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Free 15-Minute Music Lesson for Thanksgiving

Free 15-Minute Music Lesson for Thanksgiving

What do you think of when you think of Thanksgiving? Food? Family? Football? Music probably isn’t on your list, and yet, there is some wonderful music that can help you get in the spirit of Thanksgiving. Enjoy today’s 15-Minute Music Lesson for Thanksgiving. Disclosure: I get commissions for purchases made through affiliate links in this…

Free Unit Study for “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” Musical

Free Unit Study for “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” Musical

Disclosure: I get commissions for purchases made through affiliate links in this post. Free Unit Study for “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” Musical Background: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat began in 1968 as a 15-minute cantata written for a junior high school in England by composer Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyricist Tim Rice….

Free Printable Listening Guides to Use When Experiencing Music

Free Printable Listening Guides to Use When Experiencing Music

[Today we have a guest post by Christa Brown of Little Log Cottage School.] Free Printable Listening Guides to Use When Experiencing Music A couple of years ago, I had the privilege of teaching a Hymn Study Class for a tutorial.  A portion of our activities was to listen to the hymn in a variety of different styles.  I…

15-Minute Music Lesson: Brazilian Composer Heitor Villa-Lobos

15-Minute Music Lesson: Brazilian Composer Heitor Villa-Lobos

Enjoy today’s 15-Minute Music Lesson on Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos, just in time for the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil! Heitor Villa-Lobos Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959) is one of the most well-known composers, conductors, and folklorists of Brazil. His father taught him to play the cello as a child. He was also interested in street…