It's Composer Month!
I am really excited about the month of April.
Not just because we are choosing recital repertoire (although that's pretty exciting too). My main reason for excitement is ...
It's music history month in my studio!
OK, so I realize not everyone gets as thrilled about history as I do. But, as you all know, my goal is to make learning fun all around. So we've got a bit of friendly competition going to learn about three famous composers.
This week marked the launch of Team Haydn, Team Mozart, and Team Beethoven. These three classical composers are currently being displayed on large sheets of posterboard on the studio walls.
Each student collects facts and/or pictures of the composer whose team they're on. Those facts then get taped to the posterboards. The team that collects the most facts throughout the month wins. Now here comes the competitive part: Winning team gets chocolate at the end of this month!
It's off to a bit of a slower start than I anticipated (the Mozart poster looks particularly empty, though that's somewhat deceiving thanks to the large portraits of Haydn and Beethoven). But hopefully that's a good sign. Hopefully it means the students will keep going through the whole month, rather than putting all their energy into it the first week and forgetting about it the rest of April.
After all, chocolate is a good reward. ;)
Not just because we are choosing recital repertoire (although that's pretty exciting too). My main reason for excitement is ...
It's music history month in my studio!
OK, so I realize not everyone gets as thrilled about history as I do. But, as you all know, my goal is to make learning fun all around. So we've got a bit of friendly competition going to learn about three famous composers.
This week marked the launch of Team Haydn, Team Mozart, and Team Beethoven. These three classical composers are currently being displayed on large sheets of posterboard on the studio walls.
Haydn's poster sits in comfortable view of the piano ...
...while Mozart and Beethoven, though they may appear tucked away behind the eraseboard and keyboard, are actually nicely visible when you walk into the studio.
Each student collects facts and/or pictures of the composer whose team they're on. Those facts then get taped to the posterboards. The team that collects the most facts throughout the month wins. Now here comes the competitive part: Winning team gets chocolate at the end of this month!
It's off to a bit of a slower start than I anticipated (the Mozart poster looks particularly empty, though that's somewhat deceiving thanks to the large portraits of Haydn and Beethoven). But hopefully that's a good sign. Hopefully it means the students will keep going through the whole month, rather than putting all their energy into it the first week and forgetting about it the rest of April.
After all, chocolate is a good reward. ;)
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