Wesley Ball: Nutcracker Suite: Mixed Choir: Classroom Musical

Active Listening Strategies for the Music Classroom-Make music listening fun and active with creative visuals and activities for Tchaikovsky's holiday standard The Nutcracker Suite. Created for the music classroom the Activity Book/CD features a variety of reproduciblelistening maps and activities helpful teaching suggestions and a full-length version of this masterwork performed by the Slovak Symphony Orchestra. Student editions with full color listening maps provide extra visual effect asstudents follow the familiar music of the Suite's eight movements: Overture Chinese Dance Russian Dance Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy Waltz of the Flowers March Dance of the Reed Flute and Arabian Dance. Thevalue-packed Classroom Kit includes the Book/CD Pak and Student 20-Pak. Enhance music appreciation in your classroom this holiday season!

Active Listening Strategies for the Classroom-Make music come alive with this creative collection of visuals and strategies. Created for the music classroom this handy book/CD pak features reproducible listening maps and movement activities designed for a variety of levels along with easy-to-use teaching plans based on the National Standards. All musical examples used are included on the CD. Featured listening selections include: Stars and Stripes Forever Fanfare for the Common Man Ev'rybody Wantsto Be a Cat (from The Aristocats) Chinese Dance (from The Nutcracker Suite) Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks (from Pictures at an Exhibition) Histoire du Tango Spring (from The Four Seasons) Variations on America Variations onSimple Gifts Stompin' at the Savoy Russian Dance (from The Nutcracker Suite) Mars the Bringer of War (from The Planets) Splish Splash Summer (from The Four Seasons).