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Makingmusic ENSEMBLE school performanceS
Host a Louisville Orchestra chamber performance at your school! A small group of LO musicians will present a 45-min program designed to expose students to a variety of instrumental music and themes, demonstrate different musical concepts, and familiarize them with the instruments of the orchestra.
Audience: Grades 3–6 | Cost: $1,200
VIRTUAL ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCES
Our MakingMUSIC ensemble video series showcases a variety of string, woodwind, brass, and mixed instrument chamber ensemble performances. These 30-minute programs cover a range of general music concepts and can be used for classroom discussion and independent study.
THE LANGUAGE OF MUSIC
A woodwind quintet demonstrates how air is used to produce sound and asks students to use language to describe how music makes them feel. This presentation also includes playful excerpts from Russian composer Sergei Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf.
Concepts introduced: Cadenza, single and double reed instruments, narration and how an instrument’s unique timbre can represent a mood or character.
VISUALIZING MUSIC
A violin duo presents excerpts from Polish composer Grażyna Bacewicz’s Suite for Two Violins and explains how composers write music and use different techniques to make a statement and invite the audience to visualize a story or moment in time.
Terms introduced: Contrary Motion, Staccato, Legato, Andante, Meter, Soltando, and more.
CHARACTERISTICS OF MUSIC
A violin/viola duo shares how music can create a dialogue between instruments (that represent characters) and demonstrates how they use notes, gestures and body movement instead of words to speak to one another.
Terms introduced: Dynamics, Rondeau, Melody, and more.
ELEMENTS OF MUSIC
A trio of clarinet, bassoon and viola demonstrate different musical elements and play a variety of music to showcase each instrument.
Concepts introduced: Pitch, Harmony, Instrumentation, Theme and Variation, Form, Tempo, Rhythm, and how culture and nationality affect different musical styles.
STORIES IN MUSIC
A string quintet demonstrates how music can not only tell a story but how instruments can represent characters. The musicians demonstrate how specific instrumental techniques can enhance the mood or setting of a story.
Terms introduced: Dynamics, Medley, Pizzicato, Harmony, Rhythm, Pitch, and more.
THE AMAZING BRASS FAMILY
A brass trio shares the unique characteristics of the brass family and a brief history about the construction and sounds of their instruments.
Terms introduced: Accompaniment, Dissonance, Fanfare, March, Glissando, Valves, and more.
BRASS TRIO SPIRITUAL
The brass trio performs the African-American spiritual “Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen.”
MICHAEL FINNEY AND THE MAGIC SONGBOOK
A string quartet presents various elements of music during their presentation of an original story written by LO First Violinist, Stephen M. Taylor.
Concepts introduced: Tremolo, Harmony, Forte, Piano, Crescendo and how dynamics can affect the mood of a piece of music.