READING LIST GRADE 3-5 WHAT IS AN ORCHESTRA? 1

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DO RE MI: IF YOU CAN READ MUSIC, THANK GUIDO DE'AREZZO

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OLIN CONDUCTORLESS ORCHESTRA PLAYS GAME OF THRONES THEME https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=878WuwPpz4E

BRAVO, BRAVA! A NIGHT AT THE OPERA

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Ganeri, Anita, Jinny Johnson, and Graham Rosewarne. Mankato, MN: Smart Apple Media, 2012. This series of informational books describes how instruments are combined to form groups, bands and orchestras around the world, musical history, cultural variations and influences on musical styles. [Set of six books also includes Drums and Percussion Instruments, Pianos and Keyboards, Stringed Instruments, Voices and Singing, and Wind Instruments.]

ALTERNATIVE DUBSTEP ORCHESTRA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjwSLbz4-zc

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BRASS INSTRUMENTS

VISIT US AT LIBRARY.CPS.EDU Access the CPS Virtual Library library.cps.edu and use your CPS login to view documents. Contact [email protected] with questions.

Roth, Susan. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2006. Roth offers a fictionalized biography of monk Guido de’Arezzo from early through late childhood, explaining how he was inspired to create the musical staff. His invention led to music that could be read and repeated rather than only memorized.

Siberell, Anne. Bravo, Brava! A Night at the Opera: Behind the Scenes with Composers, Cast and Crew. New York: Oxford University Press, 2001. Like a backstage pass to the opera, Bravo, Brava is a trivia book full of answers to frequent questions about the opera, from “How did opera begin?” and “Who is behind the curtain?” to twenty-seven concise summaries of the most popular opera plots. Includes a timeline, historical facts, a map of story locations and diagrams.

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ONLINE RESOURCES

DUKE ELLINGTON'S NUTCRACKER SUITE Celenza, Anna Harwell., and Don Tate. Watertown, MA: Charlesbridge, 2011. Jazz genius Duke Ellington collaborates with Billy Strayhorn take on the challenge of creating a jazz composition based on Tchaikovsky's famous classical ballet, the Nutcracker Suite. The enclosed CD is sure to evoke the spirit of the Harlem Renaissance and jazzy New Orleans while sampling genres of music.

THE EXTRAORDINARY MUSIC OF MR. IVES Stanbridge, Joanne. The Extraordinary Music of Mr. Ives: The True Story of a Famous American Composer. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, 2012. This moving account of composer Charles Ives recounts the attack of the Lusitania in 1915, and how the tragedy inspired Mr. Ives to compose a musical piece as a tribute to mourning New Yorkers. Ives wove uncharacteristic sounds of the city into his moving music, as one of the first to use experimental music techniques.

Jiang, Emily, and April Chu. Summoning the Phoenix: Poems and Prose about Chinese Musical Instruments. N.p.: Shen's, an Imprint of Lee & Low, 2014. The history, the sound and culture of traditional Chinese instruments are featured in poetry and prose as thirteen young musicians are pictured preparing for a recital. Instruments include the yangqin, the paigu and the ruan.

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WHO WAS WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART? McDonough, Yona Zeldis., and Carrie Robbins. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 2003. From the childhood experiences of one of the world’s most famous composers to his untimely death, students will be enthralled by Mozart’s conviction, perseverance and dedication to music.

SUMMONING THE PHOENIX

HOW HAS ORCHESTRA CHANGED OVER TIME?

THE LIVES OF THE MUSICIANS: GOOD TIMES, BAD TIMES Krull, Kathleen. The Lives of the Musicians: Good Times, Bad Times (and What the Neighbors Thought). Harcourt Brace, 2013. From Vivaldi through Guthrie, readers will be introduced to twenty accomplished musicians. Humor, charming anecdotes, facts and yes, what their neighbors thought of them comprise this collective biography.

MEET THE THE BAT BOY & HIS VIOLIN Curtis, Gavin; Earl B. Lewis. New York: Simon & Schuster for Young Readers, 1998. A young boy with a passion for his violin music and his father, a manager of a 1940’s Negro League baseball team with a passion for sports, learn to respect and support one another’s talents and interests as the bat boy plays his violin for his Father’s games.

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SAINT-SAENS'S DANSE MACABRE Celenza, Anna Harwell., and JoAnn E. Kitchel. Saint-Saë ns's Danse Macabre. MA: Charlesbridge, 2013. Calenza weaves the tale of how 19th Century composer Camille Saint-Saëns was inspired to write Danse Macabre after visiting the catacombs, known as the resting place for victims of the French revolution. Historical information about the French Revolution, CD of music, and notes of the featured xylophone bring the piece to life.

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WHO HAS CONTRIBUTED TO THE ORCHESTRA ART FORM?

CHICAGO SINFONIETTA http://www.chicagosinfonietta.org/

YOUNG PERSON'S GUIDE TO THE ORCESTRA http://listeningadventures.carnegiehall.org/index.aspx