![]() ![]() Once everyone had a chance to sight-read a few lines, I asked the class to guess today's theme. I asked the other students in the class to "name that tune." We kicked off the class with an icebreaker game of "name that tune." I did not tell the students the theme of the class-but I told them that all of the tunes would have something in common! Since I have oodles of pop books featuring arrangements of music by John Williams, I took the first line of several different pieces and had each student in the class sight-read a line. I hope these give you a few ideas you can use with your own students! Here are the activities I included in our John Williams group class. With his illustrious career as a composer and conductor, I think John Williams can safely be counted as one of our greatest American composers. But did you know that he has not only composed the music for over 100 films, but he has also written many concert works-including two symphonies, numerous concertos, and a song cycle for voice and orchestra? He has also composed pieces for significant cultural events, including the Olympics and the U.S. Most of my students know John Williams as the composer for the "Star Wars" and "Harry Potter" films. Enter one of my favorite living composers: John Williams! There are many great living composers to choose from, but I wanted to choose one that my students would be familiar with and that they would be excited to learn more about. The little boy decides to tell this story to the world.In honor of my "Living Composer Project" (you can read all about it HERE), I decided to give this month's group class a living composer theme! When leaving the place, he has taken over, he gets shot by police. The world should be changed by means of words. The black guy explains, violence won't help. The father's asked to come back to New York. The brother of a woman from wealthy family comes to help the black people. The boy and the girl become good friends very fast as well as the rich woman and the girl's father. There they meet an immigrant, who has become a director. The father takes his family to other place. After actions made by black man, many violent acts started to happen. The wealthy woman is blamed by her spouse for the support of such people. He decides to use his ways to fight injustice. ![]() His woman tries to help him, but gets killed by the Secret Service. He tries to seek for justice, but nobody can help. The group of people, filled with hostility towards black people, destroys the car of the black man. He's very happy and hopes to reach success. They catch a train, where a conductor buys the new invention of the Jewish man. It suddenly turns into riot, and he's to take his daughter to safer place. The woman does not want to see him, and he decides to come the other time. He is surprised after getting to know about a child. The black man arrives to the house, where his beloved woman lives. The woman gives a good lesson to the boy by being polite with them. The mother and her son meet the immigrant with his daughter. He visits Henry Ford's factory in order to buy a new car. The other black man is missing his love – the Afro-American woman with a baby. The man gets inspired by the successful immigrant H. After a rich man proposes to buy his girl, he curses this country. He gets a bit disappointed, as it is not so fast and easy to get an access to American Dream. The immigrant reaches the destination and starts a new life. The wealthy woman decides to take care of both of them. The woman from Harlem, who comes with the police, appears to be the mother of the child. The mother of the rich family finds a black baby in the garden. She kisses him in front of the photographers and then rejects. He falls in love with the famous woman, who has received her popularity after the murder of her lover. The brother of the woman is looking for something interesting in life. The man cannot believe somebody wants to leave America. They meet the immigrant with his daughter and greet them. During the journey, the father finds out that the First Officer of the ship is black. The mother hopes that something will change. The mother of the first family's seeing the father of, as he is taking part in the expedition. All these worlds're linked by the famous people, among which there are tycoons, activists and entertainers. In this play, we also see the immigrants, among whom there are a Jewish man and his daughter. In that place, there is a woman, who explores new music style together with the rest members of black community. They live far from Harlem, which is full of African-Americans. This family consists of a mother and her younger brother, a father, a grandfather and a small boy. ![]() ![]() Three families of various classes are in the center. ![]()
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