Murray Avenue
Classical Kids Music Class
Week of 3/10
We discussed the story and Edvard Grieg's music of
Peer Gynt
Prelude to Act 4 (Morning Mood)
In the Hall of the Mountain King
From my friends at Classical Magic 
"Morning Mood" Theme
and with lyrics
"In the Hall of the Mountain King" Theme
and with lyrics
Murray Avenue
Classical Kids Music Class
Week of 3/3
Antonio Vivaldi
Happy March 4th Birthday!
(1678-1741)
Just one of the movements from each Season:
Spring: Allegro
Summer: Presto
Fall: Allegro
Winter: Allegro
From my friends at Classical Magic
Spring theme with
Summer theme with
Autumn theme with
We also listened to the introduction of Vivaldi's Ring of Mystery
by Douglas Cowling and Walter Babiak
Murray Avenue
Classical Kids Music Class
Week of 2/25
We discussed American composer, John Philip Sousa
and listened and marched to his Washington Post Theme and
Stars and Stripes Forever with funny lyrics 
from my friends at Classical Magic.
We also read 
by Mike Venezia
Murray Avenue
Classical Kids Music Class
Week of 2/11
We read the story and listened to the music of Tchaikovsky's romantic
Sleeping Beauty Ballet
Sleeping Beauty Waltz (orchestral)
From my friends at Classical Magic
Tchaikovsky's Sleeping Beauty Waltz- Act 1 Waltz Theme
and with lyrics
We also read:
"Sleeping Beauty: The Story of Tchaikovsky's Ballet" by Jean Richardson
and
"The Fairy Tale Book of Ballet" by Rosanna Hansen
Murray Avenue
Classical Kids Music Class
Week of 2/4
We discussed 2 versions of the romantic story and ballet Swan Lake,
composed by Tchaikovsky.
From my friends at Classical Magic
Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake Theme (excerpt)
and with lyrics
We also listened to Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture-Finale
and read 
by Mike Venezia
Murray Avenue
Classical Kids Music Class
Week of 1/28
We discussed and listened to Camille Saint-Saëns' spooky
Danse Macabre with funny lyrics by my friends from Classical Magic
Murray Avenue
Classical Kids Music Class
Week of 1/21
We discussed and listened to music of
Camille Saint-Saëns' "Carnival of the Animals" including:
and Finale (narrated by Leonard Bernstein)
Our First Class
Week of 1/14
Meet the instrument families
We read:
by Mark Rubin and Alan Daniel
and conducted while listening to musical excerpts from Benjamin Britten's
"A Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra" including:
Full Orchestra Theme (excerpt)