Post on 13-Jan-2016
Composer ConnectionAssignment
Research and find a composer or musician (classical or pop) whose birthday is the same day as yours, or close to your date.
Develop a PowerPoint presentation and email to me at paffordv@duvalschools.org
Assignment is due by Friday, March 26
PowerPoint ComponentsMinimum of 5 slides including:
Title slide with your name
Photo of you and picture of musician with your shared birth date.
About Me slide introducing yourself
List a few interesting facts about the musician.
Well-known works and your favorite work by that musician
Helpful Links
Composer Birth Dateswww.classic99.com/bcomposb.htm
Composer Birth Dates and Lists of Workshttp://www.classical.net/music/composer/lists.php
Use non-copyrighted photos and clip art from free sources such as Microsoft Office and www.pics4learning.com.
COMPOSER CONNECTIONBy Valerie Pafford
Born February 3
Mendelssohn and Me
Valerie Pafford
Born in Evanston, Illinois (metro-Chicago); lived in Jacksonville for five years
Began piano lessons at age 7; also play organ, handbells, flute, and sing
Married for 30 years, have three sons: ages 25, 19, and 18
Began teaching piano at age 14, in my fifth year at DA
Enjoy listening to any style of music but country-western
Hobbies: spending time with family, browsing on eBay, designing music-related crafts and gifts
Felix Mendelssohn
Born February 3, 1809 in Hamburg, Germany
Child prodigy, first composed before age 12
Composed piano, organ, orchestral, chamber, instrumental, vocal and choral works.
Died at age 38 in 1847
Well-Known Worksby Mendelssohn
Wedding March from A Midsummer Night’s Dream
The oratorio Elijah
Songs without Words Collection of piano pieces
MY FAVORITE WORK: Violin Concerto in E Minor, Op. 64
Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64Sarah Chang and the New York Philharmonic Orchestra
(1995)