Of Note: August 2011, featuring Antonin Dvorak

	News from Classics for Kids™ • August 2011 HE PASSED ON A CAREER AS A BUTCHER AND FOLLOWED HIS LOVE OF MUSIC INSTEAD. HE’S ANTONIN DVORAK AND HE’S FEATURED THIS MONTH ON CLASSICS FOR KIDS His father was a butcher and wanted him to be a butcher as well. But music called him, so he became a church organist with hopes of composing. Antonin Dvorak won a government sponsored composition contest and eventually taught composition at the Prague Conservatory. He wrote nine symphonies in his lifetime and he’s the August Classics for Kids composer. Programs about Dvorak include: About Antonin Dvorak Composers Who Visited America Music Nationalism circa 1848 Dances from Czech Neighbors Download this month's activity sheet (Requires Acrobat Reader) CAN’T HEAR THE RADIO SHOW EACH WEEK? JUST PODCAST US! Your schedule is busy, we know that. So if you can’t be around the radio each week when Classics for Kids airs, no problem! Just download the podcast of the shows and you and your child can listen whenever it’s convenient. Check out our podcast section at Classics for Kids Podcasts. Johann Sebastian Bach came from a long line of composers. His father was a town musician and his brother was a church organist. Bach composed all kinds of music, but his genius went undiscovered until 100 years after his death. We look at the life and works of Johann Sebastian Bach during September on Classics for Kids. Programs about Bach include: About Johann Sebastian Bach The Sons of Johann Sebastian Bach What’s a Concerto? The Story of the Brandenburg Concertos Want a sneaky way to help your kids enjoy learning? Check out the free Games page on www.classicsforkids.com. You’ll find the Composer Time Line, Name Note Game, and others. All free and your kids will love them! See what we are talking about by clicking on Classics for Kids Games. We have so much for you to use in your classroom… lesson plans, handouts, games, audio programs and more. It’s all free – we want you to use as much as you can, to help you integrate classical music into all you are teaching. Think about how you can mesh counting, letters, geography, history and more with classical music. Please take a few minutes to look around our Teachers section at Teacher Resources and see what will work for you. THE BULLETIN BOARD Classics for Kids is for YOU - whether you are a parent or a teacher, a music student or music lover. Everything on www.classicsforkids.com is free to use and to share. We hope to inspire an appreciation of classical music, an understanding of the instruments and composers, and perhaps uncover the next Bach or Gershwin. Please tell us how YOU are using Classics for Kids by posting comments, suggestions, artwork, etc. to Classics for Kids' Bulletin Board. "This will be our response to violence; to make music more intensely, more beautifully, and more devotedly than ever before." Leonard Bernstein
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