Active Listening Adventures Ann Bryant introduces Tune in to the Classics Classical Music Through Stories Opera for Kids VIVALDI AND THE INVISIBLE ORCHESTRA by more Children’s Classics Listening Resource Kits Stephen Costanza. Candida copies Vivaldi’s newly WORLD’S VERY BEST OPERA FOR KIDS pp. 66-75 by Denise Gagne All 5 Sets composed music for the orchestra of orphan girls, Expand listening skills, music appreciation, 7147 $122 who play behind a curtain. While copying La Notte and creative thinking with this all-in-one kit. Viking Helmet (Night), she imagines moonlight with the violins Hear 14 arias by Mozart, Handel, Verdi, Bizet, with braids as glittering stars, the violas as fireflies and the Wagner, Rossini, Puccini, Offenbach, and oth- 3977 cellos as crickets. Discover what she imagines for ers, beautifully performed in English. Includes $9.95 L’Inverno (Winter), and how the orphan players are complete lyrics, composer biographies, synop- inspired! Great for active listening and for drawing ses, lesson plans, activities, karaoke-style sing- listening maps. HB 6783 $16.99 along tracks, glossary and more. Gr. 2-8. Paperback & 72-min. CD 4099 $34.95 VivaldI’s Ring of Mystery Classical Kids CD Details and 3546 $18.95 HB & CD 9393 $34 audio clips OPERA STORIES. An ideal introduction to the In just 3 minutes a day, implement an all-school program! music, drama, characters and spectacle of opera! see Interactive Classics p. 71 Ann Bryant’s books and CDs integrate music, art and literature for ages Charlton Heston retells the stories from loca- Each reproducible text provides the basic program—listening logs, 6-10. Each read-aloud story coordinates with a piece of classical music on the tion settings inspired by the operas, interspersed response journal, instrument worksheets, composer bios with work- THE ULTIMATE NUTCRACKER Set: DVD, CD, and CD. The imaginative stories have a relationship to the style of the music and with excerpts from major opera productions. For sheets. Levels 4 & 5 include a timeline for historical context of the music CD-ROM. Watch the full ballet with the Russian Ballet allow time for the children to actively listen to the music without narrative. example, La Boheme is told from the sidewalk cafes periods. A complete set of classroom activities for the short listening Theater, listen to the Suite played by the London Discuss contrasts in the music and the feelings evoked, then encourage chil- of Paris, where Mimi and Rodolfo fall in love; Aida examples on CD makes this a one-stop shop. Intercom listening scripts Symphony Orchestra, and play interactive games. dren to create their own stories or poems. The first page of each book intro- from the pyramids of Egypt. 10 programs, each the and musical selections help implement an innovative total school DVD, CD, CD-ROM 3602 $45 duces the music and the composer. Paperback & CD $12.95 ea. story of a single opera—a perfect format for an program, providing a daily exposure to classical music and an active appreciation class. Includes La Boheme, Manon listening experience in about 3 minutes a day. Each kit consists of a The Incredible Spinning Wheel Lescaut, Falstaff, Die Fledermaus, Il Trovatore, Book, CD reproducible book and a listening CD. Usable with or without a musical This story blends with Omphale’s Spinning Wheel by Set of 5 Aida, Tosca, Otello, Andrea Chenier, and Ernani. and 5 DVDs Peter Tchaikovsky's NUTCRACKER SUITE: Active background. Also coordinates with Musicplay Curriculum (p. 38). Saint-Saëns. 9723 Books & CDs 524 min. 5-DVD Set 5203 $49.95 9177 $79 Paperback & CD $25/set Listening Strategies for the Music Classroom by 9727 $59 Level 1 7142 Level 3 7144 Level 5 7146 Wesley Ball. Take a leap into the Suite with these William, The Crack Shot Kid Level 2 7143 Level 4 7145 creative, colorful listening maps, detailed lesson Told to The William Tell Overture by Rossini. 9726 Music & Sound plans, and a full-length CD. Student pages contain The Crazy Alien Ball Listening Bingo Games p. 36 the maps. Activity Book with CD includes the plans, A Night on Bare Mountain by Mussorgsky creates the mood. 9722 Mystery of the Senses: HEARING DVD reproducible pages on the composer and the Suite This PBS film explores the science and emotions Billy Briggs, Big on Skates CAN YOU HEAR IT? Locate sound clues itself, and the history of the celesta & harp. Easy for involved in our sense of hearing, and the many ways $19.95 ea. Smetana’s stirring Moldau sweeps us along. 9721 in the paintings and then listen for them in a sub or classroom teacher to use, too. humans and animals use sound. Discover why, in the Classroom Kit Jupiter Cove. Jupiter from Holst’s The Planets sets this stage. 9724 the music. Brueghel’s busy winter landscape Book/CD and 8073 Activity Book/CD quietest place on earth, Inuit hunters are losing their brings to life Vivaldi’s swirling ice skaters, Student 20-pak 8074 Student 20-pak hearing. Learn how sound is produced and travels, Remington’s cowboys depict the gunfire of 8075 $34.95 the anatomy of the ear, and how to protect your hearing. Visit a sound effects lab and meet a film Copland’s Billy the Kid, and Posada’s skeletons ESSENTIAL LISTENING ACTIVITIES FOR composer to see how music and sound affect our rattle their bones to Saint-Saen’s Fossils. Plus THE MUSIC CLASSROOM: Ready-to-Use emotions. DVD includes printable PDFs. guides to musical instruments, composers, Anna Harwell Celenza’s Lessons and Games for Grades PreK-8 by 52 min. DVD 5062 $24.95 artists, and works. HB & CD 7760 $18.95 Eric Branscome. Through games, activities, and Stories Behind the Classics creating their own listening maps, kids learn to C AN YOU FIND IT? Search and discover hid- recognize instruments and hear changes in tim- WHAT IS MUSIC? DVD . Explore the phenomena of den objects and details in 19 famous paintings bre, texture, dynamics, and pitch. Enhance their sound. Why are some sounds musical and others only from the Metropolitan Museum. Index of art- listening adventures with lots of tips, tools, and noise? What causes vibrations, and how do they relate works and artists included. HB 7700 $17.95 reproducible templates, in lesson-plan format. to our perception of musicality? Plus a look at the cul- Both 7770 $35 92 pp. PB 7516 $24.95 tural context of musical perception. 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Very well done The NY Philharmonic’s television series intro- Demonstrates the expressive of instruments as they explore many duced an entire generation to the joys of clas- power of music, even in a different sounds and emotions. Vol. 3 SOUSA TO SATCHMO: From the Wind Band to the Jazz Band for ages 4-12. HB & CD $21.95 ea. sical music. Bernstein relished his Pied Piper Tom & Jerry cartoon. 46 min. 27 min. DVD 5728 Evolution of style, form, and technique from wind band marches to rag- 6038 Bach’s Goldberg Variations role, attracting an army of young followers with DVD 5726 time and jazz. 57 min. Complete Set Vol. 4: JAZZ. The Billy Taylor Trio 6015 Haydn’s The Farewell Symphony his warm, witty, ear-opening narrated concerts. 6582 Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue 6007 $139 Vol. 2: PICTURES IN MUSIC joins the Symphony, and with help Vol. 4 TACKLING THE MONSTER: Marsalis on Practice. Does anyone The programs remain a fresh and invaluable Discover how music creates from the audience, demos the ele- like to practice? Wynton calls it “the large monster.” Even cellist Yo-Yo Ma 6178 Beethoven’s The Heroic Symphony tool today on how to listen to music. 25 hours. 7053 Mussorgsky’s Pictures At An Exhibition images in the mind—and in ments of jazz.