October 29 - November 5 Listening/Composer Assignment (remember that listening assignments apply to the weeks during which the listening is assigned.)

Benjamin Britten

Composer (listen to the music excerpt on the page, too):

http://www.dsokids.com/listen/ComposerDetail.aspx?composerID=41

Listening: Four Sea Interludes: Sunday Morning

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NlaYS8pQ6I&feature=relmfu

Name as many instruments you can that are highlighted as you listen to Britten's "Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra." Even just naming orchestra "families" of strings, woodwinds, brass and percussion will do. You know he is "highlighting" an instrument or orchestra family because the camera shows them playing and they are "soloing" within the orchestra realm. They trade off many times and in many different styles.

Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kR9nDnyIhAU