Dorothy Vetter Memorial Concerts

Wednesday, February 22, 2017 Introductory Videos (click on titles to watch online) Meet the Theater shows students around Sentry Theater, where the concert will be held,

and introduces students to concert etiquette. Meet the Musicians: Cello is an interview with Lawrence Leviton, CWSO principal cellist

and the featured soloist during our concert. Meet the Musicians: Percussion is a closer look some of the many interesting instruments

students might see at the back of the orchestra in the percussion section. In addition, the CWSO channel on YouTube has other videos that explore parts of the orchestra, including the conductor, concertmaster, and other instruments. You may wish to look through those videos with your classes as time allows you to. Concert program (click on titles to listen online)

The Sea Hawk (Suite for Orchestra), by Erich Korngold

Wisecracks, from Noir, Concerto for Cello and Orchestra, by Charlie Barnett (World premieresee Meet the Cello video for information on piece)

Star Wars (Main Theme), by John Williams

The Dark Knight Rises (Suite for Orchestra), by Hans Zimmer

Battle of Watermelons from The Emperors New Clothes, by Rachel Portman

Vianne Sets Up Shop, from Chocolat, by Rachel Portman

How to Train Your Dragon (Suite for Orchestra), by John Powell This is Berk audio Romantic Flight audio Test Drive audio

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFOg-fCTSZUhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyLGFs2PLdwhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0X2bN9D4q0https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAWUR9xB6O7KjPeWjkY3OxAhttps://youtu.be/42NqTuTDTGE?t=23https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MO6oIF8O6ykhttp://72.41.41.216/mp3/13411.mp3https://youtu.be/zVnLyQ2iGvo?t=588https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HDQozSeuEwhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNPIih4X7SAhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rY07_dX3F88https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IBlQj2U5kU

Dorothy Vetter Memorial Concerts

Wednesday, February 22, 2017

How to Train Your Dragon Movie Score Listening Exercise

Listen to the two audio clips below. Do not tell students the name of the movie or of the individual scenesyou will likely get a better variety of answers that way!

Romantic Flight audio Test Drive audio

For each scene, have the students write a few sentences (or discuss) what they think is happening in the movie while this music is playing. Ask them to pay attention to the following elements when they consider their answers:

Tempo (fast or slow) Dynamics (loud or quiet) Orchestration (what kind of instruments are playing, are many or few instruments

playing)

Ask some leading questions about the scene:

What kind of characters are in this scene (e.g. hero or villain)? What emotions do they have (happy, sad, excited, etc.)? What sort of action or activity do you think is going on?

After students have talked about their answers, watch the video clips so students can see what is going on. Remind them that this exercise is not about guessing the right movie, or the right activities onscreen, but about using the music as a clue to whats happening, and to heighten the viewers emotions while watching.

Romantic Flight video Test Drive video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rY07_dX3F88https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IBlQj2U5kUhttps://youtu.be/Zz39j2SKozE?t=80https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LECmyZB-cgM

Vetter videos and program 2017Movie Score Listening Exercise 2017