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Composers & Performers

• A Passion for Music? Now What? Grade 10-Lifelong
  
  A special issue on music-related careers published by the International Adventist Musicians Association. Stories and information are given about Seventh-day Adventists who have succeeded in various careers such as teaching (school or private studio), performance,...
• Accent on Composers Grade 6-Tertiary
  
  An all-inclusive course of study, complete with listening CD, on the lives of 22 great composers--all in one handy, economical package. 100% reproducible. It contains everything you need to introduce your students to great composers and their music year after...
• America the Beautiful Grade 1-Grade 4
  
  America, the Beautiful has been stirring hearts for generations and now artist Wendell Minor pairs Katharine Lee Bates's classic poem with spectacular visual accompaniment. His stunning paintings of American landscapes and historical moments celebrate...
• American Masters (PBS) Grade 5-Lifelong
  
  PBS features on composers and performers including Louis Armstrong, Leonard Bernstein, John Cage, Aaron Copland, Duke Ellington, Placido Domingo, Bob Dylan, Aretha Franklin, Benny Goodman, George Gershwin, Lena Horne, James Levine, Joni Mitchell, Cole Porter,...
• ANN Feature: Conductor Blomstedt Says Music Is His Sermon Grade 9-Lifelong
  
  "I am a servant of the music," Herbert Blomstedt told Adventist News Network during an interview in New York. He is the Conductor Laureate of the San Francisco Symphony and has conducted orchestras in Stockholm, Oslo, Dresden, and Leipzig. In his...
• Bach, Beethoven, Chopin, Mozart and African Folk Music Grade 6-Grade 8
  
  "Four short biographical stories are featured this year to help students realize the contributions these great masters made to our world of music. The African Folk Music.mov video clip demonstrates two Africa folk songs which can easily be taught to students....
• Beethoven's Baseball (DSO Kids) Grade 4-Grade 8
  
  In this game you will be asked to answer questions about composers. If you want to study about them before you play the game, check out our Composer's Corner. Each game lasts 3 innings. A new inning starts when there are either 3 outs or 5 runs scored. It's...
• Benny Goodman Grade 5-Grade 8
  
  Benny Goodman's bio is featured on this page of PBS Kids. "Benny practiced, practiced, practiced... Benny practiced his clarinet three to four hours everyday. Self-improvement was a way for him to get out of the ghetto" An additional source for...
• Boston Symphony Orchestra Education Grade 5-Lifelong
  
  The education section of the BSO website includes interactive features such as Explore the Orchestra, Travel the Timeline, Online Conservatory, Pipe Organ Renovation, and Recipe for a Concert. Explore the Orchestra showcases various instruments in segments...
• Branford Marsalis Grade 5-Lifelong
  
  Branford Marsalis is a leader in both the jazz and classical realms. The 44-year-old Grammy award-winning saxophonist has continued to exercise and expand his skills as a performer, a composer and now, at the head of his Marsalis Music label, a producer...
• Canadian Brass Website Grade 5-Lifelong
  
  The five virtuosi of Canadian Brass have made the brass quintet an exciting vehicle for serious concert music. The quintet -- now in its 35th season -- consists of new member Justin Emerich, trumpet, with Bernhard Scully, horn, alongside original members Stuart...
• Carnival of the Animals by Saint-Saens Preschool-Grade 4
  
  The animals are having a carnival, and guess who is coming? This accessible commentary on Camille Saint-Saens's classic piece allows children to follow each section of the music by listening to the accompanying CD and looking at the whimsical illustrations....
• Charles Ngandwe, The Voice He Gave Me Grade 5-Lifelong
  
  From singing at village funerals in Zambia to voice training at Helderberg College, Cape Town; from the hungry years at home to the spotlight of Pretoria's opera houses; from work with the church choirs of Southern Africa to victory in the International Eisteddfod;...
• Christian Cartoons Grade 9-Grade 12
  
  A selection of printable cartoons/comics with Christian messages. Excellent for newsletter, bulletins, or discussion starters.
• Dallas Symphony Orchestra Magical Doorway Grade 3-Lifelong
  
  This site for students, parents and teachers opens the door to a world of musical fun and learning. In the music room you will find the instrument encyclopedia, the orchestra seating chart, the composers corner, music theory, make your own instruments, do...
• Del Delker Grade 5-Lifelong
  
  From the story of how a tearful Del rejected the call to The Voice of Prophecy three times, to her close calls with "the altar," travels with H.M.S. Richards and the Kings Herald Quartet, and struggles with poor health, this autobiography, entitled...
• DSO Kids - Learn about Composers Grade 4-Grade 8
  
  Click on a Composer to learn more about his or her music, or a music period to learn more about that time in music history! This is a section of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra website featuring brief kid-friendly bios of about 50 well-known composers.
• Enotes Grade 7-Lifelong
  
  eNotes.com features thousands of high-quality study guides, lesson plans, over 60,000 famous quotes and other reference material in various academic areas: literature, science, law and politics, history, business, social sciences, health and arts.
• Everlyn Pursley Kopitzke Tertiary-Lifelong
  
  Evelyn Pursley-Kopitzke is an American African composer. She says, "I was born in Tanzania, Africa, and spent most of my first decade in African countries--where I had a usually delightful childhood. My playmates were my animals, my brother, and the local...
• Faith Esham Grade 11-Lifelong
  
  Faith Esham studied at Juilliard, was an apprentice at Santa Fe, and joined the New York City Opera in 1977 as a mezzo. Soon, though, her rightful range was discovered, and now she sings roles in several languages in the higher repertoire, soprano. Her European...