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Program Overview
Program Overview
Symphony Safari brings 5th‑grade students on an engaging orchestral journey into the science of animal classification, directly supporting Georgia Standards. Through vivid music, narration, and scientific connections, students explore vertebrates, invertebrates, and the five major vertebrate groups. The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra enhances each concept with dynamic works by Copland, Vojnovic, Ives, Brahms, Rachmaninoff, and Coleridge‑Taylor, creating a rich blend of learning and artistry.
Concert Repertoire
Concert Repertoire
Listen to musical selections from the concert and learn about the composers.
Featured works:
Featured works:
Hoedown from Rodeo, Aaron Copland
Symphony No. 4 Op. 98 in E minor, Mvt. II & III Johannes Brahms
Selections from Hiawatha Ballet Music, Op. 82, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Concertino for Orchestra, Ivana Vojnović
Symphony No. 2, Mvt VI, Charles Ives
Symphonic Dances, Op. 45, Mvt III, Sergei Rachmaninoff
Preparing for Your Concert
Preparing for Your Concert
Get to know the instruments of the orchestra and engage in classroom discussions to prepare for and reflect on the performance.
Classroom Connections
Classroom Connections
Explore the concert music and themes through these short, integrated lesson plans
Memorable Melodies
Explore what makes a melody memorable and discover how composers create variations on a theme to express new ideas and emotions.
Creative Perspectives
Explore how a landscape can inspire music, visual art, and literature, and discover how different artistic tools can bring the same subject to life in unique ways.
Musical Contrasts
Identify contrasting pieces from Gershwin's Porgy and Bess, and discover how elements of musical expression shape the emotional impact of a piece.
A Musical Field Journal
Explore various geographical locations while critically listening to the music featured in the concert and create a field journal.
Georgia Standards of Excellence
Georgia Standards of Excellence
Key Standards
Key Standards
S5L1.a
S5L1.a
Develop a model illustrating how animals are sorted into vertebrate/invertebrate groups and vertebrates into fish, amphibian, reptile, bird, mammal using data from multiple sources.
Learning Objectives
Learning Objectives
By the end of Symphony Safari, students will be able to:
1. Classify animals encountered in each biome as vertebrate or invertebrate using physical evidence.
2. Sort vertebrate animals into the correct group (fish, amphibian, reptile, bird, mammal) and explain the evidence supporting that classification.
3. Explain how warm-blooded vs. cold-blooded biology affects which biomes an animal can inhabit.
4. Describe key characteristics of at least three of Earth's major biomes.
5. Connect specific orchestral instruments to sounds and qualities found in nature.
6. Identify at least one physical adaptation that helps a named animal survive in its biome.
7. Reflect on how human activity threatens biodiversity and articulate a personal stewardship response.
Literacy Connections
Literacy Connections
From our friends at the Zoo and Aquarium
From our friends at the Zoo and Aquarium
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