During the first 5 minutes of music class for 4th and 5th grades, we spend some time learning about our Composer of the Month. The first week, we usually read a story about the composer (my favorite is Lives of the Musicians: Good Times, Bad Times, and What the Neighbors Thought). The second week we recap the facts that we learned from the story and following weeks we listen to (and watch!) various compositions by the composer. To help focus student listening, I created a game called "Pass…
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