Romantic Road is a beautiful opportunity to explore the Romantic era, with plenty of silliness thrown in! This game will not “test” your students’ knowledge but rather give them information to spark curiosity and actions and discussion points to make their new knowledge stick. HOW TO PLAY Place a token for each player on the … Read more
Jazz Journey is a beautiful opportunity to explore the history of jazz, with plenty of silliness thrown in! This game will not “test” your students’ knowledge but rather give them information to spark curiosity and actions and discussion points to make their new knowledge stick. HOW TO PLAY Place a token for each player on … Read more
Get to know some facts and quirky details about this wonderful composer by going shopping together! The bonus of this game is that the name can prompt a discussion of how to pronounce Chopin and make it more memorable for your students. 🙂 HOW TO PLAY The first player draws a card at … Read more
Classical Causeway is a beautiful opportunity to explore the Classical era, with plenty of silliness thrown in! This game will not “test” your students’ knowledge but rather give them information to spark curiosity and actions and discussion points to make their new knowledge stick. HOW TO PLAY Place a token for each player on the … Read more
https://vimeo.com/332258858 We also have live teaching videos of many of the elements from this workshop: Beethoven Beat Conduct like Beethoven Classical Causeway Beethoven’s Bucket Dunk This group workshop plan is a great way to bring the magic of Beethoven and ensemble playing into your studio. How to Use This lesson plan is designed to suit … Read more
Can your students tell the difference between a Liszt and a non-Liszt? Will they know which facts to give away and which to keep to themselves? This game promotes not just knowledge of Liszt’s life but also of other composers, and music history more generally. It will work best for students age 10 and up.
There are two benefits to students colouring composers to track their practice: they are encouraged to read the assignment notes each day before their practice, and they get to meet some of the great composers. Use this as a jumping off point to bring some history into your lessons by telling a quick story or … Read more
This timeline is meant to grow throughout your studio year, adding one composer each week (or more or less) so that students see where everyone fits. It also includes musical periods so that students can get used to these terms – but you could use it just as well without these if you prefer. Please … Read more
History means more when it’s put in context. This game builds up the details around the music periods, not just who the composers were, but how people dressed, what the artists were painting at the time and what buildings were being built. Please note that this game uses the Impressionist period as a separate category … Read more
