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Creating Stories and Music
Exploring the connections between writing and composing

Grade Levels:: 4-5
Length:: 20-30 minutes
Taping Rights:: Unlimited
MARC Record:: Downloadable
Teaching Materials:: See Below

Louisville Orchestra Associate Conductor Robert Franz, composer Lawrence Dillon, and Kentucky author George Ella Lyon explore the connections between the process of writing a story and the process of composing a piece of music in this 2001 KET production. They discuss the common elements of character, setting, and conflict/resolution and illustrate, through words and music, how they create these elements and weave them into a whole.

Throughout the three classroom programs, the artists are joined by an audience of young people who join in the discussions and share their own ideas as well.

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2007/08 Block Feeds on KET ED

Block Feed: Programs 101-103 Program Details: 1 hours, 20 minutes; Tuesday, August 14 at 2:00 pm on KETED; Monday, November 5 at 10:00 am on KETED; Tuesday, January 15 at 2:00 pm on KETED; Monday, April 7 at 10:00 am on KETED

Episodes Included in These Block Feeds

101. Character: The Center of Attention: Host Robert Franz, George Ella Lyon, and Lawrence Dillon talk with a group of young people about where their ideas come from and how they develop a character or musical idea. Lyon reads an excerpt from her book Here and Then. Young Artist Competition winners Jim Stopher and John Popham perform the world premiere of Dillon's Reminiscence for piano and cello, a piece commissioned especially for this project. 30 minutes.
102. Setting the Scene: Lyon reads another selection from Here and Then showcasing setting. The Central Kentucky Youth Orchestra performs "Sunrise" from Edvard Grieg's Peer Gynt Suite, a piece that shows how music can describe a setting. 20 minutes.
103. Conflict and Resolution: A story isn't very interesting if it doesn't have a conflict ... and neither is a piece of music. The Louisville Youth Orchestra performs a piece illustrating conflict and resolution—a storm scene from Beethoven's 6th Symphony—and Lyon reads her book One Lucky Girl. 26 minutes.

Teaching Materials

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DOWNLOADABLE GUIDE: http://www.ket.org/education/guides/creatingstories01.pdf
Program 101; PDF format.
KET Online
DOWNLOADABLE GUIDE: http://www.ket.org/education/guides/creatingstories02.pdf
Program 102; PDF format.
KET Online
DOWNLOADABLE GUIDE: http://www.ket.org/education/guides/creatingstories03.pdf
Program 103; PDF format.
KET Online

Kentucky Academic Expectations

This program relates to the following Kentucky Academic Expectations.

1.11	Writing
1.13	Visual Arts
2.23	Art Form
2.24	Aesthetics
2.25	Cultural Heritage

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