Todd Nelson

todd.nelson@saisd.org

325-659-3657 ext. 261

Welcome to Glenmore Music!

My passion is to instill the love of music in students (parents too) and have a LOT of FUN in the process!

Our music program includes lots of singing, learning to read and compose music, as well as learning to play the ukulele, recorder, guitar, percussion and piano!

COMPOSTERS OF THE MONTH

JANUARY

Ludwig Van Beethoven

FEBURARY

George Frederick Handel

MARCH

Johann Sebastian Bach

Drawing to Music

Drawing to Music.pdf

Top 25 Classical Pieces

Blind Test Game # 1

Blind Test Game # 2

Most Iconic Classical Music Masterpieces...

0:00 P.I. Tchaikovsky – Swan Lake, Act II: No.10 Scene (Moderato)

02:42 Edvard Grieg – Morning Mood

06:22 Ludwig van Beethoven – Für Elise (Bagatelle No.25 in A minor)

08:51 Frederic Chopin - Nocturne in C-sharp minor

12:56 Georges Bizet - Habanera ("L'amour est un oiseau rebelle")

14:58 W.A. Mozart - Rondo alla Turca ("Turkish March")

18:33 Ludwig van Beethoven - Moonlight Sonata (The Piano Sonata No. 14 in C♯ minor "Quasi una fantasia", Op. 27, No. 2)

23:47 Antonio Vivaldi – The Four Seasons “Summer” (III: Presto)

26:24 P.I. Tchaikovsky – Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy

28:10 Federic Chopin – Prelude Op.28, no.4

30:44 Gioachino Rossini – Overture to “The Barber of Seville”

36:29 Jahannes Brahms – Hungarian Dance no.5 in F-sharp minor (fragment)

37:06 W.A Mozart – Eine kleine Nachtmusik (Serenade No. 13 for strings in G major)

42:54 J.S.Bach – Air on the G string (from Orchestral Suite No.3, BWV 1068)

45:47 W.A. Mozart – Symphony No.40 in G minor (1. Molto allegro)

51:44 Erik Satie – Gymnopedie no.1

54:56 Johann Strauss II – “Frühlingsstimmen”, Op. 410 ("Voices of Spring")

1:01:31 Frederic Chopin – Nocturne in B-flat minor, Op. 9, no.1

1:07:07 P.I. Tchaikovsky – The Nutcracker: Act I, No.4 Russian Dance

1:08:08 J.S.Bach – Orchestral Suite no.2 in B minor (7.Badinerie)

1:09:07 Gioachino Rossini – William Tell Overture

1:14:55 Antonin Dvorak – Symphony no. 9 in E minor ("From the New world": IV. Allegro con fuoco)

1:26:39 P.I. Tchaikovsky – The Nutcracker: Act I, No. 8 Waltz of the Flowers

1:31:47 Richard Wagner – Ride of the Valkyries

1:37:08 Ludwig van Beethoven - Sonata No. 8 in C Minor Pathetique, Op. 13 (II. Adagio cantabile)

1:42:08 Johann Strauss II – "An der schönen blauen Donau" (The Blue Danube),Op.314

1:49:19 Erik Satie – Gnossienne No.1

1:52:42 Edvard Grieg – In the Hall of the Mountain King

1:54:58 Frederic Chopin – Nocturne in E-flat major, Op. 9, No. 2

1:59:30 Antonio Vivaldi – The Four Seasons “Autumn” (1. Allegro)

2:04:30 Franz Liszt – Liebestraume no. 3 in A flat major

2:09:00 W.A. Mozart – Piano Concerto no.21 in C major (II. Movement)

2:13:19 Ludwig van Beethoven – The Symphony No.5 in C minor (fragment)

2:20:10 Claude Debussy – Clair de lune (from "Suite bergamasque")

2:25:12 N.Rimsky-Korsakov – Flight of the Bumblebee (from “The Tale of Tsar Saltan)

2:26:28 P.I. Tchaikovsky – The Nutcracker: Act I, No. 2 (March)

2:28:25 Edvard Grieg - Notturno, Op.54, No.4

2:32:45 Felix Mendelssohn – Wedding March (from “A Midsumer Night’s Dream”)

2:37:46 Georges Bizet – Prelude to Act 1 for “Carmen”

2:40:02 Antonio Vivaldi – The Four Seasons “Spring” (1.Allegro)

2:43:36 Erik Satie – Gnossienne No.3

2:46:17 Johann Strauss II – Künstlerleben ("Artist's Life"), op.316

2:49:08 Frederic Chopin – “Revolutionary Etude” (Etude Op.10, No.12)

2:51:51 Luigi Boccherini – Minuet from String Quintet in E, Op. 11, No.5 (G 275)

2:54:00 Ludwig van Beethoven – Ode to Joy (from Symphony no. 9 in D minor)

2:57:53 Richard Strauss – Also sprach Zarathustra

2:59:14 Frederic Chopin – Waltz in D-flat major, Op 64, No 1 ("Minute Waltz")

3:01:00 Tomaso Albinoni - Adagio in G minor (attributed to Tomaso Albinoni, but actually proabably composed by Remo Giazotto)

3:04:29 Modest Mussorgsky – Night on Bald Mountain

3:11:49 Johann Strauss II – “Wiener Blut”, Op. 354

3:13:24 J.S.Bach – Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565

3:16:29 Jacques Offenbach – Overture to “Orpheus in the Underworld” (can-can section)

3:18:14 Leo Delibes – Pizzicato (from “Sylvia”)

3:20:09 Frederic Chopin – Funeral March (Piano Sonata No.2 in B flat minor Op 35: III. Marche Funebre)

3:29:33 W.A. Mozart – Requiem in D minor

3:33:01 J.S.Bach – Prelude in C major

Most Iconic Classical Music Masterpieces Everyone Knows in One Single Video- [128 kbps].mp3

Most Iconic Classical Music Masterpieces Audio

Top 25 Classical Pieces- [128 kbps].mp3

Top 25 Classical Pieces Audio

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Be sure to check out this website for more info about enrolling your child in Private Music Lessons (piano, guitar, ukulele, percussion, & voice.

Stop talking and start singing! Studies show the benefits of singing your heart out are incredible! Whether you are enjoying a sing- along in the shower or with friends on a karaoke machine, each time you make a joyful noise, you are enhancing your health.

In addition to an aerobic exercise for the lungs, singing increases your well-being with each note you belt by releasing positive endorphins into your system that increase your energy level and improve your mood.

Singing also reduces stress, lowers blood pressure, stimulates blood circulation and can be practiced anywhere. On your next road trip or while sitting in traffic, turn up the volume and sing along!

M.U.S.I.C. is....

M - MOTIVATIONAL: Music can alter your mood & mindset...

U - UNIVERSAL: Music crosses all geographical, language & cultural barriers...

S - SOCIAL: Music brings people together...

I - INSPIRATIONAL: Music can move us to action like nothing else can...

C - CATHARTICAL: Music can soothe the soul & touch us deeply at the core of our being...