Young People's Concert Activities

After the Concert
  • Discuss the music and ask what was liked and disliked.
  • Ask why selected portions or parts were or were not liked.
  • Compare the different selections performed at the concert.
      1. How were they different?
      2. How are they alike?
  • Discuss:
      1. Did any music tell a story or sound like a story?
      2. How did the music stir emotions?
      3. What kinds of activities could you write music to, and how would the music suggest that activity?
      4. Draw a picture of what the music made you see.
      5. Write a story about what the music made you see.
      6. Discuss the time period and culture the composer was writing about.
      7. How did you feel during the music -- happy, sad, excited, lonely etc.?
      8. What was it about the music that made you feel that way?

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