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Shoot for the Moon

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K , 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5
Music Social Studies
Grade Level Program Access
1 60 min
Offsite Performance

The Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts
166 Capitol Ave.
Hartford, CT 06106
Thursday, May 23, 2019 (10:30AM-11:20AM)
$10 0
no Phone , In-Person , Email
The HSO will email out a Teacher's Guide in advance which contains information about the program, curriculum connections, and activities. The Teacher's Guide is also available on the HSO's website at https://hartfordsymphony.org/education-community/school-programs/discovery-concert-series/
"‹Completing and submitting the program registration forms; Preparing students for the performance using the Teacher's Guide (provided by the HSO); Reviewing appropriate concert attendance behaviors (being quiet and not disruptive during the performance, clapping when the music is finished, etc.); Providing own transportation to and from the concert hall; Submitting post-concert feedback.
I CAN identify grade level-appropriate musical concepts and vocabulary illustrated throughout the concert. I CAN listen critically and comment on what I am hearing in the music. I CAN participate actively by responding to the music with my body through gesture, clapping, and/or dance. I CAN understand and experience music in relation to its historical and cultural context.
A new HSO original production, this program celebrates what we can accomplish when we work hard to achieve our dreams. In a tribute to the upcoming 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, students will explore music that celebrates astronomical and celestial bodies, as they discover how to make possible what may at first seem impossible.
All tickets are first-come, first-served.
Chaperones/audience members

Grade K

Grade K: History: Perspectives: K.3 Compare perspectives of people in the past to those in the present.
Grade K: History: Change, Continuity and Context: K.2 Generate questions about individuals and groups who have shaped a significant historical change.
Grade K: Music: Connecting: Relate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural and historical context to deepen understanding. A. Demonstrate understanding of relationships between music and the other arts, other disciplines, varied contexts, and daily life.
Grade K: Music: Responding: Perceive and analyze artistic work. A. With guidance, list personal interests and experiences and demonstrate why they prefer some music selections over others.

Grade 1

Grade 1: History: Perspectives: 1.3 Compare perspectives of people in the past to those in the present.
Grade 1: History: Change, Continuity and Context: 1.2 Generate questions about individuals and groups who have shaped a significant historical change.
Grade 1: Music: Connecting: Relate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural and historical context to deepen understanding. A. Demonstrate understanding of relationships between music and the other arts, other disciplines, varied contexts, and daily life.
Grade 1: Music: Responding: Perceive and analyze artistic work. A. With limited guidance, identify and demonstrate how personal interests and experiences influence musical selection for specific purposes.

Grade 2

Grade 2: History: Perspectives: 2.4 Explain perspectives of people in the past to those of people in the present.
Grade 2: History: Change, Continuity and Context: 2.3 Generate questions about individuals and groups who have shaped a significant historical change
Grade 2: Music: Connecting: Relate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural and historical context to deepen understanding. A. Demonstrate understanding of relationships between music and the other arts, other disciplines, varied contexts, and daily life.
Grade 2: Music: Responding: Perceive and analyze artistic work. A. Explain and demonstrate how personal interests and experiences influence musical selection for specific purposes.

Grade 3

Grade 3: History: Perspectives: 3.4 Explain connections among historical contexts and people"s perspectives at the time.
Grade 3: History: Change, Continuity and Context: 3.3 Generate questions about individuals who have shaped significant historical changes and continuities.
Grade 3: Music: Connecting: Relate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural and historical context to deepen understanding. A. Demonstrate understanding of relationships between music and the other arts, other disciplines, varied contexts, and daily life.
Grade 3: Music: Responding: Perceive and analyze artistic work. A. Demonstrate and describe how selected music connects to and is influenced by specific interests, experiences, or purposes.

Grade 4

Grade 4: History: Geography: Geographic Representations: Spatial Views of the World: 4.2 Use maps, satellite images, photographs, and other representations to explain relationships between the locations of places and regions and their environmental characteristics.
Grade 4: History: Perspectives: 4.1 Explain connections among historical contexts and people"s perspectives at the time.
Grade 4: Music: Connecting: Relate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural and historical context to deepen understanding. A. Demonstrate understanding of relationships between music and the other arts, other disciplines, varied contexts, and daily life.
Grade 4: Music: Responding: Perceive and analyze artistic work. A. Demonstrate and explain how selected music connects to and is influenced by specific interests, experiences, purposes, or contexts.

Grade 5

Grade 4: History: Geography: Geographic Representations: Spatial Views of the World: 5.1 Use maps, satellite images, photographs, and other representations to explain relationships between the locations of places and regions and their environmental characteristics.
Grade 5: History: Perspectives: 5.4 Explain why individuals and groups during the same historical period differed in their perspectives.
Grade 5: Music: Connecting: Relate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural and historical context to deepen understanding. A. Demonstrate understanding of relationships between music and the other arts, other disciplines, varied contexts, and daily life.
Grade 5: Music: Responding: Perceive and analyze artistic work. A. Demonstrate and explain, citing evidence, how selected music connects to and is influenced by specific interests, experiences, purposes, or contexts.