Going West/Music for Our Great Field Trip - SQUILT Lesson #4

What a treat today's music is.    Aaron Copland is MY FAVORITE COMPOSER OF ALL TIME!   

I fell in love with his music when I was in high school, and then studied it more in depth when I got to college.   I can vividly remember the year - 1990 - we went to our music history class and our professor told us Aaron Copland had died.   It was a sad day for the music world.

My favorite piece was always Appalachian Spring, but as I've shared his music with my children I've come to love it all.    This week's selection is "Hoe down" from Rodeo.   (You might recognize it as the music from the Beef Council commercial!)

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Music In Your Homeschool With SQUILT ~ Lesson 3

Welcome to SQUILT Lesson #3.   SQUILT is a simple, quick way to incorporate quality music into your homeschool.  If you are unfamiliar with SQUILT, please read the very first lesson to find out more.   For a full listing of SQUILT lessons, click here . 

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Music In Your Homeschool With SQUILT ~ Lesson 2/Big Band & The King of Swing

Last week I shared the very first SQUILT lesson with you - about J.S. Bach.    

One of the blog comments last week was so insightful.  The commenter thanked me for the lesson and told me she was modifying the SQUILT page to allow MORE room for writing for her older children.  

I LOVE this!

After time I hope that your SQUILT activities will take on a life of their own... learn more about a composer, or a particular style of music; notebook about the composer's life. Turn it into a composer study! 

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