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Inside theMusic The Philadelphia Orchestra 2009 -10 School Concert Curriculum Guide Music Can Morph!: Folk Music in the Concert Hall Charles Dutoit, Chief Conductor Dear Teachers: Welcome to The Philadelphia Orchestra’s 2009-10 School Concert Curriculum Guide, Inside the Music, which supports this season’s School Concert program, Music Can Morph!: Folk Music in the Concert Hall. We are thrilled to take you on a musical journey around the world, using orchestral music as a catalyst to learn about culture, community, and diversity. Engagement with music challenges students to achieve their full intellectual and social potential, and it empowers them to become lifelong learners deeply invested in supporting the arts in their communities. The Philadelphia Orchestra, considered one of the best orchestras in the world, reaches over 20,000 elementary, middle, and high school students and teachers annually through School Concerts, Teacher Workshops, Student Open Rehearsals, Docent Program, the School Partnership Program, Musicians in the Schools, and newly- developed distance learning programs. We are strongly committed to supporting both discipline-centered and arts-integrated learning in our local schools and we celebrate the dedicated teachers who shape our children’s futures. A team of committed and talented teachers, school administrators, teaching artists, and Philadelphia Orchestra education staff members designed this material to encourage the use of orchestral music in your existing classroom curriculum. This guide is intended to serve you and your students in the music or general classroom, in suburban or urban settings, and in public, private, home school, or parochial systems. Broken into five core units which correspond with the music that will be performed at the School Concert, this guide provides background information and cultural context for the pieces, composers, and performers on stage; lessons and activities for the classroom; specific correlations with national and Pennsylvania state standards; and additional resources for teachers. Research and experience tell us that the arts are crucial to developing effective learners. Current U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan has reaffirmed the arts as a core academic subject and part of a complete education for all students. We know that the nature of arts learning both directly and indirectly develops qualities of mind and character essential to success such as self-discipline, self-articulation, critical thinking, and creativity. But in addition, we hope that our education concerts, programs, and services help students, teachers, and parents feel absolutely welcome in our magnificent concert hall. You are part of The Philadelphia Orchestra family now, as much a part of this great institution as all the famous musicians who perform on this stage. We hope you stay in touch with us and continue to look to The Philadelphia Orchestra as a source of inspiration and delight. With best wishes, Dr. Ayden Adler Director, Education and Community Partnerships The Philadelphia Orchestra Inside theMusic The Philadelphia Orchestra 2009 -10 School Concert Curriculum Guide Music Can Morph!: Folk Music in the Concert Hall John Stafford Smith/arr. Ormandy “The Star-Spangled Banner” Manuel de Falla “Dance of the Miller’s Wife (Fandango),” from The Three-Cornered Hat Mikhail Glinka Kamarinskaya, Fantasy for Orchestra on Two Russian Folksongs Li Huan Zhi Spring Festival Overture Aaron Copland Variations on a Shaker Melody, from Appalachian Spring John Rosamond Johnson/arr. Hale “Lift Every Voice and Sing” 2009–10 Philadelphia Orchestra School Concert Performances Friday, October 23, 2009, 12:15 PM—Verizon Hall Tuesday, December 1, 2009, 10:30 AM and 12:15 PM—Verizon Hall Wednesday, January 27, 2010, 10:30 AM and 12:15 PM—Academy of Music Tuesday, February 9, 2010, 10:30 AM and 12:15 PM—Verizon Hall Tuesday, March 2, 2010, 10:30 AM and 12:15 PM—Verizon Hall Acknowledgements The Philadelphia Orchestra is grateful to the area music and classroom teachers, school administrators, and teaching artists who have collaborated with the Education and Community Partnerships department on this year’s School Concert and the accompanying curriculum guide, Inside the Music. 2009-10 Philadelphia Orchestra School Concert Collaborative Group Jamie Bernstein, School Concert Host Vanessa Habershaw, General Music Teacher, D. Newlin Fell School, Philadelphia, PA Christopher Harris, Fifth Grade Classroom Teacher, Gesu School, Philadelphia, PA Rebecca Harris, Philadelphia Orchestra Teaching Artist Diana Helmetag, Orchestra Director, Upper Merion Area High School and Middle School, King of Prussia, PA Margaret Ierley, Second Grade Classroom Teacher, R.T. Cream Family School, Camden, NJ Mary Javian, Philadelphia Orchestra School Partnership Program Coordinator and Teaching Artist Jamie Kasper, Fine Arts & Humanities Advisor, Pennsylvania Department of Education Virginia Lam, Music Content Specialist, Department of Comprehensive Arts Education for the School District of Philadelphia Elizabeth McAnally, Choral Director, Woodrow Wilson Middle School, Philadelphia, PA Sharon Neely, Art Teacher, R.T. Cream Family School, Camden, NJ Lauren Robinson, Philadelphia Orchestra Teaching Artist The Philadelphia Orchestra is pleased to recognize the following major donors who support the 2009-10 School Concert program. Wachovia is proud to be the Lead Underwriter of the “Raising the Invisible Curtain” initiative. Additional funding comes from the Annenberg Foundation, the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development, and the Presser Foundation. School Concerts School Concerts are also funded in part by the Billy Joel Fund for Music Education, Nordstrom, the Rosenlund Family Foundation, and the Zisman Family Foundation. School Partnership Program Funding for the School Partnership Program is provided by the Annenberg Foundation, the Connelly Foundation, the Jessie Ball duPont Fund, the Hamilton Family Foundation, Holcim (US), Lincoln Financial Foundation, the Loeb Student Education Fund, the Presser Foundation, the Rosenlund Family Foundation, Christa and Calvin Schmidt, TD Bank through the TD Charitable Foundation, and the Verizon Foundation. ©2009 The Philadelphia Orchestra Association. This material is the property of The Philadelphia Orchestra Association and may not be duplicated or reproduced without written consent from the Department of Education and Community Partnerships. Charles Dutoit, Chief Conductor Cover photo: Candace Di Carlo/The Philadelphia Orchestra Association Contents 4 Get the Most from Your Philadelphia Orchestra School Concert Guiding Questions, Learner Outcomes, and Additional Resources 5 Curriculum Connections Pennsylvania’s Standards Aligned System and this Curriculum Guide National Standards for Music Education 7 Meet The Philadelphia Orchestra Introduce Students to The Philadelphia Orchestra 15 United States: Voices of Freedom John Stafford Smith “The Star-Spangled Banner” John Rosamond Johnson “Lift Every Voice and Sing” 24 Spain: Let the Rhythm Move You! Manuel de Falla “Dance of the Miller’s Wife (Fandango),” from The Three-Cornered Hat 30 Russia: There’s No Place Like Дом (Home) Mikhail Glinka Kamarinskaya, Fantasy for Orchestra on Two Russian Folksongs 36 China: A Community Celebration Li Huan Zhi Spring Festival Overture 44 United States: The Simple Gift of Music Aaron Copland Variations on a Shaker Melody, from Appalachian Spring 52 Appendices Appendix A: Philadelphia Orchestra School Partnership Program Appendix B: Voices of Freedom Song Lyrics Appendix C: Music Examples Appendix D: Glossary of Vocabulary Appendix E: Guide to Audience Behavior Appendix F: Credits Get the Most from Your Philadelphia Orchestra School Concert Take full advantage of this curriculum guide, developed to accompany Music Can Morph!: Folk Music in the Concert Hall, and prepare your students to get the most out of their concert experience with The Philadelphia Orchestra. What’s the Big Idea?: Guiding concert experience and exposure to the instructional materials Questions for Integrated Instruction and strategies contained in this guide. As an inseparable part of the human experience, music provides Through their participation in the Philadelphia Orchestra an ideal opportunity to explore connections between various School Concert program, Music Can Morph!: Folk Music in the disciplines and examine a range of diverse experiences and Concert Hall, students will be able to: knowledge. The Philadelphia Orchestra School Concert program 1. Identify folk music/folk songs in symphonic works and and this accompanying guide have been designed to encourage recognize how music/songs throughout the world make their the use of orchestral music in your existing curriculum through way into orchestral music interdisciplinary study. To this end, three essential questions 2. Describe how composers use native songs to capture the connected to the theme of the School Concert have been spirit of a particular nation or culture and transform that material established to support the integration of music with various into music that is distinctively their own subject areas across different grade levels. 3. Demonstrate how music can bring together a community— To maximize the benefit of the concert experience for your from simple village rituals to a grand concert hall in a big city students, use the following questions to frame student inquiry, 4. Explain how an orchestra creates a vibrant, new community guide open-ended
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