Teacher Materials

• Letter to Youth Concert Teachers
  
• Mission Statements
   
• Recommended Recordings
  
• General Music Terms and Concepts for Teachers
  

Teacher Materials identify listening goals for each piece on the program and provide activities for students to achieve those goals.  The materials are designed to be used by both music teachers and non-music teachers.  For parents looking to work with their children using the Teacher Materials and Curriculum, recommended recordings are found within these pages. 

Curriculum Materials 

• Get to Know the A2SO: Sections of the Orchestra
  
• Young Person's Guide to the Classical Concert 
  
• One: Vltava (The Moldau), excerpts
   
• Two: "Alla Hornpipe" from Water Music
  
• Three: Symphony No. 6 ("Pastoral"), 2nd mvt.
   
• Four: "Dialogue du vent de la mer" from La Mer
   
• Five: Allegro Appassionato 
  
• Six: Champagne Polka 
   
• Seven: "Mardi Gras" from Mississippi Suite 
  
• Eight: "Russian Sailor's Dance" from The Red Poppy
  

The Curriculum covers the music that students will hear at the A2SO Youth Concerts on March 9 and 10, 2004, as well as the March 13 Family Concert.  In addition, they can be independent lessons for the future.  The materials have been designed to educate and to encourage creativity among children, and are divided into units on each piece being played.

For information on any of our education programs and events, please call Becky Walsh at the A2SO Symphony office at 734-994-4801.