Klarinet Archive - Posting 000655.txt from 2001/09

From: "Karl Krelove" <kkrelove@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [kl] clarinet presentation for children
Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2001 14:57:26 -0400

Kids of that age like to hear familiar music, which will mean TV themes,
and, at least for the older ones in the group, movie themes. Not that you
rely on these exclusively, but I would mix them with whatever "classical"
examples you choose. One that we use to demonstrate the clarinet in the
program we play each year to recruit beginners is The Entertainer (which
almost none of them knows by title but nearly all of them recognize from the
opening measure once I start playing it). Tunes from Disney movies as
relatively old as "The Little Mermaid" and "Aladdin" are instantly
recognized (I guess their parents are still playing hte videos at home for
them).

Karl Krelove

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Denise Wilson [mailto:dew@-----.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2001 1:53 PM
> To: klarinet@-----.org
> Subject: [kl] clarinet presentation for children
>
>
> Hi All,
>
> I am putting together a presentation on the clarinet for a group of
> kindergarten through 5th grade students in an after-school arts program.
> The goal is to introduce the students to the instrument in about 20-25
> minutes. I'm including some general information about the relationship of
> the clarinet to other instruments and its use in ensembles, and will play
> some musical examples so they can hear what it sounds like.
>
> Other than the obvious selections from Peter and the Wolf, does
> anyone have
> suggestions for clarinet musical examples that would be fun for this age
> group? If you've done something like this, do you have other
> comments/suggestions?
>
> This is rather different from the workshops I've done for students who
> already have a clarinet, and I realized when I was asked to do this that I
> have not attended such a presentation before. I'm looking forward to it!
>
> Thanks in advance!!
>
> Denise Wilson
>
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