Beethoven at the Ballpark! NSO Kinderclassic

For Teachers and Parents

A Good Audience… stays seated, stays quiet, doesn’t eat, listens, and claps.

Have fun!

Dear Grownups: Welcome to the NSO Kinderclassics, designed to introduce children in pre-kindergarten through grade 2 to musical instruments of the orchestra. Please help your young concert-goers read and understand the information in this Cuesheet. The information and activity ideas below are designed to help you further the children’s concert experience.

The Concert Program Before or after the concert, you may want to have the children listen to some or all of these musical selections from the concert repertoire. Point out that some of the music will sound different at the concert because it has been adapted for violin and piano. Ask children to see whether they can recognize the music when they hear it the second time.

If they are listening after the performance, see whether they can identify rhythms, tempos, and changing pitches that make the Beethoven selections exciting.

Excerpts from these works by Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 (“Emperor”), movement 1 Sonata for violin and piano No. 9 (“Kreutzer”), movement 1 Symphony No. 9, finale (“Ode to Joy”) Piano Sonata No. 14 (“Moonlight Sonata”)

Wait! There’s More !

Plus: “Infernal Gallop” (“Can-Can”) from the opera Orpheus in the Underworld by Jacques Offenbach (AH-fen-bahk) “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” by Albert von Tilzer and Jack Norwith “Old MacDonald Had a Farm” Casey at the Bat arranged by Glenn Donnellan and Matthew Van Hoose (poem by Ernest Lawrence Thayer)

David M. Rubenstein Chairman

Deborah F. Rutter President

Darrell M. Ayers

Vice President, Education

Christoph Eschenbach Music Director National Symphony Orchestra Additional support for Kinderclassics is provided by The Clark Charitable Foundation; Kaplan, Inc.; Mr. James V. Kimsey; The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation; Park Foundation, Inc.; and the U.S. Department of Education.

Musical Instrument “Petting Zoo” Before the concert, enjoy hands-on fun in the Hall of States with the instruments that the musicians will play on stage. A project of the Women’s Committee for the NSO.

“Preview” the Concert Hall

Symphony No. 3 (“Eroica”), movement 2

Kinderclassics

We hope you have so much fun at the concert that you’ll come back soon to hear a performance of the full National Symphony Orchestra—that’s 100 musicians! When they all play together, they perform on the big stage in the Kennedy Center Concert Hall. Get a sneak peek at the Hall (and even go backstage) in the playful online tour led by former NSO Associate Conductor Emil de Cou at: artsedge.kennedy-center.org/nsoed.

Major support for educational programs at the Kennedy Center is provided by David and Alice Rubenstein through the Rubenstein Arts Access Program.

Education and related artistic programs are made possible through the generosity of the National Committee for the Performing Arts and the President’s Advisory Committee on the Arts.

Upcoming Family Concerts

More Fun With Music Here are some post-performance activities for children:

Add Excitement Choose a song you know, like “London Bridge Is Falling Down.” Try singing it using some of the ideas you learned about like changing the tempo (singing it faster or slower) or pitch (singing it higher or lower).

Please build on your Kinderclassic experience by attending next season’s National Symphony Orchestra Family Concerts for full orchestra, held on Sunday afternoons in the Concert Hall. Check kennedy-center.org/nso/ programs/family for dates and details.

The NSO also presents full orchestra Young People’s Concerts for school groups in the Concert Hall each season during the school day for grades 3 through 6.

For more about NSO education programs, see kennedy-center.org/nso/nsoed

Orchestra Interactive

Part of playing music is being able to follow a rhythm. So give it a try. Clap a rhythm, like slow-slow-fastfast. Ask a friend to copy you. Then switch roles. Try as many different patterns as you like. What makes rhythms more interesting or exciting to you?

Enjoy an interactive exploration of orchestras, their instruments, and their music at the Perfect Pitch Web site at: artsedge.kennedy-center.org/ perfectpitch

The music for Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No. 14 became known as “Moonlight Sonata” because one person said the sound reminded him of moonlight on water. Think about the Beethoven music you enjoyed the most during the performance, and draw a picture of what it made you think of.

5

Cuesheets are produced by ARTSEDGE, an education program of the Kennedy Center.

Performed by NSO musician Glenn Donnellan, violin and Electric Slugger ™ Batolin and Washington Nationals organist Matthew Van Hoose, keyboard/piano/organ

Learn more about education at the Kennedy Center at www.kennedy-center.org/education The contents of this Cuesheet have been developed under a grant from the U.S. Department of Education but do not necessarily represent the policy of the U.S. Department of Education. You should not assume endorsement by the Federal Government. © 2015 The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

Getting the Rhythm

Picturing Music

www.kennedy-center.org/artsedge

Hello, teachers and pa

EXPLORE MORE!

Performances for Young Audiences is made possible by

Go to KC Connections on ARTSEDGE artsedge.kennedy-center.org/students/kc-connections 6

David and Alice Rubenstein are the Presenting Underwriters of the NSO.

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Please see page 5 for d activities. information an

Glenn

Batting Around the Ballpark with Beethoven and Friends

On Deck: Meet Glenn and Matthew

At the Concert Ready to meet some star players? Let us introduce you to two people who play music and love baseball. First up, National Symphony Orchestra (NSO) violinist Glenn Donnellan, who plays a violin he made from a baseball bat. Next up, the Washington Nationals ballpark organist Matthew Van Hoose, who plays a keyboard that can sound like several instruments. With the help of music written by Ludwig van Beethoven (pronounced LOOD-vig VAHN BAY-toh-ven) and other composers, these all-stars show you how music can rally the crowds.

How to Hit a Musical Home Run During the performance, you’ll learn a few ways music can load the bases, but let’s take a sneak peek here.

Matthew

Rhythm

Photo

Rhythm is made up of strong and weak beats in a repeating pattern and is what makes you want to tap your foot, snap your fingers, or clap your hands when you hear the music. Certain rhythms really make people sit up and listen. During the performance, you’ll have a chance to hear different and exciting rhythms.

Tempo Say out loud, “I just ran all the way home,” first really slow (like you’re tired), then really fast (like you’re excited). Well, music can be slow or fast, too, like a slow bedtime song that helps you relax or a fast song that makes you want to jump around. The speed of music is called its tempo.

Pitch Try singing like a bird, and then switch to humming like an engine. Most likely, your bird singing was a higher sound and your engine humming was a lower one. You’ll hear different pitches like this in music, too—and the ways they change can sound exciting.

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Here’s Glenn playing his handmade “batolin” at a baseball game. He was able to make his own violin from a baseball bat because he’s studied and practiced the violin for many years. And if you’ve been to a Washington Nationals home game, you’ve probably already heard Matthew playing the organ to rally the crowd and cheer on the team. He also plays piano with orchestras around the country.

The Violin and Batolin

Putting It All Together—Casey at the Bat

Neck A violin (sometimes also called a fiddle) Stick is a four-stringed instrument. Musicians Strings play it using a bow (a wooden stick Hair Fingerboard The piano is a keyboard strung with a tight ribbon of horsehair) instrument. Pianists make in their right hand and pressing the sound by pressing the keys, string with the fingers of their left which causes small hammers hand. The body is wooden with inside the instrument to strike the a hollow center. This center F-Holes steel strings and make them vibrate. is called a resonating Other keyboard instruments include the chamber, and it makes organ and harpsichord. Each of the piano’s the sound of the strings 88 black and white keys plays a different tone, loud and strong. That or note, so the piano can make a wide variety sound comes out of Grip of sounds. Pianos come in different sizes and Chinrest the two f-shaped holes. shapes, from electronic versions (like the one Matthew will play), to upright pianos and Glenn made his “batolin” or Electric Slugger™ “grand” pianos, in which the sound comes from a Louisville Slugger™ brand baseball bat. out of an open top.

Being solid wood, the bat does not have a resonating chamber. During the performance, notice how that affects the instrument’s sound.

A Key Instrument

What happens when you put rhythm, tempo, and pitch all together—plus add spoken words? Glenn and Matthew show you by performing Casey at the Bat, a poem with music about a baseball game and a star slugger named Casey.

In the poem, Casey’s “Mudville Nine” team is losing, and the crowd is disappointed. But then it’s Casey’s turn at bat—and people get excited because they’re sure Casey will hit a homerun and win the game. Most sure of all is the mighty Casey. He’s so sure that he doesn’t try to hit the first two balls pitched to him. “Strike two,” the umpire calls. Casey has one last chance. Will he strike out or hit that winning run?

Listen for how the music helps you picture what’s happening, like Casey’s walking to bat, a bat hitting a ball, and a crowd roaring.

3

4

Glenn

Batting Around the Ballpark with Beethoven and Friends

On Deck: Meet Glenn and Matthew

At the Concert Ready to meet some star players? Let us introduce you to two people who play music and love baseball. First up, National Symphony Orchestra (NSO) violinist Glenn Donnellan, who plays a violin he made from a baseball bat. Next up, the Washington Nationals ballpark organist Matthew Van Hoose, who plays a keyboard that can sound like several instruments. With the help of music written by Ludwig van Beethoven (pronounced LOOD-vig VAHN BAY-toh-ven) and other composers, these all-stars show you how music can rally the crowds.

How to Hit a Musical Home Run During the performance, you’ll learn a few ways music can load the bases, but let’s take a sneak peek here.

Matthew

Rhythm

Photo

Rhythm is made up of strong and weak beats in a repeating pattern and is what makes you want to tap your foot, snap your fingers, or clap your hands when you hear the music. Certain rhythms really make people sit up and listen. During the performance, you’ll have a chance to hear different and exciting rhythms.

Tempo Say out loud, “I just ran all the way home,” first really slow (like you’re tired), then really fast (like you’re excited). Well, music can be slow or fast, too, like a slow bedtime song that helps you relax or a fast song that makes you want to jump around. The speed of music is called its tempo.

Pitch Try singing like a bird, and then switch to humming like an engine. Most likely, your bird singing was a higher sound and your engine humming was a lower one. You’ll hear different pitches like this in music, too—and the ways they change can sound exciting.

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Here’s Glenn playing his handmade “batolin” at a baseball game. He was able to make his own violin from a baseball bat because he’s studied and practiced the violin for many years. And if you’ve been to a Washington Nationals home game, you’ve probably already heard Matthew playing the organ to rally the crowd and cheer on the team. He also plays piano with orchestras around the country.

The Violin and Batolin

Putting It All Together—Casey at the Bat

Neck A violin (sometimes also called a fiddle) Stick is a four-stringed instrument. Musicians Strings play it using a bow (a wooden stick Hair Fingerboard The piano is a keyboard strung with a tight ribbon of horsehair) instrument. Pianists make in their right hand and pressing the sound by pressing the keys, string with the fingers of their left which causes small hammers hand. The body is wooden with inside the instrument to strike the a hollow center. This center F-Holes steel strings and make them vibrate. is called a resonating Other keyboard instruments include the chamber, and it makes organ and harpsichord. Each of the piano’s the sound of the strings 88 black and white keys plays a different tone, loud and strong. That or note, so the piano can make a wide variety sound comes out of Grip of sounds. Pianos come in different sizes and Chinrest the two f-shaped holes. shapes, from electronic versions (like the one Matthew will play), to upright pianos and Glenn made his “batolin” or Electric Slugger™ “grand” pianos, in which the sound comes from a Louisville Slugger™ brand baseball bat. out of an open top.

Being solid wood, the bat does not have a resonating chamber. During the performance, notice how that affects the instrument’s sound.

A Key Instrument

What happens when you put rhythm, tempo, and pitch all together—plus add spoken words? Glenn and Matthew show you by performing Casey at the Bat, a poem with music about a baseball game and a star slugger named Casey.

In the poem, Casey’s “Mudville Nine” team is losing, and the crowd is disappointed. But then it’s Casey’s turn at bat—and people get excited because they’re sure Casey will hit a homerun and win the game. Most sure of all is the mighty Casey. He’s so sure that he doesn’t try to hit the first two balls pitched to him. “Strike two,” the umpire calls. Casey has one last chance. Will he strike out or hit that winning run?

Listen for how the music helps you picture what’s happening, like Casey’s walking to bat, a bat hitting a ball, and a crowd roaring.

3

4

Glenn

Batting Around the Ballpark with Beethoven and Friends

On Deck: Meet Glenn and Matthew

At the Concert Ready to meet some star players? Let us introduce you to two people who play music and love baseball. First up, National Symphony Orchestra (NSO) violinist Glenn Donnellan, who plays a violin he made from a baseball bat. Next up, the Washington Nationals ballpark organist Matthew Van Hoose, who plays a keyboard that can sound like several instruments. With the help of music written by Ludwig van Beethoven (pronounced LOOD-vig VAHN BAY-toh-ven) and other composers, these all-stars show you how music can rally the crowds.

How to Hit a Musical Home Run During the performance, you’ll learn a few ways music can load the bases, but let’s take a sneak peek here.

Matthew

Rhythm

Photo

Rhythm is made up of strong and weak beats in a repeating pattern and is what makes you want to tap your foot, snap your fingers, or clap your hands when you hear the music. Certain rhythms really make people sit up and listen. During the performance, you’ll have a chance to hear different and exciting rhythms.

Tempo Say out loud, “I just ran all the way home,” first really slow (like you’re tired), then really fast (like you’re excited). Well, music can be slow or fast, too, like a slow bedtime song that helps you relax or a fast song that makes you want to jump around. The speed of music is called its tempo.

Pitch Try singing like a bird, and then switch to humming like an engine. Most likely, your bird singing was a higher sound and your engine humming was a lower one. You’ll hear different pitches like this in music, too—and the ways they change can sound exciting.

2

by Eile

en Bra

dy

Here’s Glenn playing his handmade “batolin” at a baseball game. He was able to make his own violin from a baseball bat because he’s studied and practiced the violin for many years. And if you’ve been to a Washington Nationals home game, you’ve probably already heard Matthew playing the organ to rally the crowd and cheer on the team. He also plays piano with orchestras around the country.

The Violin and Batolin

Putting It All Together—Casey at the Bat

Neck A violin (sometimes also called a fiddle) Stick is a four-stringed instrument. Musicians Strings play it using a bow (a wooden stick Hair Fingerboard The piano is a keyboard strung with a tight ribbon of horsehair) instrument. Pianists make in their right hand and pressing the sound by pressing the keys, string with the fingers of their left which causes small hammers hand. The body is wooden with inside the instrument to strike the a hollow center. This center F-Holes steel strings and make them vibrate. is called a resonating Other keyboard instruments include the chamber, and it makes organ and harpsichord. Each of the piano’s the sound of the strings 88 black and white keys plays a different tone, loud and strong. That or note, so the piano can make a wide variety sound comes out of Grip of sounds. Pianos come in different sizes and Chinrest the two f-shaped holes. shapes, from electronic versions (like the one Matthew will play), to upright pianos and Glenn made his “batolin” or Electric Slugger™ “grand” pianos, in which the sound comes from a Louisville Slugger™ brand baseball bat. out of an open top.

Being solid wood, the bat does not have a resonating chamber. During the performance, notice how that affects the instrument’s sound.

A Key Instrument

What happens when you put rhythm, tempo, and pitch all together—plus add spoken words? Glenn and Matthew show you by performing Casey at the Bat, a poem with music about a baseball game and a star slugger named Casey.

In the poem, Casey’s “Mudville Nine” team is losing, and the crowd is disappointed. But then it’s Casey’s turn at bat—and people get excited because they’re sure Casey will hit a homerun and win the game. Most sure of all is the mighty Casey. He’s so sure that he doesn’t try to hit the first two balls pitched to him. “Strike two,” the umpire calls. Casey has one last chance. Will he strike out or hit that winning run?

Listen for how the music helps you picture what’s happening, like Casey’s walking to bat, a bat hitting a ball, and a crowd roaring.

3

4

For Teachers and Parents

A Good Audience… stays seated, stays quiet, doesn’t eat, listens, and claps.

Have fun!

Dear Grownups: Welcome to the NSO Kinderclassics, designed to introduce children in pre-kindergarten through grade 2 to musical instruments of the orchestra. Please help your young concert-goers read and understand the information in this Cuesheet. The information and activity ideas below are designed to help you further the children’s concert experience.

The Concert Program Before or after the concert, you may want to have the children listen to some or all of these musical selections from the concert repertoire. Point out that some of the music will sound different at the concert because it has been adapted for violin and piano. Ask children to see whether they can recognize the music when they hear it the second time.

If they are listening after the performance, see whether they can identify rhythms, tempos, and changing pitches that make the Beethoven selections exciting.

Excerpts from these works by Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 (“Emperor”), movement 1 Sonata for violin and piano No. 9 (“Kreutzer”), movement 1 Symphony No. 9, finale (“Ode to Joy”) Piano Sonata No. 14 (“Moonlight Sonata”)

Wait! There’s More !

Plus: “Infernal Gallop” (“Can-Can”) from the opera Orpheus in the Underworld by Jacques Offenbach (AH-fen-bahk) “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” by Albert von Tilzer and Jack Norwith “Old MacDonald Had a Farm” Casey at the Bat arranged by Glenn Donnellan and Matthew Van Hoose (poem by Ernest Lawrence Thayer)

David M. Rubenstein Chairman

Deborah F. Rutter President

Darrell M. Ayers

Vice President, Education

Christoph Eschenbach Music Director National Symphony Orchestra Additional support for Kinderclassics is provided by The Clark Charitable Foundation; Kaplan, Inc.; Mr. James V. Kimsey; The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation; Park Foundation, Inc.; and the U.S. Department of Education.

Musical Instrument “Petting Zoo” Before the concert, enjoy hands-on fun in the Hall of States with the instruments that the musicians will play on stage. A project of the Women’s Committee for the NSO.

“Preview” the Concert Hall

Symphony No. 3 (“Eroica”), movement 2

Kinderclassics

We hope you have so much fun at the concert that you’ll come back soon to hear a performance of the full National Symphony Orchestra—that’s 100 musicians! When they all play together, they perform on the big stage in the Kennedy Center Concert Hall. Get a sneak peek at the Hall (and even go backstage) in the playful online tour led by former NSO Associate Conductor Emil de Cou at: artsedge.kennedy-center.org/nsoed.

Major support for educational programs at the Kennedy Center is provided by David and Alice Rubenstein through the Rubenstein Arts Access Program.

Education and related artistic programs are made possible through the generosity of the National Committee for the Performing Arts and the President’s Advisory Committee on the Arts.

Upcoming Family Concerts

More Fun With Music Here are some post-performance activities for children:

Add Excitement Choose a song you know, like “London Bridge Is Falling Down.” Try singing it using some of the ideas you learned about like changing the tempo (singing it faster or slower) or pitch (singing it higher or lower).

Please build on your Kinderclassic experience by attending next season’s National Symphony Orchestra Family Concerts for full orchestra, held on Sunday afternoons in the Concert Hall. Check kennedy-center.org/nso/ programs/family for dates and details.

The NSO also presents full orchestra Young People’s Concerts for school groups in the Concert Hall each season during the school day for grades 3 through 6.

For more about NSO education programs, see kennedy-center.org/nso/nsoed

Orchestra Interactive

Part of playing music is being able to follow a rhythm. So give it a try. Clap a rhythm, like slow-slow-fastfast. Ask a friend to copy you. Then switch roles. Try as many different patterns as you like. What makes rhythms more interesting or exciting to you?

Enjoy an interactive exploration of orchestras, their instruments, and their music at the Perfect Pitch Web site at: artsedge.kennedy-center.org/ perfectpitch

The music for Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No. 14 became known as “Moonlight Sonata” because one person said the sound reminded him of moonlight on water. Think about the Beethoven music you enjoyed the most during the performance, and draw a picture of what it made you think of.

5

Cuesheets are produced by ARTSEDGE, an education program of the Kennedy Center.

Performed by NSO musician Glenn Donnellan, violin and Electric Slugger ™ Batolin and Washington Nationals organist Matthew Van Hoose, keyboard/piano/organ

Learn more about education at the Kennedy Center at www.kennedy-center.org/education The contents of this Cuesheet have been developed under a grant from the U.S. Department of Education but do not necessarily represent the policy of the U.S. Department of Education. You should not assume endorsement by the Federal Government. © 2015 The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

Getting the Rhythm

Picturing Music

www.kennedy-center.org/artsedge

Hello, teachers and pa

EXPLORE MORE!

Performances for Young Audiences is made possible by

Go to KC Connections on ARTSEDGE artsedge.kennedy-center.org/students/kc-connections 6

David and Alice Rubenstein are the Presenting Underwriters of the NSO.

rents!

Please see page 5 for d activities. information an

For Teachers and Parents

A Good Audience… stays seated, stays quiet, doesn’t eat, listens, and claps.

Have fun!

Dear Grownups: Welcome to the NSO Kinderclassics, designed to introduce children in pre-kindergarten through grade 2 to musical instruments of the orchestra. Please help your young concert-goers read and understand the information in this Cuesheet. The information and activity ideas below are designed to help you further the children’s concert experience.

The Concert Program Before or after the concert, you may want to have the children listen to some or all of these musical selections from the concert repertoire. Point out that some of the music will sound different at the concert because it has been adapted for violin and piano. Ask children to see whether they can recognize the music when they hear it the second time.

If they are listening after the performance, see whether they can identify rhythms, tempos, and changing pitches that make the Beethoven selections exciting.

Excerpts from these works by Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 (“Emperor”), movement 1 Sonata for violin and piano No. 9 (“Kreutzer”), movement 1 Symphony No. 9, finale (“Ode to Joy”) Piano Sonata No. 14 (“Moonlight Sonata”)

Wait! There’s More !

Plus: “Infernal Gallop” (“Can-Can”) from the opera Orpheus in the Underworld by Jacques Offenbach (AH-fen-bahk) “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” by Albert von Tilzer and Jack Norwith “Old MacDonald Had a Farm” Casey at the Bat arranged by Glenn Donnellan and Matthew Van Hoose (poem by Ernest Lawrence Thayer)

David M. Rubenstein Chairman

Deborah F. Rutter President

Darrell M. Ayers

Vice President, Education

Christoph Eschenbach Music Director National Symphony Orchestra Additional support for Kinderclassics is provided by The Clark Charitable Foundation; Kaplan, Inc.; Mr. James V. Kimsey; The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation; Park Foundation, Inc.; and the U.S. Department of Education.

Musical Instrument “Petting Zoo” Before the concert, enjoy hands-on fun in the Hall of States with the instruments that the musicians will play on stage. A project of the Women’s Committee for the NSO.

“Preview” the Concert Hall

Symphony No. 3 (“Eroica”), movement 2

Kinderclassics

We hope you have so much fun at the concert that you’ll come back soon to hear a performance of the full National Symphony Orchestra—that’s 100 musicians! When they all play together, they perform on the big stage in the Kennedy Center Concert Hall. Get a sneak peek at the Hall (and even go backstage) in the playful online tour led by former NSO Associate Conductor Emil de Cou at: artsedge.kennedy-center.org/nsoed.

Major support for educational programs at the Kennedy Center is provided by David and Alice Rubenstein through the Rubenstein Arts Access Program.

Education and related artistic programs are made possible through the generosity of the National Committee for the Performing Arts and the President’s Advisory Committee on the Arts.

Upcoming Family Concerts

More Fun With Music Here are some post-performance activities for children:

Add Excitement Choose a song you know, like “London Bridge Is Falling Down.” Try singing it using some of the ideas you learned about like changing the tempo (singing it faster or slower) or pitch (singing it higher or lower).

Please build on your Kinderclassic experience by attending next season’s National Symphony Orchestra Family Concerts for full orchestra, held on Sunday afternoons in the Concert Hall. Check kennedy-center.org/nso/ programs/family for dates and details.

The NSO also presents full orchestra Young People’s Concerts for school groups in the Concert Hall each season during the school day for grades 3 through 6.

For more about NSO education programs, see kennedy-center.org/nso/nsoed

Orchestra Interactive

Part of playing music is being able to follow a rhythm. So give it a try. Clap a rhythm, like slow-slow-fastfast. Ask a friend to copy you. Then switch roles. Try as many different patterns as you like. What makes rhythms more interesting or exciting to you?

Enjoy an interactive exploration of orchestras, their instruments, and their music at the Perfect Pitch Web site at: artsedge.kennedy-center.org/ perfectpitch

The music for Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No. 14 became known as “Moonlight Sonata” because one person said the sound reminded him of moonlight on water. Think about the Beethoven music you enjoyed the most during the performance, and draw a picture of what it made you think of.

5

Cuesheets are produced by ARTSEDGE, an education program of the Kennedy Center.

Performed by NSO musician Glenn Donnellan, violin and Electric Slugger ™ Batolin and Washington Nationals organist Matthew Van Hoose, keyboard/piano/organ

Learn more about education at the Kennedy Center at www.kennedy-center.org/education The contents of this Cuesheet have been developed under a grant from the U.S. Department of Education but do not necessarily represent the policy of the U.S. Department of Education. You should not assume endorsement by the Federal Government. © 2015 The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

Getting the Rhythm

Picturing Music

www.kennedy-center.org/artsedge

Hello, teachers and pa

EXPLORE MORE!

Performances for Young Audiences is made possible by

Go to KC Connections on ARTSEDGE artsedge.kennedy-center.org/students/kc-connections 6

David and Alice Rubenstein are the Presenting Underwriters of the NSO.

rents!

Please see page 5 for d activities. information an