Atlanta Symphony Orchestra presents
Students at the Symphony:
HERStory
Program Overview
HERStory is a concert celebrating female composers and female historical figures who paved the way. From voting rights to civil rights to science discovery, audiences will explore the stories of key female figures such as Susan B. Anthony, Rosa Parks, Jane Goodall, and Mae Carol Jemison. This concert integrates social studies standards and music standards as we take an interactive and musical journey through time.
Concert Repertoire featuring Female Composers
listen to reference videos by clicking on the title of each piece
HERStorical Figures
peruse educational websites and reference videos by clicking on the links below each bio photo
Susan B. Anthony
https://www.britannica.com/video/226767/who-was-Susan-B-Anthony
Rosa Parks
Jane Goodall
Georgia Standards of Excellence
SS5H6 Describe the importance of key people, events, and developments between 1950- 1975.
a. Analyze the effects of Jim Crow laws and practices.
b. Explain the key events and people of the Civil Rights movement: Brown v. Board of Education (1954), Montgomery Bus Boycott, the March on Washington, Civil Rights Act, Voting Rights Act, and civil rights activities of Thurgood Marshall, Lyndon B. Johnson, Cesar Chavez, Rosa Parks, and Martin Luther King, Jr.
c. Describe the impact on American society of the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, and Martin Luther King, Jr.
d. Discuss the significance of the technologies of television and space exploration.
SS4H4 Examine the main ideas of the abolitionist and suffrage movements.
a. Discuss contributions of and challenges faced by Susan B. Anthony, Frederick Douglass, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Sojourner Truth, and Harriet Tubman.
Music Activities Overview:
Welcome from Maestro Tamara Dwortz (Slide 2)
What happens at the beginning of a concert? (Slides 3-4)
Orchestra Seating Chart Slide (Slide 5)
Guided Listening Questions - can be used for ANY music (Slide 6)
HERStory Repertoire Information and Reference Videoes (Slides 7-11)
Conducting (Slides 12-13)
Science and Sound (Slides 15-17)
Music and Social Studies (Slides 18-22)
Music Notation = Math (Slide 23)
Levels of Thinking (Slide 24)
