Category Archives: Teaching Other Music Classes

My TpT Resources

Posted on August 31, 2018 by Lady Fair

If you haven’t visited the Teachers Pay Teachers website, you’re missing out. There you will find TONS of printable resources, lesson plans, activities, and so much more that you can use in your classroom, or even with your own children … Continue reading →

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Recital Programs!

Posted on November 8, 2017 by Lady Fair

As a creative person, I do enjoy making an attractive product like a recital program, but sometimes they are a pain. Below you will find a link to purchase some I have created, if you do not want to go through … Continue reading →

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Colorful Clef Mnemonics

Posted on October 26, 2017 by Lady Fair

I know what some of you will say: “Don’t use mnemonics! It’s terrible!” While I do try to get students to memorize each note, or at least one starting note, sometimes a student needs the mnemonic to help them remember. … Continue reading →

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Parts of the Stage – Test or Review

Posted on February 6, 2016 by Lady Fair

A quiz I designed for my students in “musical theatre”. Leading up to this we had done a labeling worksheet, played “stage directions tic-tac-toe” (yes, I taped out the stage like a tic-tac-toe board), and discussed in-depth how the directions … Continue reading →

Posted in Teaching Musical Theatre, Teaching Other Music Classes | Tagged center, class, directions, down, middle, musical, parts, school, stage, stage left, stage right, theater, theatre, up | Leave a comment

Discover Music Poster Set

Posted on July 6, 2014 by Lady Fair

The Discover Music Poster Set is by far one of the best classroom poster sets I have ever seen. I believe my middle school band director used them, and I have known other teachers to use them as well. It … Continue reading →

Posted in Teaching Chorus, Teaching Elementary, Teaching Orchestra, Teaching Other Music Classes | Tagged alphabet, articulation, board, bright, bulletin, cheap, class, classroom, colorful, discover, dynamic, easy, hang, middle school, motion, move, movement, music, musical, poster, rhythm, set, simple, symbol, tempo, time signature, toucan, tucan, wall | Leave a comment

Famous Musicians Lessons

Posted on March 10, 2014 by Lady Fair

PowerPoint Presentations I created to present famous musicians to the middle school students I am currently teaching. Three days of an overview of famous musicians and then two days of presenting their assignments. I did not have them take notes … Continue reading →

Posted in Middle School Lessons - non-ensemble, Teaching Other Music Classes | Tagged activity, appreciation, big band, bing, clooney, ella, etta james, famous, jazz, king louie, lesson plan, music, musicians, orchestra, performers, prima, research, setzer, sinatra, swing, torme, well-known, worksheet | Leave a comment

Periods of Classical Music – PowerPoint Lessons

Posted on February 24, 2014 by Lady Fair

These are the PowerPoint lessons I did on the different periods of classical music with my music appreciation class. Feel free to use them, but please credit me or provide a link to my website. The printed music included should … Continue reading →

Posted in Middle School Lessons - non-ensemble, Teaching Other Music Classes | Tagged appreciation, assignments, debussy, education, era, grainger, lesson, mozart, music, period, plan, point, power, PowerPoint, show, slide, tchaikovsky | 1 Comment

Composer Quest Assignment

Posted on February 22, 2014 by Lady Fair

Hello readers! I am currently substituting long-term for a teacher who is out on sick leave, and one of my more unique classes is music appreciation class. Last week we studied musical genres, this week it will be musical periods/eras. … Continue reading →

Posted in 3rd-5th Grade Lessons, Teaching Other Music Classes | Tagged appreciation, assignment, composer, lesson, music, PowerPoint, quest, research, study, test | Leave a comment

Website: Classics For Kids

Posted on February 22, 2014 by Lady Fair

In doing research for a music appreciation class I stumbled across a great resource, a website called Classics for Kids. I discovered a page with a radio show about different periods of music, and the site also includes information on … Continue reading →

Posted in Lesson Plans & Ideas, Teaching Elementary, Teaching Other Music Classes | Tagged audio, children, classics, classics for kids, composer, education, era, feature, games, history, home, lesson, lesson plan, lessons, music, orchestra, radio, show, students, study | Leave a comment

Music Appreciation Class Lessons – Timbre, Ensembles, Genres

Posted on February 20, 2014 by Lady Fair

These are some lessons that I did as a unit on a 4 week school week in a middle school music appreciation class. We discussed the timbres of instruments, different ensembles, and different genres. The recorded music can all be … Continue reading →

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