Instructional Materials for Lesson 1

Recording:
Le cygne (The Swan) by Camille Saint-Saëns. Performed by Yo-Yo Ma and Kathryn
Stott.
Deeper Listening Activity
Lesson Book:
Essential Technique for Strings published in 2004 by Hal Leonard Corporation
Pages 2-3
 Deeper Listening Activity
Name of Work______________________________________________
Composer(s)________________________________________________
Performer(s)________________________________________________
Genre _____________________________________________________

1. Free write or draw what this work elicits in your mind and either a scene, story plot, or
concept. What color do you see? You must write or draw until the music stops, when
the music stops you must cease writing or drawing.

2. Notice the left hand. Write down your observations.

 Instructional Materials for Lesson 2
Lesson Book:
Essential Technique for Strings published in 2004 by Hal Leonard Corporation
Pages 3-11
Score:
“Intermezzo” (from String Quartet No. 2, Op.13) by Felix Mendelssohn/arr. Deborah
Baker Monday, published in 2009 by Kjos Music Company
 Instructional Materials for Lesson 3
Lesson Book:
Essential Technique for Strings published in 2004 by Hal Leonard Corporation
Pages 20-21
Scores:
“Heroic Adventure” by Kenneth Baird, published in 2013 by Hal Leonard Corporation
“Fright Night” arranged by Larry Moore, published in 2007 by Hal Leonard Corporation
“Fantasy On Greensleeves” arranged by Mark Williams, published by Alfred
Publishing