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MUSIC MEMORY is a nationally recognized curriculum designed to promote the love and knowledge of classical music through an in-depth study of sixteen great composers, their lives and their music. Students are exposed to a revolutionary learning approach – unique Animated Listening Maps created in a different style and format for each selection that connect the aural experiences to their visual memories. Music selections are thoroughly learned in an engaging and highly effective way. Students explore the music “from the inside out” – they are helped to actively listen to all the elements of music (melody, harmony, form, timbre, dynamics, etc.) that make each music masterpiece different from all others. Our new teaching components deliver the MUSIC MEMORY curriculum using 21st Century technology.
MUSIC MEMORY is a nationally recognized curriculum designed to promote the love and knowledge of classical music through an in-depth study of sixteen great composers, their lives and their music. Students are exposed to a revolutionary learning approach – unique Animated Listening Maps created in a different style and format for each selection that connect the aural experiences to their visual memories. Music selections are thoroughly learned in an engaging and highly effective way. Students explore the music “from the inside out” – they are helped to actively listen to all the elements of music (melody, harmony, form, timbre, dynamics, etc.) that make each music masterpiece different from all others. Our new teaching components deliver the MUSIC MEMORY curriculum using 21st Century technology.
August 2025
Dear Parents of Cowan 3rd, 4th, and 5th Graders,
Thank you for supporting music in your child’s life and education. Through the MUSIC MEMORY program, your child will study 16 pieces of wonderful music.
Using this curriculum, I will be able to teach about music themes (melodies), harmonies, instruments, vocal styles, forms, dynamics, tempo, and more! In addition, we will cover information surrounding the lives of the composers. There are many cross-curricular connections we can make through music memory: language arts, social studies, math, social and emotional learning as well as the fine arts.
Listening to classical music has many exciting benefits. In the last decade, research has shown that music actually promotes brain power. Offering children the opportunity to listen to classical music, we now know, is actually exercising their brains.
Cowan 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students will be studying the 16 selections in their music class. Opportunities for the AISD district competition held in April of 2026 will be offered to eligible students in the spring semester. More information about the contest will be shared at that time.
We appreciate your support of your child’s love of music as they embark on this musical journey. As you participate in your child’s musical development, you both will discover life-long benefits that music can bring! Please feel free to contact me with any questions.
Respectfully,
Crysta Wohleb
Cowan Music Teacher
crysta.wohleb@austinisd.org
Music Memory Selections 2025-2026
(Selections 1-16 to be posted in units: 1-4, 5-8, 9-12, 13-16)
00 Music Memory Categories.pdfUnit 1 (1-4)
Unit 1 (1-4)
01 Copland Animated Map Lesson Video.mp4- Rodeo:Hoe-Down by Copland
02 Mozart Animated Map Lesson Video.mp42. Exsultate, Jubilate: Alleluia by Mozart
2. Exsultate, Jubilate: Alleluia by Mozart
03 Holst Animated Map Lesson Video.mp43. Suite No. 2: March by Holst
3. Suite No. 2: March by Holst
04 Joplin Animated Map Lesson Video.mp44. Maple Leaf Rag by Joplin
4. Maple Leaf Rag by Joplin
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