Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Releases Midweek Teachers' Resource Guides

The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra (BSO) announces its release of their all-new Midweek Teachers' Resource Guides for use in conjunction with the BSO's Midweek Education Concerts. The easy-to-use guides connect each Midweek Education concert to essential curricular subjects, and introduce fun, exciting and innovative ways for teachers to provide deeper learning opportunities for their students. Each guide includes musical, STEM and language arts resources for What Beethoven Heard (October 30 & 31, 2013), The Snowman (December 5 & 6, 2013), America the Beautiful (February 4 & 5, 2014) and Carnival of the Animals (February 6 & 7, 2014).Please see below for complete program details.

Midweek Teachers' Resource Guides are a collaborative effort between Maryland music, science and language arts educators, Arts Education in Maryland Schools Alliance (AEMS), the BSO Science Advisory Team and the BSO's own Education Department.

"These excellent, new resources will connect teaching and learning in the classroom to the powerful experience of the BSO," said Mary Cary, the executive director of Arts Education in Maryland Schools Alliance.

With each guide, a series of lesson plan seeds and sprouts enable teachers to pick and choose educational concepts that will work best in their classrooms. These seeds spark meaningful curricular connections and promote fun, interactive and arts integrated learning while meeting state and national curriculum, common core and next generation science standards. To supplement these resource guides, teachers may download select concert repertoire, courtesy of Naxos. The guides and digital CDs can be found at BSOmusic.org/bsokids.

COMPLETE PROGRAM DETAILS:
13-14 Teachers' Guide: What Beethoven Heard
Music for Youth: Grades 4-6
Musical Resources include: Beethoven's Biography, "Ode to Joy" resources, lesson seeds on overcoming adversity.
STEM Resources include: audio examples of what Beethoven might have heard, Beethoven's hearing loss map, exploration of sound waves and the ear.

Wednesday, October 30, 2013 at 10 a.m. & 11:30 a.m. - Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall (JMSH)
Thursday, October 31, 2013 at 10 a.m. & 11:30 a.m. - JMSH

Ken Lam, conductor
Jon Spelman, narrator
Tony Tsendeas, Beethoven

13-14 Teachers' Guide: The Snowman
Tiny Tots: Pre K-Kindergarten & Prime Time: Grades 1-3
Musical Resources include: Emotions map of The Snowman, lesson plan seeds for "Walking on Air" and the composer's creative process.
STEM Resources include: Lesson seeds on the melting process, the water cycle, weather and climate change.

Thursday, December 5, 2013 at 10 a.m. (TT) & 11:30 a.m. (PT) - JMSH
Friday, December 6, 2013 at 10 a.m. (TT) & 11:30 a.m. (PT) - JMSH

Ken Lam, conductor

13-14 Teachers' Guide: America the Beautiful
Music for Youth: Grades 4-6
Musical resources include: Overviews of The Grand Canyon Suite, Billy the Kid and Rodeo, listening fieldtrip of the Grand Canyon.
STEM resources include: American geology lesson seeds, experiment about tectonic plates.

Tuesday, February 4, 2014 at 10 a.m. & 11:30 a.m. - JMSH
Wednesday, February 5, 2014 at 10 a.m. & 11:30 a.m. - JMSH

Ken Lam, conductor

13-14 Teachers' Guide: Carnival of the Animals
Tiny Tots: Pre K-Kindergarten & Prime Time: Grades 1-3
Musical Resources include: Carnival of the Animals Listening Map and lesson seeds about musical instruments, rhyming words, and the animals from the carnival.

Tuesday, February 4, 2014 at 10 a.m. (TT) & 11:30 a.m. (PT) - JMSH
Wednesday, February 5, 2014 at 10 a.m. (TT) & 11:30 a.m. (PT) - JMSH

Ken Lam, conductor
Rheda Becker, narrator
Bob Brown Puppets

To purchase tickets, please visit BSOmusic.org/bsokids.

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