April 15 - April 28 Listening/Composer Assignment (remember that listening assignments apply to the weeks during which the listening is assigned.)

Dmitri Kabalevsky

Composer (If this link doesn't take you to the right composer, click on "by composer" on the page and find the composer of the week there): http://www.dsokids.com/listen/by-composer/dmitri-kabalevsky.aspx

Listening: Listen to the example on the composer page as well as these YouTube clips: 

Clowns: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPLoAbGzMG0

Toccatina: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSFfwaHde90

Question: What nationality is Kabalevsky? He also wrote many songs for beginning, intermediate and advanced pianists. The YouTube clips have two pieces. If you could pick one to play, which one would you pick and why?