January 29 February 4, 11, 12 The SCORE: & 28 March 10 Journey through the Jurassic!
Jacob Joyce, Conductor STRAVINSKY | “The Augurs of Spring (Dance of the Young Girls)” from Le Sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring) WILLIAMS | Main Title from Jurassic Park STRAUSS | “Something Waltz” from Der Rosenkavalier, Op. 59 STRAVINSKY | “Infernal Dance of All Kastchei’s Subjects” from L’Oiseau de feu (The Firebird) BACH (orch. STOKOWSKI) | “Passacaglia” from Passacaglia and Fugue in C Minor, BWV 582 CLYNE | “Space” from Rift SILVESTRI | Main Theme from Back to the Future
Did You know? This year, we are celebrating all things dinosaur! The Mesozoic Era is the name of the time period when dinosaurs roamed the earth. It can be broken down into three periods: Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous. Do you have a favorite dinosaur? Describe it to a friend. Do you know a good dinosaur joke? Write it down and share it with your class!
Dinosaur Joke: ______.
Inside this Issue:
Stravinsky, Meet the Symphony Williams & Page Strauss 2
Bach, Clyne Page & Silvestri 3
Meet the Conductor & Page 4 Special Partner!
Tricky Timeline & Page The Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra was founded in 1930 and What Do You Think? 5 became a professional orchestra with salaried musicians in 1937.
Recorder & Page Today, the ISO is the largest performing arts organization in Indiana and Word Scramble 6 performs hundreds of concerts every year. In September 2011, Krzysztof Urbański became our Music Director, and he is one of the youngest Music Word Search & Page Directors of any major American orchestra. N Etiquette Tips 7 𝑛𝑛́ 2
Igor Stravinsky (1882 - 1971) (Pronounced: Strah-Vin-Skee) • His father was a famous opera singer, but discouraged young Stravinsky from becoming a musician. He enrolled Russian Composer him in law school instead. • Stravinsky continued to write music anyway, and became very successful! • He was originally a Russian citizen, but moved to Paris in 1934, and then later moved to America and became a citizen here in 1939. • Some of his most famous pieces are the ballets The Firebird, Petrushka, and The Rite of Spring. • Fun Facts: When he became famous, he developed a big ego, and whenever he visited a new city, he liked to visit the zoo first. Do you think John Williams (Born 1932) music is an (Pronounced: Will-yums) important American Composer part of movies? • Williams had a love of music from a young age because his father was a musician, and he gave young Williams piano lessons.
• He was drafted into the Air Force at age 19. After serving for three years, he moved to New York to play music
professionally.
• Williams eventually decided to focus on composing music
and has written the musical scores for over 100 movies
(including Star Wars, Harry Potter, and E.T.) • He was a guest conductor here at the ISO in 2018!
Richard Strauss (1864 - 1949) (Pronounced: Strowss) German Composer • Strauss began composing music at age six, and his first symphony premiered when he was 17. • Some of his compositions are called “tone poems,” which means they were written to represent or describe something. • Early in his career, he was known for writing music that had lots of clashing sounds, but later he changed his style to be more romantic, lush, and smooth like the piece you will hear. • Strauss lived in Germany during WWII. Because his daughter-in-law and grandsons were Jewish, Strauss made a deal with the Nazis in order to protect them.
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Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) (Pronounced: Bahk) German Composer • Johann Sebastian Bach came from a musical family. Most of his male relatives were also musicians, and 53 of them were named Johann as well! • He was married twice and had 20 children. Only 10 of them lived to be adults. • Hardly any of his music was published until after his death, and it is estimated that he composed over 1,200 pieces • Bach became blind in 1749, after years of hurting his eyes studying under candlelight.
• He is one of the most famous composers in musical history.
Anna Clyne (Born 1980) (Pronounced Cline) British Composer • Clyne’s work is often collaborative. She has created music with many different choreographers, visual artists, film makers, and musicians. • Some of her unique compositions include a concerto for mandolin called Three Sisters, and a piece featuring saxophone and electronics called Snake and Ladder. • She spent time as a Composer in Residence with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. She taught students in the public schools there as well as at the juvenile detention center. • She is Grammy-nominated and has been described as a “composer of uncommon gifts and unusual methods.”
Alan Silvestri (Born 1950) (Pronounced: Sill-Ves-Tree) American Composer • Silvestri was born in New York City, but grew up in Teaneck, New Jersey. • He got his start in the music world playing jazz guitar. • He was attending Berklee School of Music when he decided to be a composer instead, and he soon found himself composing for films. • He has received lots of awards for his music including two Oscar nominations, two Golden Globe nominations, three Grammy awards, and two Emmy awards.
• Some of the movie scores he has written include Forrest Gump, Polar Express, Lilo and Stitch, and Avengers: Endgame.
• He is also passionate about supporting research efforts to find a cure for
Type 1 Juvenile Diabetes.
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Meet Your Conductor: Jacob Joyce
Where did you grow up? I grew up in Ann Arbor, Michigan, not so far from Indianapolis!
What is your favorite food? My favorite food is actually something that many people find disgusting – oysters! I always love eating them when I get the chance, and since I lived in Boston for a few years, I was treated to some amazing seafood.
Who is your favorite super hero? I think my favorite superhero – if you can call him a superhero – is Indiana Jones. I loved the movies as a kid (I still love them), and for a while I wanted to grow up to be him!
What do you like to do when you’re not at work? When I am not at work, I watch a lot of sports, and I like to read, exercise, and take care of my plants! I also like watching TV shows, especially on Netflix, and hanging out with my friends in the orchestra.
What’s your favorite dinosaur? Why? Tough question! I think I’d say pterodactyl, because I’ve always wanted to fly!
Meet our Special Partner:
First Thursday Nights: On First Thursday Nights, pay $5 per person to visit five floors of fun at The Children's Museum between 4 and 8 p.m. Admission to the Riley Children's Health Sports Legends Experience® is only $5 per person. You can visit BOTH for $7 per person! www.childrensmuseum.org
Tickets can be purchased on-site, but they strongly encourage purchasing online.
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Tricky Timeline
Fill in the blanks with the name of the composer who lived during each time period.
1680 1730 1780 1830 1880 1930 1980 Present
Russia
England
Germany
United States
What Do You Think? 1) Looking at the timeline, could any of these composers have known each other? Which composers could not have known each other?
2) Which country has the most composers represented in this year’s Discovery Concerts?
3) If you could meet one of these composers, who would it be? Why? What questions would you ask him/her?
4) If you had to pick one of these composers to be on your kickball team, who would it be? Why?
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Sing or Play Recorder in the Classroom
This year, we won’t be playing recorders during the concert, but you can learn to sing and play this melody inspired by the piece Der Rosenkavalier. Bonus: Fill in the solfege or make up your own lyrics so you can sing the piece!
The Knight of the Rose
Word Scramble
We are playing two selections composed by ______. VSISARTKNY The era when dinosaurs roamed the earth ______. CIEZMSOO Your conductor’s name is ______. OAJCB EJYCO Type of dance in triple meter usually performed by 2 people: ______ZWTLA We partnered with the Children’s ______this year. SMMUEU
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Word Search
Paleontology Percussion Fossils Brass Strings Woodwind Clyne Williams Bach Silvestri Stegosaurus Megalosaurus Jurassic Triassic Cretaceous Strauss Ballet Bones Paleo Art Infernal Dance Velociraptor Concertmaster Composer Dinosphere Dynamics
Concert Etiquette Tips: • Enjoy the music (and let others enjoy it, too). During the performance, please remain quiet and in your seat until the concert is over. • Please, no eating, drinking, or chewing gum in the hall. • Photographing or recording any part of the performance is not allowed. 8
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