Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Classics for Kids- Leonard Bernsten

The "Classics for Kids" podcast is a great resource for children to learn about music. What exactly it is is a podcast that is basically a story. It is a women telling a story about Leonard Bernsten. While the story is going on, music supporting the story about the composer is being played. There will often be 30-45 second breaks with just music. This is a great way to get any level of musician interested in composers. I enjoyed this story myself, and enjoyed the history about Bernsten and the music!
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  1. Bill BauerNovember 22, 2009 at 5:29 PM

    I usually learn something from listening to these podcasts; they are tremendous! I think they would be a great resource in developing lesson plans for certain types of music classes too.

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  2. Mark AwadNovember 25, 2009 at 4:56 PM

    Rocco,

    I agree that the Classics for Kids Podcast is a wonderful resource for music education. Like you said, they present information in a story-like format, which is easy to listen to for students, and as you also said, they can be very enjoyable and informative to adults as well. Another aspect of Classics for Kids that you mentioned, that I also believe is extremely valuable, is that the podcasts include quality musical examples. Students are not only hearing spoken information, or reading information, but they are also experiencing the music with examples of recordings. I agree that this is an excellent resource for music education.

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