Post Concert Classroom Activities

Discuss the music and ask what was liked and disliked.

Ask why selected portions or parts were or were not liked.

Compare the different selections performed at the concert.

1. How were they different?
2. How are they alike?

Discuss:

1. Did any music tell a story or sound like a story?
2. How did the music stir emotions?
3. What kinds of activities could you write music to, and how would the music suggest that activity?
4. Draw a picture of what the music made you see.
5. Write a story about what the music made you see.
6. Discuss the time period and culture the composer was writing about.
7. How did you feel during the music — happy, sad, excited, lonely etc.?
8. What was it about the music that made you feel that way?