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Clarissa Budd
Goal: SWBAT perform F&F with accurate style & phrasing at m. 21-28
1. Tell students we are going to work on balance in the middle section!
2. Have students play from m. 21-28
3. Create a scene for the music: It’s a warm summer night, and a great big
crowd is ready to watch a big, beautiful fireworks display!
4. Identify the two parts going on in the music:
a. Excitement of the Crowd: Clarinets, Saxophones, Tbone, Euphonium,
Percussion
i. Have them play!
b. The Fireworks: Flutes, Trumpets, Bells
i. Have them play!
5. Work with “Excitement of the Crowd”
a. Ask Clarinets, Saxophones, Tbone, Euphonium, Percussion play at m.
21
i. Students should crescendo across two whole measures and then
decrescendo across the next two measures (clarinets, alto,
tbone, euphonium) OR
ii. Students should enter at a strong dynamic and then decrescendo
across two measures (bari saxophone)
iii. [Trombone, Euphonium, Bari Saxophone DO NOT have a
decrescendo marked in their parts; ask them to write it in their
parts to remember to decrescendo every time they play]
b. Involve all students for crescendo and decrescendo activity
i. Teacher will model on a concert Bb in quarter notes
ii. Play: soft - loud - soft (echo)
iii. Play: soft - soft - loud - soft (echo)
iv. Play: soft - soft - loud - loud - soft (echo)
v. Play: soft - soft- soft - loud - loud - soft (echo)
vi. Play: soft - soft- soft - loud - loud - soft - soft (echo)
vii. Play: soft - soft - soft - soft - loud - loud - soft - soft (echo)
viii. Play: soft- soft - soft - soft - loud - loud - soft - soft - soft (echo)
c. Have “Excitement of the crowd” play the crescendo and decrescendo
at m. 21
6. Work with “The Fireworks”
a. Ask Flutes, Trumpets and Bells to play at m. 23-24
b. Students should enter strong and slowly decay like a firework that
lights up the sky and slowly fades away, an interruption that bursts
through the texture
c. Ask them to play again with a firework in mind
7. Address posture
8. Have all students to play from m. 21-37
a. Students should play in the same style, all parts need to be heard
including the “excitement of the crowd” and “the fireworks”