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2020 RESOURCE GUIDE 1.

Celebrating 21 Years of Symphony Goes to School Concerts 1999 – 2020 Dear Teachers,

The Auburn Symphony’s Symphony Goes to School (SGTS) orchestra is excited to be on the road again celebrating twenty-one years of music presentations in schools throughout Placer, Nevada, El Dorado, and Yolo counties. Soon, the SGTS orchestra, under the direction of Paolo Reyes, will be at your school presenting: Construction Zone: Musicians at Work! This program is guaranteed to capture the imagination of students. They will want to snap their fingers, clap their hands, and move to the rhythms.

To enhance the music experience of each student, this Resource Guide is given to you to help prepare your students for the SGTS concert. An online version is also available at www.AuburnSymphony.com/schools - click on Resource Guide.

What’s included?

• The Symphony Times - a newsletter that can be copied and taken home by students. It includes the website location of the playlist and other excellent online resources for musical games and information. • Preparing for the Concert - A checklist to help prepare students for the SGTS concert. • Composers and Their Music – A brief bio of the composers and highlight of the music performed. • A Few Easy Ways to Promote Learning through Music – Classroom music ideas easily incorporated into your school lessons. • Heads Up! Survey Ahead! - A preview of the survey which will be sent following the concert. • Instruments of the Orchestra - Black Line Masters. • All Those Musical Words – A glossary of musical terms.

We look forward to sharing beautiful orchestral music with you and your students.

Symphony Goes to School Committee: Glenn Garabedian - Chairperson, Jennifer Keck, Sue Larkins, Audrey Mueller, Stephanie Snyder, Liz Sublett, Paolo Reyes - Conductor

A Message from the Executive Director

On behalf of the Auburn Symphony Board of Directors, I want to thank all the participating schools, administrators and teachers who help us bring our Symphony Goes to School program to thousands of students each year. It is vital to the mission of the Auburn Symphony that we continue to bring music into the schools and to expose younger listeners to the great sights and sounds that come from a live symphony orchestra! It is our hope that, through our outreach program, we will inspire students to come to a concert, or better yet, pick up an instrument and start making beautiful music of their own!

In these times of uncertain funding for the arts and music in our elementary and middle schools, the Auburn Symphony believes we play a significant role in keeping that connection alive in hearts and minds of today's young people. So, thank you for inviting us into your schools, and please look through this guide and use the many valuable resources that we are making available to you and your students.

With deep appreciation, Anne Brown Executive Director, Auburn Symphony The Auburn Symphony

Presents The Symphony Goes to School

CONSTRUCTION ZONE: Musicians at Work! Auburn Symphony 2019-2020 Season Program: out of this WORLD CONTENTS

Dear Teachers 2 About the Auburn Symphony 4 Checklist to Prepare for the Concert 5 The Composers and Their Music Klaus Badelt Pirates Medley 6 Johannes Brahms Hungarian Dance No. 5 7 Antonín Dvořák Humoresque 8 Reinhold Glière Russian Sailor’s Dance 9 Joe Hisaishi Merry-Go-Round of Life 10

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Eine Kleine Nachtmusik (first movement) 11 Serenade for Winds (first movement) A Few Easy Ways to Promote Learning Through Music 12 Online Interactive Resources 14 All those Musical Words! 15 Heads Up! Survey Ahead! 16 Orchestra Seating and Instruments of the Orchestra 17 Symphony Times: Kid’s Take-Home Pages 22 The Symphony Goes to School Orchestra Members, Sponsors, 24 and Participating Schools

3 ABOUT THE AUBURN SYMPHONY

The Auburn Symphony played its first concert on May 20, 1988. Each year the seventy to eighty volunteer members present an ambitious program of outstanding concerts under the direction of Maestro Peter Jaffe. The symphony season opens in September with the Symphony in the Park performed as a gift to the community. This is followed by a series of four Masterworks performances: three in Auburn and one at the Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts. Since 1999 the Auburn Symphony has performed an annual Family Concert especially designed to delight young people and families. The Symphony Goes to School program began that same year. A small SGTS orchestra of outstanding musicians present concerts in schools in Placer, Nevada, El Dorado, and Yolo counties.

Maestro Peter Jaffe Auburn Symphony Music Director and Conductor 2012-Present

Peter Jaffe—or Maestro Jaffe, as an orchestra’s conductor is sometimes called— has been the music director and conductor of the Auburn Symphony since 2012. He also conducts the Stockton Symphony and the Folsom Lake Symphony, and has guest-conducted many orchestras across the country. He frequently arranges music for orchestras, and he plays piano, violin, and viola. He has spearheaded many commissions of world premieres and has earned national recognition and several awards for his educational programs. He’s pretty tall and played on his high school’s varsity basketball team. He also played in a rock band when he was a teenager!

Enjoy Maestro Jaffe and the full Auburn Symphony at our Family Concert on Saturday, February 8, 2020, at 11:00 a.m. in the Placer High School Auditorium in Auburn.

Paolo Reyes Symphony Goes to School Conductor Paolo Reyes, a Sacramento-based conductor, graduated with his Masters of Music Degree with an emphasis in Orchestra Conducting from CSU, Sacramento. Since graduating, Reyes has served as assistant conductor for the Camellia Symphony Orchestra and is the Music Director of the Camellia Juniors, the youth orchestra branch of the Camellia Symphony. His eclectic tastes have led him to conduct the Elk Grove Strauss Festival, Citywater (an ensemble focusing on contemporary classical music), and musicals with Fairfield’s Missouri Street Theater. Maestro Reyes is also the Music Director and Founder of the Sacramento State Summer Symphony, an academic orchestra that brings current students and alumni of the Sacramento State Orchestra together with the aim to showcase the strengths of CSU Sacramento’s Music Program. Maestro Reyes is an active violinist, performing in numerous orchestras and ensembles in the Sacramento area.

What made Paolo Reyes interested in music? He enjoyed playing video games growing up. It was the music in the video games that inspired him to become a musician. For the SGTS concerts, he has selected music of several composers who write music for movies and television.

4 CHECKLIST TO PREPARE FOR THE CONCERT

Preparing for the Concert Talk with the Students. Talk about the music they enjoy and stretch their listening experiences by bringing classical music into your class. Learn about the Composers and their Music. Read aloud the brief stories about the composers and the music found in this guide. Learn About the Instruments. Use the Black Line Masters or other visuals to help your students recognize the instruments of each musical family: strings, woodwinds, brass, and percussion. Play the Music. The entire playlist for the concert is on the Auburn Symphony YouTube channel, or: Go to::www.auburnsymphony.com/schools Click::Symphony Goes to School 2020 YouTube Playlist

Playing the music in the classroom is an effective way for your students to listen more intently and get much more out of the concert. Check the Web for Music Education Resources for the Classroom and for Children to Enjoy at Home . Here are a few excellent sites which your students will enjoy: Dallas Symphony Kids (DSO Kids): at mydsokids.com, New York Philharmonic Kids Zone at nyphilkids.org, San Fransisco Symphony Kids at sfskids.org. Classics for Kids at classicsforkids.com. Copy and Send Home the Symphony Times. The Symphony Times (page 22-23) gives an overview of the program, the Auburn Symphony website playlist, and lists the excellent interactive music sites with information, ga mes, and activities especially designed for kids.

After the Concert

Talk with Students about their Reaction to the Symphony Goes to School Concert. As a start, students might discuss questions such as: What was different for you to hear the SGTS Orchestra after hearing the “recorded” music? How did the music make you feel? What did you see in your mind’s eye when you heard the music? What was your favorite piece? What qualities make a piece your favorite? What was your favorite instrument? What instrument would you want to play? Send Fan Mail. Students may wish to write a note or letter or draw or paint a picture describing their concert experience. All letters should include name, age, grade, and name of school. Send to: Auburn Symphony, Attention: SGTS, P.O. Box 74, Auburn, CA 95604 Deliver to: Auburn Symphony Office at 985 Lincoln Way, Suite 102, Auburn, CA Student mail will be shared with orchestra members and the Symphony Board of Directors. Artwork is not returnable.

5 THE COMPOSERS AND THEIR MUSIC

Klaus Badelt Music: Pirates Medley QUICK FACTS

DATES Born: June 12, 1967, Frankfurt, West Germany NATIONALITY German STYLE/PERIOD Film and TV Scores FAMOUS The Prince of Egypt, Gladiator, and Pirates of the Caribbean: WORKS The Curse of the Black Pearl. LISTEN TO Pirates Medley from The Curse of the Black Pearl

BIO You may not know Klaus Badelt by name, but you have heard his music at the theater or on TV. You may have even seen him on TV or on YouTube. Composer Klaus Badelt started his musical career writing and producing music for dozens of highly successful movies and commercials in his native Germany. This German-born composer, producer, and arranger of film scores is known for his collaborations with Hans Zimmer, helping to write scores for dozens of critically-acclaimed films including The Thin Red Line, The Prince of Egypt, Gladiator, and Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl.

He has written music for such well-known producers as Sean Penn and Steven Spielberg.

In 2002 he won the World Soundtrack Award for Discovery of the Year. In 2006 he won the ASCAP Film and Television Music Award for Top Box Office films.

Known for his dedication, Klaus worked on the soundtrack for the movie The Promise for almost 6 months. The song which can be heard in the movie's end credits is an ancient folk song in China, and very few people can still sing it. Klaus traveled almost two weeks in China to find someone who was able to sing the whole folk song in order to rearrange it for the score.

He now lives in the United States and has started his own film music company, Theme Park Studios, in Santa Monica.

THE MUSIC Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl is the official soundtrack album from Walt Disney Records. The music of the film and this album are credited to composer Klaus Badelt and producer Hans Zimmer.

FUN FACT • The 2008 Beijing Olympics invited him as the only western composer for the closing ceremonies.

6 THE COMPOSERS AND THEIR MUSIC

Johannes Brahms Music: Hungarian Dance No. 5 QUICK FACTS

DATES Born: May 7, 1833, Hamburg, Germany Died: April 3, 1897, Vienna, Austria NATIONALITY German STYLE/PERIOD Romantic FAMOUS Symphony No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 68 WORKS Symphony No. 3 in F Major, Op. 49, No. 4, BIO Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80 Johannes Brahms was a German A German Requiem composer and pianist who wrote Hungarian Dances symphonies, concerti, chamber Liebeslieder Waltzes music, piano works, and choral compositions. He is widely LISTEN TO Hungarian Dance No. 5 considered one the 19th century's greatest composers and one of the leading musicians of the Romantic era.

He was the second son of three children. Music was introduced to his life at an early age. His father, Jacob Brahms, was a double bassist in the Hamburg Philharmonic Society, and the young Brahms began playing piano at the age of seven. By the time he was a teenager, Brahms was already an accomplished musician. To ease his family’s often tight financial condition, he used his talent to earn money at local inns and along the city's docks. Throughout his life, Brahms was very modest and not good at self-promotion.

The violin virtuoso Joseph Joachim, whom Johannes Brahms befriended in 1853, instantly realized Brahms’s talent and recommended him to the composer and music critic Robert Schumann. Schumann praised Brahms’s compositions in a well-read music magazine that Schumann published. The two men quickly became friends, as Schumann saw in Johannes great hope for the future of music. He dubbed Brahms a genius and praised the "young eagle" publicly in a famous article. The kind words quickly made the young composer a known entity in the music world. Brahms’ music is deeply influenced by folk and Gypsy music. This was a result of having met the Hungarian refugee violinist Eduard Remenyi in 1850 when Brahms was only 15.

THE MUSIC The very popular Hungarian Dances are a set of 21 lively dance tunes based mostly on Hungarian themes. Listening to the Hungarian Dance No. 5 will want to make you whirl and twirl.

FUN FACT • His reputation and status as a composer is such that he is sometimes grouped with Johann Sebastian Bach and Ludwig van Beethoven as one of the “Three Bs” of music.

7 THE COMPOSERS AND THEIR MUSIC

Antonin Dvořák Music: Humoresque QUICK FACTS

DATES Born: September 8, 1841, Nelahozeves, Bohemia Died: May 1, 1904, Prague, Czech Republic NATIONALITY Bohemian STYLE/PERIOD Romantic 1820-1910 FAMOUS Carnival Overture, Humoresque in E flat minor, Slavonic Dance WORKS in E minor, Symphony No. 9 "From the New World" LISTEN TO Humoresque BIO Dvorák’s fathera was butcher/innkeeper in a small village in Bohemia. Bohemia was full of music and young Antonín took violin lessons and fiddled with his father in the village band. Dvořák’s father intended that Antonin would become an innkeeper and since many German travelers came to Bohemia, his father sent him to live with an uncle in a nearby town to learn German. It was there he furthered his music lessons. His first composition, the Forget-Me- Not Polka in C was written possibly as early as 1855 when Dvořák was 14 years old. When he was sixteen, Dvořák went to study music in Prague. He played violin and viola in Prague's National Opera Orchestra until, at thirty-one, he won a prize for composition. One of his compositions caught the attention of Johannes Brahms, a very successful and influential composer. He encouraged Dvořák to write a set of Slavonic Dances in the style of his own Hungarian Dances which had been so successful. The Slavonic Dances of Dvořák were outstandingly successful and made him famous. His great fame led to his becoming the head of the National Conservatory of Music in New York in 1885.

Dvořák returned to Prague in 1895 and became the director of the Prague Conservatory. On May 1, 1904, the successful, respected, and beloved Dvořák died suddenly of a stroke at the dinner table. His funeral, on May 5, 1904, caused a national day of mourning.

THE MUSIC Humoresque is simply a short, lively, playful, and appealing piece of music. When he wrote Humoresque, it is doubtful that Dvorak ever knew how popular this piece would become or that it is still popular world-wide 116 years after his death in 1904.

FUN FACTS • A United States ship is named for Dvořák. In 1943 an American Liberty Ship in the U.S. Navy was named the USNS Antonín Dvořák in the composer’s honor.

• There is a mural in his honor in Iowa. Dvořák spent a few weeks living in Spillville, Iowa. It was a town of mostly Czech-speaking immigrants at the time. It is there that he wrote his “American” String Quartet.

8 THE COMPOSERS AND THEIR MUSIC

Reinhold Glière Music: Russian Sailor’s Dance

DATES Born: January 11, 1875, Kiev Russian Empire Died: June 23, 1956, Moscow, Soviet Union , NATIONALITY Ukrainian of German and Polish descent. STYLE/PERIOD Late Romantic, Nationalistic FAMOUS WORKS The Red Poppy, The Bronze Horsem n, Symphony #3 Russian Sailor’s Dance a , LISTEN TO Russian Sailor’s Dance

BIO Reinhold Glière was born in Kiev, Ukraine, in the Russian Empire. He was a Soviet composer of German and Polish descent. He was infused with Russian music and was known for his musical compositions which incorporated elements of the folk music from several of the eastern Soviet republics.

Glière was the son of a musician who emigrated to Russia from Germany. His father also made wind instruments and was a butcher. Reinhold, in his early years learned music from his father and worked in his father’s shop.

Reinhold studied at the Moscow Conservatory. After his graduation, he taught for a while in Moscow. He studied conducting in Berlin where he made his first appearance as a conductor. In 1913 he was named director of the Kiev Conservatory, a position he held all through the Russian Revolution. In 1920 he became professor of music at the Moscow Conservatory. His service there was interrupted by the Second World War. While in Moscow, he had a great influence upon his students, among them, Sergey Prokofiev, Nikolay Mayakovski, considered the Father of the Soviet Symphony, and Aram Khachaturian.

Glière also became a political figure in Russia during the Stalin years, serving as chairman of the organizing committee of the Soviet Composers' Union from 1938 to 1948. His Russian music found favor with Stalin and his cultural ministers. He organized workers’ concerts and directed committees of the Moscow Union of Composers and Union of Soviet Composers. Glière received many honors during this era, including the title of People's Artist of the Soviet Union. He composed symphonies, operas, concertos, and hundreds of songs and piano works. Along with Tchaikovsky, he contributed to the development of the Russian ballet.

THE MUSIC The Red Poppy ballet was created in 1927 as the first Soviet ballet with a modern revolutionary theme. Possibly the most famous dance from this ballet is the Russian Sailors Dance. It is an exciting, fast-paced dance. It is probably his best-known single piece and is still heard at symphony concerts around the world, frequently as an encore.

FUN FACTS One of his private students was the eleven-year-old Sergei Prokofiev, whom Glière taught on Prokofiev's parental estate. Prokofiev became a famous composer also. 9 THE COMPOSERS AND THEIR MUSIC

Joe Hisaishi Music: Merry-Go-Round of Life

QUICK FACTS

DATES Born: December 6, 1950, in Nagano, Japan NATIONALITY Japanese STYLE/PERIOD Different genres, including minimalist, experimental electronic, European classical, and Japanese classical. FAMOUS Spirited Away WORKS The Wind Rises Ponvo LISTEN TO Merry-Go-Round of Life BIO Joe Hisaishi is a highly-accomplished Japanese composer and musical director most regarded for his involvement with the world-famous animation company “Studio Ghibli.” He has composed over 100 film scores and solo albums dating back to 1981. He is also known for his piano scores.

Hisaishi was born Mamoru Fujisawa. His professional name came from the musician Quincy Jones. The kanji for "Hisaishi" could be read as "Kuishi," which is close to the Japanese pronunciation of "Quincy," and "Joe," of course, came from "Jones." Hisaishi chose this name himself when he needed a professional stage name.

Hisaishi graduated from Kunitachi Music College. He has won the Japanese equivalent of the Academy Award for Best Music seven times. He has scored the highest-grossing domestic film in both Japan, Spirited Away (2001), and China, Let the Bullets Fly (2010). He has won awards for Music in a Feature Production and Best Music score. THE MUSIC Hisaishi’s piece “Merry-Go-Round of Life” served as the main musical theme for the studio’s film “Howl’s Moving Castle.” The composer used certain instruments and techniques to match the narration. Even without knowing the overall storyline of the film, audiences can easily recognize the overarching themes of romance and fantasy simply from the use of specific instruments, tones, and musical techniques within the score. This is a beautiful and dynamic orchestral film score that shows a simple waltz melody accompanied by many different rhythms, harmonies and musical techniques

FUN FACTS • Joe Hisaishi worked on the ceremonies and cultural events of the 1998 Winter Olympic Games in Nagano, Japan.

10 THE COMPOSERS AND THEIR MUSIC

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Music: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik (first movement) Serenade for Winds (first movement)

QUICK FACTS

DATES Born: January 27, 1756, Salzburg, Austria Died: December 5, 1791, Vienna, Austria NATIONALITY Austrian STYLE/PERIOD Classical 1750-1820

FAMOUS Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, The Marriage of Figaro, WORKS The Magic Flute, Don Giovanni, Requiem Mass LISTEN TO Eine Kleine Nachtmusik (first movement) Serenade for Winds (first movement) BIO Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart grew up in Salzburg under the regulation of his strict father Leopold who also was a famous composer of his time. His abilities in music were obvious even when Mozart was still young so that in 1762, at the age of six, his father took him with his elder sister on a concert tour to Munich and Vienna and a second one from 1763-66 through the south of Germany, Paris, and London. Mozart was celebrated as a wonder child everywhere because of his excellent piano playing and his improvisations.

In 1769 he became the concertmaster of the Archbishop and was knighted by the Pope in Rome. Working in Salzburg, he continued to travel around Europe to meet other composers and orchestras. But in 1781, after a dispute with the Archbishop, he left Salzburg and went to Vienna where he married Constanze Weber from Mannheim. In Vienna he also started his friendship with Franz Joseph Haydn. In the last year of his life he wrote one of his masterpieces, "Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute)”. Although some of his operas were successful, he could not make money from this and died in poverty at the age of 36. He was buried in a communal grave which could not be precisely identified until years later. He spoke 15 languages: German, French, Italian, Spanish, English, Turkish, Russian, Bohemian (Czech), Polish, Dutch, Latin, Ancient Greek, Biblical Hebrew, and two others.

THE MUSIC Eine Kleine Nachtmusik was written in one day. Many translate the words to “A little night music.” This piece is performed by the string instruments. Serenade for Winds is a very light and lilting piece performed by the woodwinds and French horn only.

FUN FACTS • Mozart could play the piano backward while lying on his back along the bench. He could also play the music itself backward from memory, as could Beethoven and Bach.

• He wrote his first sonata for the piano when he was four and composed his first opera when he was twelve! Mozart could compose anywhere - at meals (he loved liver, dumplings, and sauerkraut), while talking to friends, while playing pool, and even while his wife was having a baby. He composed very quickly and wrote huge amounts of music. It would take over 8 days to play all of his music, one piece after the next, without stopping. One famous piece that he wrote was Variations on "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star". 11 A FEW EASY WAYS TO PROMOTE LEARNING THROUGH MUSIC Any teacher can integrate music into his or her curriculum. You don’t need to play an instrument. You don’t need to sing. No special training or skills are necessary . . . just an interest in integrating aspects of music throughout the curriculum. Here are just a very few ways to incorporate music into your program.

Play the SGTS Music. • The entire SGTS playlist has been loaded onto the Auburn Symphony YouTube page. You can play it on virtually any device and listen to the music at www.auburnsymphony.com/schools. 1. Go to: www.auburnsymphony.com/schools 2. Cl Symphony Goes to School 2020 YouTube Playlist.

• After listening to the music,ick on: talk about the different pieces of the SGTS program. How did the music make the children feel? What pictures were formed in the mind’s eye? What mood or atmosphere did each piece create?

• Tell the children about the composers.

• Compare the style of a popular piece of music to a classical piece. Compare the style of one of the contemporary composers featured with the music of the romantic period.

• Review the instruments of the orchestra with your class. Feel free to photocopy the pictures of the families of instruments for students to have or to show on an overhead projector. Discuss the different instrument families and the names and shapes of instruments.

• Have students learning to play instruments bring them to class and demonstrate them.

Music in Language Arts • Use music to catch attention. Echo songs such as "Are You Sleeping?" work well. Be creative and change the words. For example, getting ready for snack or lunch, sing “I am Hungry". Have children suggest the foods, even silly foods, that could be in the song.

• Have the students select their favorite piece of music from the playlist and write a short “review” of the music. The review can be in the form of a newspaper story or a letter to a friend or parent.

• Have students research the meaning of the word “music". Encourage students to ask their families and friends how they would define “music". After students have written their definition, have a class discussion through the reading of several written definitions. There are many different “right” answers depending on one’s age, cultural background, sound preference, etc.

• Have students write a note or letter to the musicians or draw or paint a picture describing their concert experience. All letters should include name, age, grade, and name of school. Send to: Auburn Symphony, attention: SGTS, P. O. Box 74, Auburn, California 95604, or deliver to the Auburn Symphony Office at 985 Lincoln Way, Suite 102, Auburn.

12 A FEW EASY WAYS TO PROMOTE LEARNING THROUGH MUSIC

Music in History, Geography Social Science Listen to the music on the playlist. Locate areas where composers were born or traveled. To understand the composers’ places in history and the political world, have students create a chronological chart of the composers on the program. Add other important dates in history, science, and the arts.

Music in Fine Arts • Have students draw or paint pictures to illustrate different pieces of music.

• Have a few students create a dance to one of the pieces. • • Play a rhythmic selection of music. With paper and crayon, students create rhythmic rainbow art by drawing lines in time to the rhythms of the music. Using other colors, students trace the line with multiple colors creating a picture of the rhythms they have heard.

• At another time, use melodic music and compare the pictures.

Music in Mathematics • Have students find their individual heartbeats by placing their hands on their chests or wrists. Have them tap along with their heartbeat. Do a few simple exercises/movements with the students to raise their heartbeat. Immediately following this, have them find their heartbeat again. Ask them what they notice. Is their heart beating faster or slower? Explain that music can also have a fast beat or slow beat (tempo).

Music in Physical Education • Teach children games and folk dances from around the world.

Music in Multi-cultural Studies • Students select a country or region of the world to research for a report. Reports could focus on the indigenous instruments of the region and how music is used culturally (celebrations, worship, entertainment, etc.). • Explore with your students the many instruments that have come to this country with immigrating cultures, such as guitar, harmonica, banjo, and both the Irish and Scottish bagpipes.

“Music education opens doors that help children pass from school into the world around them – a world of work, culture, intellectual activity, and human involvement. The future of our nation depends on providing our children with a complete education that includes music.” - President Gerald Ford

13 ONLINE INTERACTIVE RESOURCES

Encourage students to locate information and play musical educational games online. The following recommended sites offer interactive programs for kids, families and educators who want to learn more about music, composers, and the people who make music come alive. The Dallas Symphony DSOKids site is one of the most well-developed sites for learning. SGTS Music The San Francisco Symphony’s The Auburn Symphony’s website educational website for children www.auburnsymphony.com/schools www.sfkids.org

The Dallas Symphony’s concert site Classics for Kids and the DSO Kids’ Club www.classicsforkids.com www.mydso.com/dso-kids

The New York Philharmonic’s Kidzone educational website for children www.nyphilkids.org

“I would teach children music, physics, and philosophy; but most importantly music for the patterns in music and all the arts are the keys to learning.” Plato

14 All Those Musical Words!

adagio Slow, relaxed tempo. allegro Fast, brisk tempo. aria A song for solo voice in an opera. chord A chord, in music, is any harmonic set of three or more notes that is heard as if sounding all at one time. concerto A composition for orchestra and solo instruments. The solo part is usually written in virtuosic style. crescendo An Italian word that means growing, making music move from soft to loud. decrescendo Making music move from loud to soft. harmony The sounding of two or more musical notes at the same time in a way that is pleasant or desired. legato Smooth or connected notes. movement A distinct unit or division within an extended piece of music like a symphony or a suite. nationalistic Musical Nationalism refers to the use of musical ideas or motifs that are identified with a specific music country, region, or ethnicity, such as folk tunes and melodies, rhythms, and harmonies, inspired by them. overture A piece of music designed to be played as an introduction to an opera or ballet. piano Soft. rests Beats of silence. rhythm A basic element of music. The organization of sound over time. staccato Detached, very short choppy (disconnected) notes. suite A group of musical pieces that belong together. syncopation When the accented note comes where we normally would not expect it, the effect is known as syncopation. symphony Originally used for any piece of music for a group of instruments. The symphony is normally in four extended parts called movements and frequently proceeded by an introduction. It is composed for a large orchestral body. tempo The speed of the beat is known as tempo, the basic pace of the music. A fast tempo is associated with a feeling of energy, drive, and excitement. A slow tempo often contributes to a solemn, lyrical, or calm mood. Such associations are rooted in the way we feel and act. When we're excited, our hearts beat more rapidly than when we're calm; we tend to move and speak more quickly.

15 HEADS UP! SURVEY AHEAD!

Dear Teachers:

Immediately following the performance at your school, we’ll be contacting you by email to participate in an online survey. It is designed to help us deliver better services to you and your students, so we would appreciate very much if you complete it for us. It shouldn’t take more than five minutes, and we’re giving you a “heads up” on the questions so you can be thinking about them. Here’s what you can expect to see:

1. Based on what you experienced and heard, what did teachers and students enjoy MOST about the assembly? What was the LEAST favorite part? What specific reflections did students share in class afterward?

2. How do you use the lessons taught in the assembly and the online playlist? How do these components assist you in addressing the State Department of Education’s Music Content Standards for Visual & Performing Arts?

3. We devote a significant amount of time and talent in developing the Resource Guide, a copy of which is delivered to each teacher. Please help us understand how YOU use it and its value to YOU in the classroom and other activities. Rate it 1 to 5 (or 10, depending on Survey Monkey option) regarding usefulness. This year we provided both a hard copy and an online version. Which version do you prefer? Or both?

4. Did you assign classwork related to the materials provided or the assembly? If so, can you share some of it with us? (Contact your school liaison, Sue Larkins at [email protected].) We can display artwork at the annual Family Concert. We also keep a binder of thank you notes or other writings pertaining to student reactions to our concerts.

5. What else could we do or give you (either ahead of the performance or during it) to make our visit and/or materials more enjoyable and/or valuable as a learning tool? 6. Please tell us the name of your school and your role at the school; i.e. teacher, administrator, etc.

Thank you!

16 ORCHESTRA SEATING AND INSTRUMENTS OF THE ORCHESTRA

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17 SENSATIONAL STRINGS!

Historians think that the first instrument in the string family was developed from the caveman's hunt- ing bow. String instruments produce sound from vibrating strings. They are made of wood and have strings stretched across the top. Sound is made by plucking, strumming, striking, or drawing a bow across the strings. The harp has 47 strings and pedals to add flats and sharps!

violin viola cello double bass harp

18 WONDROUS WOODWINDS!

The first woodwind instruments may have been created by blowing through a blade of grass or an old animal bone. The first woodwinds had open holes that needed to be covered by fingers. Eventually, inventors added a system of metal keys that would cover more than one hole at a time. The three types of woodwinds are (1) those which you blow across an open hole to make a sound; (2) those with a single wooden reed on the mouthpiece; and (3) those with two small wooden reeds tied together called double reeds. In the last two kinds, the reeds vibrate to make sound. Most woodwinds are made of wood, but flutes can be made of metal.

19 BRILLIANT BRASS!

Ancient brass instruments were made of bone or an animal's horn. Today they are made of metal. Brass players create sound by buzzing their lips into the metal mouthpiece. They play different notes by tightening and loosening their lips, and by pressing down valves (or in the case of the trombone, by moving the slide in and out).

20 POWERFUL PERCUSSION!

The percussion instruments can be made of wood, metal, seeds, nuts, and more. They provide the orchestra with accents, rhythms and special sounds. Force is required to make the instruments vibrate. Sound is produced by striking, hitting, scraping, shaking, rubbing or tapping the instruments with a stick, mallet, beater or a hand. There are two kinds of percussion instruments: (1) instruments like the timpani which can play a melody; and (2) those like the snare drum which only make one pitch

21 Jan.-Feb. 2020 The Auburn Symphony Presents Family Concert Volume 21, Issue 1 February 8. 2020, 11a.m. Placer High School Auburn, CA

Symphony Goes to School Auburn Symphony CONSTRUCTION ZONE: Concerts 2019-2020 Season Program: Jan.-Feb. 2020 out of this WORLD Musicians at Work!

WELCOME Are you fascinated by construction sites? We love to watch big buildings being built, and we like to construct things ourselves - perhaps out of blocks or Legos. In an orchestra, some of the buildinge tblocks ar he instruments and people who play them. Check out the map of the orchestra below. The music itself is also constructed out of elements, such as rhythms and melodies. For example, in Mozart’s Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, mvt.1, you can hear how the composer took a simple melody and using chord tones and special rhythms made it sound grand and majestic. And what about the large structure: When we look at a building, we see the architecture - how materials are arranged in space. In music, the “architecture” of a piece is called the form - how big groups of sounds are organized in time. The Russian Sailors’ Dance has a form of twelve variations on the main theme. Many pieces have the idea of music returning in a familiar way, as in Dvořák’s Slavonic Dance No. 5. You can find the recording of all of the music for the Symphony Goes to School concerts on the Auburn Symphony website (www.auburnsymphony.com/schools). Listen to the music as many times as you can and get used to hearing and recognizing the different instruments, the melodies and how the bigger sections fit together to make up the whole piece. We look forward to seeing you and performing for you at your school. The Symphony Goes to School Committee and Orchestra Peter Jaffe Auburn Symphony Music Director and Conductor Peter Jaffe or “Maestro (My-stroh)” Jaffe as an orchestra’s conductor is sometimes called, is in his eighth season as music director and conductor of the Auburn Symphony. He also conducts the Folsom Symphony and the Stockton Symphony. He has spearheaded many commissions of world premieres and has earned national recognition for his educational programs. He is a fine pianist and violinist as well. He played on his high school’s varsity basketball team and played in a rock band when he was a teenager.

Enjoy Maestro Jaffe and the Auburn Symphony at the Family Concert on Saturday, February 8, 2020, at 11:00 a.m. in the Placer High School Auditorium in Auburn. Paolo Reyes Symphony Goes to School Conductor Paolo Reyes is in his second season as conductor of the SGTS orchestra. He graduated with his Masters of Music Degree with an emphasis in Orchestra Conducting. He is the Music Director of the youth orchestra branch of the Camellia Symphony and the Music Director and Founder of the Sacramento State Summer Symphony. Reyes is also an active violinist, performing in numerous orchestras and ensembles in the Sacramento area. Orchestra Seating MUSIC YOU WILL HEAR AT THE SGTS CONCERT LISTEN AT AUBURNSYMPHONY.COM Antonín Dvořák Humoresque 1. Go :: www.auburnsymphony.com/schools Reinhold Glière Russian Sailors' Dance 2. Click :: Symphony Goes to School 2020 YouTube Playlist. . Klaus Badelt Pirates Medley to Johannes Brahms Hungarian Dance No. 5 Wolfgang Amadeus Eine Kleine Nachtmusik (1st movt.) Mozart Serenade for Winds (1st movt.) Joe Hisaishi Merry-Go-Round of Life 22 The Fabulous Instruments of the Orchestra

Draw A Line From the Name to the Instrument. Circle the Instrument You Like Best.

Symphonic Instruments Word Search

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AUBURN SYMPHONY FAMILY CONCERT CONSTRUCTION ZONE: Musicians at Work! Peter Jaffe, conductor Saturday, February 8, 2020 * 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Sophie Zhang, violin, 2019 Young Artists Competition Winner Paolo Reyes, Guest Conductor Auburn Symphony The Sugar Plump Fairies will greet you and after the concert the 2019/2020 Season Placer High “Instrument Petting Zoo” will be there with their instruments. Tickets: $8 General Admission ~ AuburnSymphony.com ~ 530-823-6683 Out of This World! 23 AUBURN SYMPHONY Classical Music for Youth ______Symphony Goes to School * Symphony Goes to Preschool Family Concert and Adopt-a-School * Young Artists Competition Thank you to all who help make Classical Music for Youth programs possible through sponsorships, grants, and generous individual donations of funds, time, and talents.

Glenn and Lynda Garabedian * Jennifer Keck * Bobbi Machado Audrey and Jerry Mueller * Sue Larkins * Stephanie and Bob Snyder * Liz Sublett

The Symphony Goes to School Orchestra Paolo Reyes, Conductor STRINGS WOODWINDS BRASS Judy Bromley Violin Carole Darlington Flute Craig Thomas Trumpet Ann Gaines Violin Maquette Kuper Flute Carmelo Faruggia Horn Jennifer Keck Violin Karen Stenger Clarinet Joel Clark Trombone Michelle Martin Violin Murray Campbell Oboe Catherine Palmer Violin Curtis Kidwell Oboe Sue Dings Viola Audrey Shepherd Bassoon KEYBOARD David Thorp Viola Cynthia Cates Keyboard Alan Clark Cello Norma Sexton Cello Leslie Tierney Double Bass Participating Schools Meadow Vista: Sierra Hills. Auburn: Alta Vista Community Charter, Auburn Elementary, Rock Creek Elementary, Skyridge Elementary, United Auburn Indian Community Tribal School. Bowman: Bowman Charter. Clarksburg: Delta Charter Elementary. Roseville: Blue Oaks School, Junction Elementary.

SGTS Committee Glenn Garabedian - Chairperson Jennifer Keck - Orchestra Liaison Sue Larkins - School Liaison and Assembly Schedule Audrey Mueller - Resource Guide Stephanie Snyder - Consultant Liz Sublett - Family Concert Coordinator Paolo Reyes - Conductor & Playlist Coordinator

Auburn Symphony Anne Brown, Auburn Symphony Executive Director Jennifer Sanders, Auburn Symphony Business Manager

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