MUSIC

Learn how Pierre Cruzatte shared his fiddle music with the Mandan Indians in their meeting on New Year's Day 1805 and how that helped gain the trust of the Mandans who were important in the success of Lewis and Clark's Corps of Discovery. Choose a title from our series Tune Up a Tale and hear instruments in a woodwind quintet tell the story of Aesop's Fable Lion and the Mouse or the Russian Tale Peter and the Wolf.

Modules for teacher to learn the content that they can readily integrate into their curriculums have been designed to provide high-quality professional development. Lesson plans with age-appropriate activities with content standards and student outcomes aligned with 21st century learning have been designed for teaching students. Once students have been engaged by classroom learning, they will be ready to participate in a virtual field trip presented by an arts professional who will interact with students about their experiences. Pre- and post-tests have been included to measure student learning along with extended lesson plans for continued arts learning in classrooms.

The resources section provides ideas for incorporating arts in classrooms, sources for supplies and books, materials for curriculum integration, on-line sources, bibliographies, and references in arts education and technology applications in learning.

Below is a list of Virtual Field Trip modules falling under the category of Music:

• Pierre Cruzatte: Fiddler on the Trail with Lewis & Clark
  Journey back to January 1, 1805, to explore the music from one of the most important expeditions in U.S. history as we follow "Pierre Cruzatte" on his adventures with Lewis and Clark and the Mandan Indians
   

• Tune-Up a Tale: The Lion and the Mouse
  Come along with the Quintet as this Aesop's fable is retold through instrumental representation
   

• Tune-Up a Tale: Twilight Crane (based on the Japanese Folk Tale: Yuzuru)
  Come along with the Quintet as this Japanese Folktale is retold through instrumental representation composed by Jack Gottlieb
   

• Celtic Music Traditions (Limited Offering Only - Please use Special Event Registration form)
  Thomaseen Foley’s Celtic Christmas was presented live at the Keith Albee Theater in Huntington in 2006. This presentation of a traditional Irish celebration combines Celtic instruments and dancing with singing and storytelling.
   

• DIVA The Jazz Orchestra (Limited Offering Only - Please use Special Event Registration form)
  DIVA performed its high energy music at MU’s Joan C. Edwards playhouse last spring. This presentation highlights some of DIVA’s signature pieces and features impressive solo work by members of the group. Students will have opportunities to ask questions about DIVA and its music.

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We are currently planning the 2009  schedule of Virtual Field Trips! Check back early in the new year to register!

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