February 6 - February 19: Listening Assignment (remember that listening assignments apply to the weeks during which the listening is assigned.)

Leroy Anderson

• Read this article about the composer: https://www.mydso.com/dso-kids/learn-and-listen/composers/leroy-anderson
• Click the picture of the composer on the page and listen to the pronunciation of their name and say it three times out loud.
• What era did the composer write in? (Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic, Contemporary)
• What are three things you learned from the composer's biography that you liked?
• Listen to "The Waltzing Cat" (and listen for the "meow" sounds!): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaSQa-yCNjg
• Listen to "The Typewriter Symphony" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZCh4EY_kug