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Maple Leaf Rag from the Red Back Book the Eddie and Jo Allison Smith Family Martin County Schools Enterprise Holdings Foundation Foundation, Inc 2014/15 What makes music, MUSIC? Made possible by PB • NORTH CAROLINA SYMPHONY 2014/15 TEACHER WORKBOOK • 1 NORTH CAROLINA SYMPHONY EDUCATION SUPPORTERS Table of Contents These concerts are made possible by a generous grant-in-aid from the State of North Carolina, the Honorable Pat McCrory, Governor; the Honorable Susan Kluttz, Secretary N.C. Department of Cultural Resources Letter from Sarah Gilpin 2 Education Sustainers Director of Education, North Carolina Symphony ($100,000+) Information about the 2014/15 Education Concert Program 3 Education Benefactors ($50,000+) Education Programs of the North Carolina Symphony 4 Education Patrons Author Biographies 6 ($10,000+) The Bastian Family Charitable Foundation; William C. Ethridge Foundation; A. J. Fletcher Foundation; Aram Khachaturian (1903–1978) 7 Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation; Robert P. Holding Foundation, Inc.; The Thomas S. Kenan Foundation, Inc.; William R. Kenan, Jr. Charitable Trust; The McLean Foundation; John William Pope Foundation Galop from Masquerade Suite Education Partners ($1,000+) Iredell County Community Foundation Music Education Endowment Funds Claude Debussy (1862–1918) 12 Alamance County Jones County Arts Council The Ruby and Raymond A. Bryan Foundation Fund Nuages from Nocturnes APPlause! K-12 Performing Arts Series (ASU) Kinston Community Council for the Arts The Mary Whiting Ewing Arts Council of Fayetteville and Cumberland County The Kyser Foundation Charitable Foundation Fund Franz Joseph Haydn (1732–1809) 24 Bank of America The Landfall Foundation, Inc. The Hulka Ensemble and Chamber Music Symphony No. 94 in G Major, “Surprise” The Harold H. Bate Foundation Morgan Stanley Foundation Programs Fund Bell Family Foundation Orange County Arts Commission The Janirve Foundation Fund Mvt. II. Andante Big Rock Foundation Poole Family Foundation The Elaine Tayloe Kirkland Fund Léo Delibes (1836–1891) 29 The Borden Fund, Inc. Prescott Family Foundation The Ina Mae and Rex G. Powell Wake County Music Education Fund R. A. Bryan Foundation The Florence Rogers Charitable Trust Entr’acte and Waltz from Coppélia Thomas B. and Robertha K. Coleman Foundation The Rolander Family Foundation School System Supporters Craven County Community Foundation E.T. Rollins, Jr. and Frances P. Rollins Foundation Carteret County Schools Sergei Prokofiev (1891–1953) 33 Edna Williams Curl & Myron R. Curl Salisbury Symphony Cumberland County Schools Classical Symphony, Op. 25 [Symphony No. 1] Charitable Fund of the Cumberland County The Norman and Rose S. Shamberg Foundation Edgecombe County Schools Community Foundation Mvt. II. Larghetto The Shore Fund Harnett County Schools Dr. Albert Joseph Diab Foundation Silverback Foundation Lee County Schools The Dickson Foundation Scott Joplin/ arr. Gunther Schuller (1868–1917) 40 Simple Gifts Foundation Lincoln County Schools Dominion North Carolina Power Maple Leaf Rag from The Red Back Book The Eddie and Jo Allison Smith Family Martin County Schools Enterprise Holdings Foundation Foundation, Inc. New Hanover County Schools The T.H. Maren and S.K. Fellner Fund Southern Bank Foundation Traditional/ arr. Terry Mizesko (b. 1946) 53 Sampson County Schools of the Triangle Community Foundation SunTrust Foundation Wake County Public Schools “When Johnny Comes Marching Home” Foster Family Fund The Travelers Companies, Inc. Wilson County Schools George Foundation WCPE Education Fund Johannes Brahms (1833–1897) 57 Gipson Family Foundation Youths’ Friends Association Supporters are current as of June 2014 Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80 Authors: Melissa Poraczky, Sue Reynolds, Jenni Sonstroem, Wynette Wilson Additional Classroom Resources 60 Design: Jennifer Blackman, Graphic Designer, North Carolina Symphony Editors: Sarah Gilpin, Director of Education, North Carolina Symphony “Your Elephant, The Orchestra” 64 Amy Russell, Artistic Administrator, North Carolina Symphony Natalia Perez, Education Intern, North Carolina Symphony A story by Jackson Parkhurst, to be read in the classroom before your concert North Carolina Symphony, 3700 Glenwood Avenue., Suite 130, Raleigh, NC 27612, 919.733.2750, toll free 877.627.6724 Bibliography and Selected Sources 66 www.ncsymphony.org/educationprograms Sarah Gilpin, Director of Education: [email protected] or 919.789.5461 Selections are listed in program order. North Carolina Symphony Student and Teacher Handbook © 2014 by North Carolina Symphony Society, Inc. Reproduction of this book in its entirety is strictly prohibited. 2014/15 TEACHER WORKBOOK • 1 Information about the 2014/15 Education Concert Program Education Concert Workshop Playing on Recorders Dear Friends and Colleagues, The best way to prepare for your concert is to attend the At your concert, you may notice other groups playing Welcome to the 2014/15 North Carolina Symphony teacher workbook! Thank you to the authors of this year’s materials, Education Concert Workshop each August. This six-hour the song on recorders. Playing the song “When Johnny who contributed countless hours of their time during the busiest part of the year in order to make these curriculum- workshop features presentations by the authors of the Comes Marching Home” on recorder is an opportunity based materials such a valuable resource to teachers statewide: Melissa Poraczky of Cumberland County Public Schools student and teacher handbooks. There you will see each we extend to all school groups that attend and is and Sue Reynolds, Jenni Sonstroem and Wynette Wilson of Wake County Public Schools. activity and lesson plan from the books presented by completely optional. If you are planning to have a This year’s concert program has been designed to serve as inspiration for your students as many attend their first full the authors, their students and other participating student group perform on instruments, here are a few orchestra concert and continue to develop a lifelong love of orchestral music. Works by Khachaturian, Debussy, Haydn, educators. For your registration fee of $30.00, you will things to know: Delibes, Prokofiev, Joplin and Brahms will be featured as students learn “What Makes Music…Music?” Of special note is receive a copy of both handbooks, a CD of the concert • Please let North Carolina Symphony Education staff this year’s melody feature, “When Johnny Comes Marching Home”, commemorating the 150th anniversary of the end of program and printouts of all PowerPoint presentations members know before your concert if you plan to the Civil War. The resources in the following pages have been crafted to help teach the concepts of texture, dynamics, in addition to free access to the online workshop. You perform on recorder. Please contact Sarah Gilpin, tempo, form, rhythm and melody as they relate to these pieces. will also be treated to lunch. All who participate will also Director of Education, at [email protected] or Each year, the North Carolina Symphony strives to educate, engage, and inspire students who will one day create the receive a certificate that they can use to obtain 0.5 CEU 919.789.5461 or ask whomever is coordinating your future North Carolina. In order to ensure that we are continually reaching these high standards, we ask that you and credit from their district. This year’s workshop takes concert trip to do so. Performing groups will be seated your students provide us with feedback. Please take a moment to locate the (fun!) assessment on page 61. Have your place on Thursday, August 14, 2014, from 9:00 am– in a special section and acknowledged from the stage, students fill it out, and either mail or scan/email it back so that we can continue to improve our programs and continue 3:00 pm at Fletcher Opera Theater in the Duke Energy so it is critical that we know you are preparing to play. Center for the Performing Arts, Raleigh, N.C. to meet the needs of you and your students. • Schools will play on their own, unless you make Thank you for all that you do to enrich the lives of students across North Carolina. If you are unable to attend the workshop in August, arrangements with another school to perform together. you can view it online. The North Carolina Symphony Education Concert Workshop will be videotaped and • We may have too many individual groups performing Sincerely, made available on a private classroom site. To download on instruments at one concert, in which case you may these videos you must register, after which you will be be asked to perform with another school. sent the same materials as all of the workshop participants • Any groups performing on recorders will do so before and be given a unique username and password to log in the full orchestra plays “When Johnny Comes Home.” to the classroom site. Upon completion of your online • This opportunity is open to other instruments such as workshop you will be issued a certificate that can be Sarah Gilpin violins, Orff instruments, boomwhackers, etc. used to obtain 0.5 CEU credit from your district. The Director of Education, North Carolina Symphony cost of registration is just $30.00. You can access these • Please remind your students, whether they are resources anytime throughout the school year. Visit performing or not, to be courteous and respectful of http://www.ncsymphony.org/education/education. other students’ performances at their concert. cfm?ssid=4&sid=1. “When Johnny Comes Marching Home” At your concert, the conductor will ask everyone to Contact the North Carolina Symphony Education Department stand and sing “When Johnny Comes Marching Home” with the orchestra. He or she will cue the students after a brief introduction, when it is time to start singing. Sarah Gilpin 3700 Glenwood Ave., Suite 130 Although we encourage students to memorize the Director of Education Raleigh, NC 27612 lyrics, we understand that this is not always possible. At your discretion, decide whether or not to bring song North Carolina Symphony 919.789.5461 Office sheets or books from which your students can read. 919.781.6066 Fax If you do choose to bring the lyrics, please be sure students take with them all materials they bring into the [email protected] auditorium as a courtesy to our venues’ clean-up crews.
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