Let's Hear That Again

	Let’s Hear That Again! Ways to help children connect with recorded music By Gloria Nelson
	During the last five years, I have heard my students repeat that statement frequently after listening to music written by great composers. As I reflect upon this trend, I attribute it to the following instructional strategies: • Making up words to ‘glue’ melodic themes into student thinking • Creating maps to highlight certain sections of compositions • Learning the rhythm syllables of certain themes • Developing listening guides • Using movement and drama to focus attention on certain sections or themes • Reading aloud to students about the childhood lives of composers

	The greatest advantage in developing and using these strategies with my students has been their increased interest in music other than the “top 40”. Thinking up new ideas to “catch their ears” has also given me the pleasure of becoming much more familiar with the compositions that were used.
	For purposes of demonstrating these strategies, I have selected four compositions and four different strategies.
	Piano Concerto in A Minor, First Movement by Edvard Grieg
	An American in Paris by George Gershwin using the instructional strategy
	Overture from L’arlesienne Suite No. 1 by Georges Bizet
	Violin Concerto in D Major, Opus 61,Third Movement by Ludwig van Beethoven