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Carnegie Hall

The Orchestra Swings

Student Activities Index

What is Swing? student activity

What Is Swing? (PDF)

Composer timeline depicting Leonard Bernstein, Florence Price, Duke Ellington, and George Gershwin

Composer Timeline (PDF)

Create Your Own Rhythm Section student activity

Create Your Own Rhythm Section (PDF)

“It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing)” Melodic and Lyric Patterns sheet music

“It Don’t Mean a Thing” Melodic and Lyric Patterns (PDF)

"Duke's Place" Listening Map music notation

“Duke’s Place” Chords and Listening Map (PDF)

My Musical Form student activity

My Musical Form (PDF)

My Blues Lyrics student activity

My Blues Lyrics (PDF)

Melody or Improvisation student activity

Melody or Improvisation (PDF)

My Scat Patterns student activity

My Scat Patterns (PDF)

"It Don't Mean A Thing" Choreography dance steps

“It Don’t Mean a Thing” Choreography (PDF)

"Instrument Family Portraits" depicting various woodwind and brass instruments

Instrument Family Portraits (PDF)

A diagram depicting the various instruments in an orchestra

The Orchestra Map (PDF)

Instrument Identification activity sheet (visual), depicting various musical instruments

Instrument Identification (Visual) (PDF)

Instrument Identification activity sheet (audio)

Instrument Identification (Audio) (PDF)

"My Own Orchestra" activity sheet

My Own Orchestra (PDF)

"The Jazz Ensemble" student activity depicting a rhythm section, big band, and quartet

The Jazz Ensemble (PDF)

"My Own Jazz Ensemble" student activity depicting a piano, bass, and drums

My Own Jazz Ensemble (PDF)

"My Repertoire List" chart for The Orchestra Swings

My Repertoire List (PDF)

"The History of Carnegie Hall" student activity depicting images of Carnegie Hall, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and performers at Carnegie Hall

The History of Carnegie Hall (PDF)

"Jazz Artists at Carnegie Hall" student activity depicting Ella Fitzgerald, Leonard Bernstein, Louis Armstrong, and Duke Ellington

Jazz Artists at Carnegie Hall (PDF)

Soprano recorder fingering chart

Soprano Recorder Fingering Chart (PDF)