September 12 - September 25: Listening Assignment (remember that listening assignments apply to the weeks during which the listening is assigned.)

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

• Read this article about Korsakov: http://www.dsokids.com/listen/by-composer/nikolai-rimsky-korsakov/.aspx
• Listen to the two musical excerpts in the link above as well as the pronunciation of his name and say it three times out loud. 
• What era did he compose in (Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic, Contemporary)?
• What are three things you learned from his biography that you liked?
• Please listen to/watch Rimsky-Korsakov's most famous work, "Flight of the Bumblebee": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QV1RGMLUKE
• Also watch Yuja Wang play an encore of an arrangement of the same work: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yZPrrboTkY