770 - 1827
He was born in Bonn, Germany on December 17, 1770. He was one of seven children.
He learned to play the piano at a young age and quickly became a very good piano player. When he was eight years old, he went to a monastery in Bonn to study the organ.
When he was 12, he began to study the piano seriously. He also began to compose pieces when he was 12. The more he wrote music, the better he became.
In his early twenties, he went to Vienna, Austria to study with a very well-known composer named Joseph Haydn.
At the age of 26, he began to realize that he was losing his hearing, which got worse as he got older. Before he died, he was almost completely deaf, but he was still composing beautiful mu-sic.
He had an unusual skill where he could hear music in his head and then write it down without ever playing it on the piano.
He never married and he didn’t have any children. In fact, he spent most of his life alone.
Many people think he is one of the greatest composers in the history of music. He composed hundreds of important pieces, including many symphonies.
He died on March 26, 1827. Three days later, 20,000 people gathered at his funeral to say good-bye to the loved and respected composer.
1796 Edward Je
nner disc
overed th
e
smallp
ox vaccine
1818 Canada and the U
.S. agre
ed
on where
the bord
er should lie
1770 Englis
hman Jose
ph Priestl
y
invented th
e erase
r
1812 The first passe
nger railro
ad
began in England
1827 1778 H
awaii was d
iscovere
d by
Captain James C
ook
1793 Eli Whitn
ey invente
d the
cotton gin
1789 George W
ashingto
n became
the 1st
U.S. Pre
sident
1776 The American Revolution began
Born
Died
“The Royal March of the Lion” CD Track 7 from Carnival of the Animals By Camille Saint-Saëns
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Special thanks to Norma-Jean Forshey from Kalamazoo Public Schools for designing this lesson.
A
A
B
(5 x)
(4 x)
2:17 2:15
2:02
2:09
1:58 2:01
1:45
1:52
1:51
1:57
1:17
1:31
1:24
1:38
0:36 0:4
0:49
Introduction
(5 x) (6 x) 0:06 0:21 0:29 0:32
During Saint- Saens’ Lifetime:
1835
1902 The Teddy Bear is
intro
duced
1900 The photoco
pier was i
nvented
13 Saint-S
aens
was born
1920 Women are
grante
d the
right t
o vote in
the U
.S.
Saint-Saens
died
1845 Florida beco
mes the 27th
state
1869 The first tr
anscontinental
railroad is
complete
d
1889 The first W
all Stre
et Journ
al
is publis
hed
1907 The first electr
ic wash
ing
machine is
invente
d
1921
Meet the Composer Camille Saint-Saëns
1835-1921 Saint-Saëns was born in Paris, France, on October 9th, 1835. His father, a government clerk, died three
months after his birth. He was raised by his mother, Clémence, with the assistance of her aunt, Charlotte Masson, who moved in .
Saint-Saens began taking piano lessons when he was two years old. He was taught by his Aunt Charlotte. His first public concert appearance occurred when he was five years old, when he accompanied
a Beethoven violin sonata. In the late 1840s, at the age of 13, Saint-Saëns entered the Conservatoire de Paris, where he studied
organ and composition. Here he became friendly with the even younger Georges Bizet, who was only 10. Saint-Saëns won many top prizes and gained a reputation that resulted in his introduction to Franz Liszt, who would become one of his closest friends.
Saint-Saëns was a multi-faceted intellectual. From an early age, he studied geolo-
gy, archaeology, botany, and lepidoptery (the study of moths and the three super families of butterflies, skipper butterflies, and moth-butterflies).
In addition to composing, performing, and writing musical criticism, he held discussions with Europe's finest scientists and wrote scholarly articles on acoustics, occult sciences, Roman theatre deco-ration, and ancient instruments.
In 1875, nearing forty, Saint-Saëns married Marie Laure Emile Truffot, who was just 19. They had two sons, both of whom died in 1878, within six weeks of each other, one from an illness, the other upon falling out of a fourth-story window (as the composer, approaching his house, watched).
Saint-Saëns died of pneumonia on 16 December 1921, aged 86, at the Hôtel de l'Oasis in Algiers.
1914 First t
raffic l
ight is in
troduce
d
Mosquito Dance CD Track 9 By Paul White
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Special thanks to Norma-Jean Forshey from Kalamazoo Public Schools for designing this lesson.
> 0:53
0:19
0:41
0:23
0:46
0:08
0:31
0:28
0:50
0:26
0:48
(4 x) 0:13
0:35
0:16
0:38
1914 WW
I began
During White’s Lifetime:
1895
1926 A.A. M
ilne’s
first W
innie the Pooh
book was p
ublished
1905 National A
ssocia
tion of
Audubon Society in
corp
orates
1933 The choco
late ch
ip cookie re
cipe
was invente
d by Ruth W
akefield
Paul White was a professional violinist. Before coming to Rochester, New York to be on faculty at the Eastman School of music, he had already studied with some of the virtuosi of his era: George Chadwick and Eugene Ysaÿe.
White attracted the attention of George Eastman, and accepted his invitation to per-form with the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra.
He also wanted to study conducting with Eugene Goossens at the Eastman School. In 1928 he was invited to join the Eastman faculty, and remained for the next 37 years. He initially taught violin, but soon became professor of ensembles, for which he is best
remembered. From 1929 to 1953 he was assistant conductor of the Rochester Civic Orchestra, which
brought music outside of the concert hall by performing in high schools. He became the orchestra’s conductor in 1953, a position he held until his 1965 retirement.
White performed as second violin in the Kilbourn String Quartet. He appeared as guest conductor with the Boston Pops Orchestra, the New York Philhar-
monic, the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, and the Rochester Philharmonic. White composed more than a dozen works altogether The Boston Pops recorded his Five Miniatures for Orchestra for the RCA Victor label.
19731950 Charle
s Sch
ulz dre
w his
first Peanuts
carto
on
Meet the Composer Paul White
1895- 1973
Paul White
was Paul
1921 Babe Ruth se
ts re
cord
of 137
care
er home ru
ns
1962 First a
utomate
d subway
train in
New York City
15
Special thanks to Stephanie Measzros from Kalamazoo Public Schools for designing this lesson.
“The Elephant” “Flight of the Bumblebee”
from Carnival of the Animals from The Tale of Tsar Saltan By Camille Saint-Saëns By Rimsky - Korsakov
CD Track 11 CD Track 13
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Introduction A A
Bridge B CODA
The Elephant
Flight of the Bumblebee
Introduction A B
A CODA
Introduction A A
During Rimsky - Korsakov’s Lifetime:
Verdi b
orn
1844
17
Verdi d
ied
1908 1859 Darw
in published his
theory of e
volution
1861 –1865 U.S. C
ivil War
1848 Harri
et Tubman esca
ped from sl
avery
and joined th
e underground ra
ilroad
1851 The sewing m
achine
was invente
d by singer
1853 Steinway Pianos
was founded
1869 Cincinnati Red Stock
ings were
baseball’s
first fu
lly pro
fessional te
am
1875 First K
entuck
y
Derby
1889 Eiffel Tower
built in Paris
1867 The Typewriter w
as invente
d
1844-1908 Rimsky-Korsakov was born in Tikhvin, 120 miles east of Saint Petersburg, into an family with a
long line of military and naval service. At age six, he took piano lessons from various local teachers and showed a talent for aural skills,
but he showed a lack of interest, playing, as he later wrote, "badly, carelessly, and poor at keep-ing time."
At age 12 he joined the Imperial Russian Army and studied mathematics and music. There, he developed a love for music, fostered by visits to the opera, orchestral concerts.
In 1871, the 27-year-old Rimsky-Korsakov became Professor of Practical Composition and In-strumentation (orchestration) at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory. He retained his position in active naval service, and taught his classes in uniform (military officers in Russia were required to wear their uniforms every day, as they were considered to be always on duty).
Professorship brought Rimsky-Korsakov financial security, which encouraged him to settle down and to start a family. In December 1871 he proposed to Nadezhda Purgold. The Rimsky-Korsakovs had seven children.
In the spring of 1873, the navy created the post of Inspector of Naval Bands and appointed Rim-sky-Korsakov. As Inspector, he visited naval bands throughout Russia, supervised the bandmas-ters and their appointments, reviewed the bands' repertoire, and inspected the quality of their instruments.
Beginning around 1890, Rimsky-Korsakov suffered from a heart ailment. After December 1907, his illness became severe, and he could not work. In 1908 he died at his Lubensk estate near Luga(modern day Plyussky District of Pskov Oblast), and was buried in Tikhvin Cemetery at the Alexander Nevsky Monastery in Saint Petersburg, next to Borodin, Glinka, Mussorgsky and Stasov.
Meet the Composer Nikolai Rimsky - Korsakov
Special thanks to Beth Stachura from Comstock Public Schools for designing this lesson.
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1.
2.
“The Moldau” from Ma Vlast CD Track 15 By Smetana
4.
During Smetana’s Lifetime:
1825 Erie Canal o
pens, lin
king
Great L
akes and Atla
ntic Oce
an
1844 Adolph Sax invente
d the
saxophone
1876 Alexander Graham Bell
patente
d the te
lephone
Smetana
born Smetana
died
1850 Blue jeans w
ere in
vented
in Californ
ia by Levi S
trauss
1879 Thomas Ediso
n invente
d
practica
l electr
ic lig
ht
1884
1824
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Meet the Composer Friedrich Smetana
1824 - 1884
Smetana was born east of Prague near the traditional border between Bohemia and Moravia,
then provinces of the Habsburg Empire.
Smetana studied music under his father, an amateur violinist. He took up piano under a
professional teacher and performed in public at the age of six.
Smetana moved to Prague in 1839 to study music. He attended concerts, visited the opera, listened
to military bands and joined an amateur string quartet for whom he composed simple pieces.
Encouraged by Franz Liszt he opened a piano school in Prague in 1848 and the next year married the pianist Kateřina Kolářová.
In 1856 he wrote his first symphonic poems and in the same year was appointed conductor of the philharmonic society of Gothenburg (Sweden), where he remained until 1861.
In 1862 he returned to Prague, where he played the leading part in the establishment of the national opera house.
By 1874 he had become almost totally deaf and suffered from tinnitus, but he continued to compose; Má vlast was written after his deafness had developed.
In 1884 following attacks of depression and symptoms of mental instability, Smetana entered an asylum in Prague. He died there in 1884.
1880 Dr. E
mily Sto
we becomes
the first
woman lic
ensed to
prac-
tice m
edicine in
Canada.
1835 The Unite
d States n
ational
debt is 0 fo
r the first
and only time
Special thanks to Jeanna Cervantes-Hickman from Kalamazoo Public Schools for designing this lesson. 20
Transition: (2:37-3:05)
After the Cesura (pause) what happens
to the motif?
Theme A Restated: (1:56-2:30)
What makes this section of the theme stand out from before?
Which instruments create a feeling of lift and flight?
Coda: (3:05-3:37)
Brass fanfare
Which instruments do you hear carrying the main melodic motif?
What is the Timpani doing?
B Section Restated: (1:29-1:55)
How does John Williams build suspense in this
restatement of the B motif?
B Section: (0:48-1:19)
How does this section differ from theme A?
Is the theme in a higher or lower range?
Theme A: (0:12-0:30; 0:30-0:48) & (1:20-1:28)
Which instrument family plays the melodic motif?
How does it change?
Brass Stings Percussion Woodwinds
Introduction: (0:00-0:12)
Describe what you hear.
Hoe does it make you feel?
“The Flying Theme” CD Track 17
From E.T. (Extra Terrestrial ) By John Williams
Meet the Composer John Williams
Born 1932
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During Williams’ Lifetime:
John Williams was born in Queens, New York in 1932. His father, a jazz drummer and classical percussionist,
was his first music teacher. The family moved to Los Angeles when he was 12 years old.
Mr. Williams went to UCLA to study composition. After serving in the Air Force, he attended the Julliard
School in New York.
While in school he worked as a jazz pianist. He played in clubs and on professional recordings.
He returned to L.A. after finishing school and began his landmark career in film music. He started out by
writing music for television shows and won two Emmy Awards.
Some of Mr. Williams’ most famous scores include: Jaws, Star Wars, Superman, E.T., Indiana Jones, Home
Alone, Jurassic Park, and the Harry Potter films.
He wrote many familiar theme songs for events such as the Olympic Games, the Special Olympics, and the re
-dedication of the Statue of Liberty. He composed the theme for NBC News as well.
Mr. Williams has also written many concert pieces, including concertos for cello, flute, clarinet, violin, trum-
pet, and tuba.
Mr. Williams conducted the Boston Pops Orchestra from 1980-1993 and has appeared as guest conductor
with orchestras in the United States and England.
Mr. Williams has won five Academy Awards, twenty-one Grammys, and has been awarded honorary
degrees from seventeen universities.
1932
1939 World
War I
I begins
1947 The micro
wave oven was i
nvented
1962 The seatb
elt was i
nvented
2002 The Euro re
placed
national curre
ncy in
12
European co
untries
1945 World
War I
I ends
1997 The first sh
eep was c
loned
in Scotla
nd
1953 The Measle
s vacc
ine was i
nvented
1972 The compact
disk w
as invente
d
1971 US and Russi
a send pro
bes to M
ars
John
Willi
ams is b
orn
What a Wonderful World Please use links provided by your By Bob Thiele and George David Weiss teacher for listening.
Sung by Louis Armstrong
I see trees of green,
red roses, too,
I see them bloom,
for me and you
And I think to myself
What a wonderful world.
I see skies of blue,
And clouds of white.
The bright blessed day,
The dark sacred night.
And I think to myself,
What a wonderful world.
The colors of the rainbow,
So pretty in the sky.
Are also on the faces,
Of people going by,
I see friends shaking hands.
Saying, "How do you do?"
They're really saying,
"I love you".
I hear babies cry, I watch them grow,
They'll learn much more, Than I'll ever know.
And I think to myself, What a wonderful world.
Yes, I think to myself,
What a wonderful world.
Yeah.
Oh
Two
Bar
Intro
22 Special thanks to Cori Somers from the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra for designing this lesson.
Meet the Musician Louis Armstrong
1901 - 1971
During Armstrong’s Lifetime:
Louis Armstrong was an American jazz trumpeter and singer. He was born into a very poor family in New Or-
leans, Louisiana, the grandson of slaves. He spent his youth in poverty, in the rough neighborhood of Uptown
New Orleans . He spent much of his youth in and out of a Juvenile home and between homes of his separated
parents.
Until the age of 13, Armstrong was self-taught. Professor Peter Davis (who frequently appeared at the Juve-
nile Home) provided musical training and discipline to the otherwise self-taught Armstrong. Eventually, Davis
made Armstrong the band leader. The Home Band played around New Orleans and the thirteen-year-old Lou-
is began to draw attention by his cornet playing, starting him on a musical career.
At twenty, he could read music and he started to be featured in extended trumpet solos, one of the first jazz-
men to do this, while working on riverboats in New Orleans. He learned how to create a unique sound and
also started using singing and patter in his performances.
In 1924 Armstrong received an invitation to go to New York City to play with the Fletcher Hender-
son Orchestra, the top African-American band of the day. Armstrong switched from cornet to the trumpet to
blend better with the other musicians in his section.
During his long career he played and sang with some of the most important instrumentalists and vocalists of
the time; among them were Bing Crosby, Duke Ellington, Fletcher Henderson, Earl Hines, the sing-
ing brakeman Jimmie Rodgers, Bessie Smith and perhaps most famously Ella Fitzgerald.
In 1964, Armstrong knocked The Beatles off the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart with "Hello, Dolly!," which
gave the 63-year-old performer a U.S. record as the oldest artist to have a number one song.
Armstrong kept up his busy tour schedule until a few years before his death in 1971. He died of a heart
attack in his sleep on July 6, a month before his 70th birthday.
1901
Armstr
ong
born
Armstr
ong
died
23
1906 Kellogg’s
Corn Flakes
are so
ld
to th
e public
1955 Rosa Parks r
efuses t
o give up her
seat o
n a bus in M
ontgomery Alabama
1971
1924 First W
inter O
lympic
games a
re played
1918 Daylig
ht Savings T
ime is
intro
duced
1937 The Golden G
ate Brid
ge is opened
1941 Mt. R
ushmore
is co
mpleted
1961 Peace Corps i
s founded
1969 Neil A
rmstr
ong becomes t
he
first
man on th
e moon
The Conductor’s Role
Conducting: By using hand signals and arm patterns, the
conductor helps the musicians play together.
Try some conducting patterns:
Sing “This Old Man” or “Old McDonald” while
you conduct a pattern in two beats with your
right hand:
ONE-two,
ONE-two
1 2
“This old man,
1 2
He played one…”
Duple Pattern
2
4
Triple Pattern
3
4
ONE-two-three,
ONE-two-three
Sing “My Country ‘Tis of Thee” or “Rock-a-
bye Baby” while you conduct a pattern in
three beats with your right hand:
1 2 3
“My coun - try,
1 2 3
Tis of thee…”
Four/Four Pattern
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4 ONE-two-three-four,
ONE-two-three-four
Sing “Frere Jacques” or “Bingo” while you
conduct a pattern in four beats with your
right hand: 1 2 3 4
“Fre-re Jac-ques
1 2 3 4
Fre-re Jac-ques”
TEMPO Largo: Try a slow tempo. Presto: Try a fast tempo.
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KSO Youth Concert Puzzle Page Directions: Find and circle the hidden words in the word search puzzle!
Power Listening Checklist:
Enjoy the sounds and sights at the concert
Zoom in to hear the details of the sound
Zoom out to hear all the sounds at once
Notice the feelings that the music communicates
Watch and hear individual instruments
Watch the conductor to see “hand signals”
Remember information about the music and composers
AUDITORIUM
AUDIENCE
OBOE
COMPOSER
CONCERT
CONDUCTOR
MOSQUITO
FLUTE
INSTRUMENT
MELODY
SUNRISE
ORCHESTRA
PERCUSSION
ELEPHANT
SYMPHONY
TRUMPET
STORM
VIOLIN
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Word Bank: A Q M D Y F L U T E D U O E J
H I F E V O C O U Y K V Z L R
C B N D L M T O I W D M A C O
O C R S W E Y I N Q B O C V C
M T E K T C P I U D P V L Y N
P Y X C N R L H M Q U W J E O
O T L H N O U J A S S C O K M
S R M W I E X M U N T O T O C
E E R V Q O I E E V T O M O C
R C P W T B L D A N Z W R M R
Q N Y N C O N B U D T G Y M R
O O R C H E S T R A X W H Y V
Z C I O O P E R C U S S I O N
M U I R O T I D U A S Z N X Y
P Z Y N O H P M Y S E D M X Y
Animal Compositions
1. “Flight of the Bumblebee,” by __________________
2. Which animals are represented by the Symphony in the pieces you studied? (Circle all that apply)
3. Two of the animals above are featured in_________________:
a. Pictures of an Exhibition b. Madam Butterfly c. The Nut Cracker d. Carnival of the Animals
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Show What You Know! Sunrise Ignites Daybreak’s Veil, by ____________________
1. This piece was composed and commissioned to be performed in in ______________? a. a movie b. a parade c. all 50 states d. Europe 2. In what country was the composer from? a. Italy b. United States c. France d. Canada
_______________________, by Alexander Borodin
1. How many themes did you hear in this piece?
a. 4 b. 3 c. 1 d. 5
2. What were the people doing during this piece?
a. Flying b. Jumping c. Walking/Hiking d. Sleeping
3. How would you feel on a long trip?
a. Excited b. Nervous c. Tired d. Happy e. _________?
Who is your Mystery Composer? ___________________
1. Creating a perfect storm takes_____________?
a. Time b. Team Work c. Patience d. All of the above
2. Following a conductor helps the ensemble stay together.
a. TRUE b. FALSE
3. A score shows the conductor___________.
a. 1/2 of the parts b. Only the Percussion parts c. All of the Instruments and parts
”__________” from Moldau, by Smetana
1. Circle the words and pictures that describe this music:
2. Friedrich Smetana was almost completely ___________by the age of 50:
a. Deaf b. Blind c. Fatigued d. Famished
“The Flying Theme” by ___________________
1.This composer is most famous for:
a. broadway b. ragtime c. film score d. opera
2. If you could fly, where would you go?
a. to the moon b. over the ocean c. across mountains d. over a big city e._________?
“_________________” is sung by Louis Armstrong
1. Louis Armstrong was most known for playing the __________.
a. Trumpet b. Bass c. Violin d. Clarinet
2. What do you think “What a Wonderful World” is about?
a. World Peace b. Appreciating beauty c. Paying attention to detail d. Being Happy
3. This composer was born in:
a. Kalamazoo, Michigan b. Orlando, Florida c. New Orleans, Louisiana d. Chicago, Illinois
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bouncy Wandering
flowing
Beautiful
Rol l ing
Match the Composer with the theme:
John Williams
Rimsky-Korsakov
Alexander Borodin
Camille Saint-Saens
Joseph Shwantner
Friedrich Smetana
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Paul White
Sunrise
Storm
Lion
River
Bee
Flying
Mosquito
Elephant
Post-Concert Reflection Instructions:
1. Choose 4 pieces from the concert. Draw a line to connect them to a box in the top row. 2. Write 3 or more key words in each box to describe what you noticed about each piece. 3. In the empty ovals, write 3 other things that you noticed at the concert. 4. Answer the questions below. 5. Use your ideas from this page to write your concert reflection on a separate piece of paper.
What was your favorite piece of music? ___________________________________________ Why? _____________________________________________________________________
What is your favorite instrument in the orchestra? ____________________________________
Why?______________________________________________________________________
What was your favorite part about going to the Youth Concert?___________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ Why was it your favorite part?____________________________________________________ Do you play an instrument? ________ If so, which one? ________________________________ If not, which instrument would you like to play one day?________________________________
KSO Youth Concert 2015:
From Sight to Sound
What a Wonderful World
Ma Vlast
Mosquito Dance
In the Steppes of
Central Asia
Sunrise Ignites
Daybreak’s Veil Flight of the
Bumblebee Royal March of the Lion
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The Elephant Flying Theme
The Storm
Post-Concert Reflection Writing Page
Name:________________
Date:_________________
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Youth Concert 2014-2015 Design Team
Many thanks to the teachers who helped design this year’s materials.
We appreciate your hard work and dedication!
Liz Youker, Vice-President of Education & Community Partnerships
Cori Somers, Director of Educational Partnerships Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra
Major funding provided by: Burdick-Thorne Foundation, Diane S. Robinson, Tyler-Little Foundation, and Schupan and Sons
Recording Information Courtesy of Naxos of America
8.553474 Beethoven: Symphony No. 6, IV. Thunder Storm 8.550931 Smetana: Ma Vlast; 2. Moldau
8.550499 Saint-Saens: Carnival of the Animals 8.557456 Borodin: In the Steppes of Central Asia
8.559678 Schwantner: Chasing Light; 1. Sunrise Ignites Daybreak’s Veil
8.55674 Rimsky-Korsakov: The Tale of the Tsar Saltan; Flight of the Bumblebee
Stephanie Measzros
El Sol Elementary
Kalamazoo Public Schools
Beth Stachura
Green Meadow Elementary and
North Elementary
Comstock Public Schools
Kim Licavoli
North Ward and Dawson Elementary
Allegan Public Schools
Jeanna Cervantes - Hickman
Winchell Elementary
Kalamazoo Public Schools
Mary Foster
Arcadia Elementary
Kalamazoo Public Schools
Marcia Working
Orff Instructor
Crescendo Academy of Music
Norma-Jean Forshey
M.L. King-Westwood Elementary
Kalamazoo Public Schools
Cindy Cross
Hillside Learning and Behavior Center
Allegan ISD
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