If you are new to 88 Piano Keys, there is a series called Get Inspired! which includes episodes of YouTube videos chosen especially for your students to enjoy. Click here for more details.

Episode 9 is designed around the use of My First Classical Music App.*

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*It is not necessary to own this app to enjoy the videos included in this episode.

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If you are using My First Classical Music App:

1. Complete the Scavenger Hunt Worksheet. Tip: you may want to complete the hunt for one composer at a time and then watch the correlating episode videos. Scavenger Hunt Worksheet: Episode 9

2. The following episode highlights the music of the Romantic and 20th Century composers featured in the app. Alas, they did not have room to include all MY top choices for composers but the selection does provide a decent representation of each style period. Sit back and enjoy!

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~Romantic

1) Brahms

Piano Concerto No 2 Emanuel Ax

Lullaby by Hayley Westenra

Intermezzo Op 118, Evgeny Kissin

2) Tchaikovsky

Dance of Sugar Plum Fairy, Robert Tiso

Nutcracker Ballet

Overture of 1812

~20th Century

1) Stravinksy

Firebird, The 5 Browns

Rite of Spring, Anderson and Roe

2) Adams

Short Ride in a Fast Machine played by the Central Band of the Royal Air Force