Fun and Easy Halloween Music Study (SQUILT Lesson 5)

 Two years ago (wow, I've been blogging that long now!) I posted a study of In The Hall of the Mountain King, by Edvard Grieg.

This weekend I revisited the lesson to prepare for teaching it again to my children.   It never ceases to amaze me how much they love this piece of music and how we all hum it INCESSANTLY after just one listening.

So much is to be learned from this piece, too.    

Why not use In The Hall of the Mountain King as your SQUILT this week?  

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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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