Because a fine orchestra depends on fine players, Solo Time for Strings emphasizes individual accomplishment, progress, and achievement while preparing young students for participation in a school orchestra. The series teaches reading in conjunction with note learning, enabling students to start playing melodies as soon as possible, and is appropriate for class or individual instruction. The solos assist in a progressive technical development from 'twinkle, twinkle' in Book 1 to music by Vivaldi in Book 5. / Formation Musicale

Because a fine orchestra depends on fine players, Solo Time for Strings emphasizes individual accomplishment, progress, and achievement while preparing young students for participation in a school orchestra. The series teaches reading in conjunction with note learning, enabling students to start playing melodies as soon as possible, and is appropriate for class or individual instruction. The solos assist in a progressive technical development from 'twinkle, twinkle' in Book 1 to music by Vivaldi in Book 5. / Formation Musicale

Once upon a time, a hardworking music teacher was determined to slay the dragons of student doldrums. She looked far and wide for meaningful yet entertaining lessons that would engage her students while addressing the Common Core music standards. One day, she happened upon a set of enchanting books filled with folk tales, fairy tales, nursery rhymes, myths, legends, and more. As they dove into the grade-appropriate literature and music activities, her students became active musicians and lived happily ever after! Each volume of Once Upon a Music Class includes 20 lessons, complete with objectives, procedures, reproducible student pages, and all necessary recordings. Recommended for grades Pre-K through two. / Formation Musicale

Once upon a time, a hardworking music teacher was determined to slay the dragons of student doldrums. She looked far and wide for meaningful yet entertaining lessons that would engage her students while addressing the Common Core music standards. One day, she happened upon a set of enchanting books filled with folk tales, fairy tales, nursery rhymes, myths, legends, and more. As they dove into the grade-appropriate literature and music activities, her students became active musicians and lived happily ever after! Each volume of Once Upon a Music Class includes 20 lessons, complete with objectives, procedures, reproducible student pages, and all necessary recordings. Recommended for grades three through six. / Formation Musicale

Avec ce 6e volume de L'Ouverture à la musique, nous poursuivons notre approche pédagogique au coeur de laquelle l'idée d'une base auditive sensorielle est un préalable indispensable. Tout en poursuivant le développement des paramètres rythmique et mélodique dans la suite des volumes précédents, nous insistons ici sur la maîtrise des gammes, des modulations, du système tonal en général, mais aussi des modes naturels et autres échelles, sans oublier le développement de la perception des degrés les plus importants par le ressenti des quatre cadences principales. Une oeuvre, Peer Gynt d'Edvard Grieg, sert de fil conducteur à cet ouvrage ; tout au long des chapitres, de nombreux extraits sont ainsi intégrés à la progression. Fruit de notre expérience, de l'étude des courants pédagogiques et d'une recherche de répertoires tant variés qu'appropriés, L'Ouverture à la musique volume 6 propose au professeur et à l'élève, enfant ou adulte, de continuer son apprentissage musical en se plongeant dans la matière sonore, en goûtant au plaisir de la découverte et de l'expérimentation, tout en devenant de plus en plus autonome et créatif. Benoît Menut, Pierre Chépélov

What a wonderful way to address the National Standards while using your interactive whiteboard! Integrate technology into your classroom with these well-constructed interactive lessons that provide a smooth and easy way to teach improvisation and composition to elementary students (grades 1--4). Each plan starts with a song, chant, or poem - provides prompts for active listening - invites students to improvise as a group and individually - and concludes with a rubric-measured assessment. Kids will have so much fun singing and moving to the songs, playing classroom instruments, and manipulating the cartoon-style graphics on the interactive whiteboard. / Formation Musicale