Portsmouth Symphony Orchestra
Educational Concerts May 2018
Short lessons to help prepare the kids!
Review the short biography videos for each composer and listen to the songs. Try the short lesson ideas on each page.
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Prepare the kids with a short lesson on concert etiquette, practice the customs in the class.
-Clapping at the end of each piece ( and not in the middle of a multi-sectional composition) -Understanding how clapping at a concert bears no resemblance to cheering at a sports event. -Staying seated unless its an emergency, and moving only when the audience is clapping (walking, never running) -Remaining quiet during the performance so only the music can be heard |
Learn the
body percussion pattern for the ostinato in Ravel's Bolero and practice in class. Learn the differences between rhythm, beat and ostinato. |
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symphony a group of musicians playing together dissonance when tone clash with each other beat a steady pulse that measures music rhythm the pattern of when sounds happen in music conductor a person who leads an orchestra ostinato a regularly repeating rhythmic phrase |
accent a sound that is louder and more important than others
dynamics volume changes in music melody pitch with rhythm, the line that is heard as most important tempo the speed of the music timbre the color and quality of the sound composer a person that writes newmusic |
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