The Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts 166 Capitol Ave. Hartford, CT 06106
Wednesday, May 14, 2025, at 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Offsite,
$10
0
no
Other , Email , Phone , In-Person
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.
Join the Hartford Symphony Orchestra for an exciting musical journey as a boy Noah travels to another planet through a dream. Noah needs to journey through the planet to confront a dragon and on his voyage, he learns more about himself and others. Target age range is K-5 although older elementary are welcome to attend.
All tickets are available on a first-come, first-served basis.
Chaperones/audience members
Grade K
Grade K: Reading Standards for Literature: Key Ideas and Details #3: With prompting and support, identify characters, settings, and major events in a story.
Grade K: Civics: Civic and Political Institutions: K.2 Explain how all people, not just official leaders, play an important role in a community.
Grade K: Music: Responding: Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work. A. With guidance, demonstrate awareness of expressive qualities (such as dynamics and tempo) that reflect creators"/performers" expressive intent.
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 1
Grade 1: Reading Standards for Literature: Craft and Structure #4: Identify words and phrases in stories or poems that suggest feelings or appeal to the senses.
Grade K: Civics: Civic and Political Institutions: 1.2 Explain how all people, not just official leaders, play an important role in a community.
Grade 1: Music: Responding: Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work. A. With limited guidance, demonstrate and identify expressive qualities (such as dynamics and tempo) that reflect creators"/performers" expressive intent.
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 2
Grade 2: Reading Standards for Literature: Craft and Structure #5: Describe the overall structure of a story, including describing how the beginning introduces the story and the ending concludes the action.
Grade 2: Economics: Economic Decision-Making: 2.2 Identify the benefits and costs of making various personal decisions.
Grade 2: Music: Responding: Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work. A. Demonstrate knowledge of music concepts and how they support creators"/performers" expressive intent.
Grade 2: Music: Connecting: Anchor Standard 11: 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
Grade 3: Reading Standards for Literature: Key Ideas and Details #3: Describe characters in a story (e.g., their traits, motivations, or feelings) and explain how their actions contribute to the sequence of events.
Grade 3: Economics: Economic Decision-Making: 3.1 Compare the benefits and costs of individual choices.
Grade 3: Music: Responding: Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work. A. Demonstrate and describe how the expressive qualities (such as dynamics and tempo) are used in performers" interpretations to reflect expressive intent.
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 4
Grade 4: Reading Standards for Literature: Integration of Knowledge and Ideas #7: Make connections between the text of a story or drama and a visual or oral presentation of the text, identifying where each version reflects specific descriptions and directions in the text.
Grade 4: History: Causation and Argumentation: 4.2 Explain probable causes and effects of events and developments.
Grade 4: Music: Responding: Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work. A. Demonstrate and explain how the expressive qualities (such as dynamics, tempo, and timbre) are used in performers" and personal interpretations to reflect expressive intent.
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 5
Grade 5: Reading Standards for Literature: Key Ideas and Details #2: Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text, including how characters in a story or drama respond to challenges or how the speaker in a poem reflects upon a topic; summarize the text.
Grade 5: Geography: Human-Environment Interaction: Places, Regions, and Culture: 5.2 Explain how culture influences the way people modify and adapt to their environments.
Grade 5: Music: Responding: Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work. A. Demonstrate and explain how the expressive qualities (such as dynamics, tempo, timbre, and articulation) are used in performers" and personal interpretations to reflect expressive intent.
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.
