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​Portsmouth Symphony Orchestra
Educational Concerts May 2018

Short lessons to help prepare the kids!
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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

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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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