Beethoven Makes Music at MDS
by Julienne Dweck; [email protected]
March 28, 2014
Volume 13, Issue 22
Parshat Tazria 6:58 pm
The students of MDS have been immersed in the life, music, and lasting inspiration of Beethoven! In a cross curricular, school wide effort lasting weeks leading up to Beethoven day, students read about Beethoven, wrote creative responses to his music, made inspired artwork, and even wrote their own lyrics to his famous “Für Elise”. They were challenged in a “Guess Which Beethoven Song Fits” game, to place the correct Beethoven song to each silent video. Students learned a bit about music theory by noticing the difference between a Major scale (sounds like ‘a sunny day’) and a Minor scale (more
like a ‘mysterious night’).
The culmination of this school wide unit was with an incredible performance
by “Beethoven” on March 26th, the anniversary of his death. A wonderful
actor and musician reenacted the life
of Beethoven, interspersed with live performances of his music.