April Mindful Music | Spring SEL Classical Music Listening Activities

Item description

Welcome the breezy sounds of spring with this set of listening sheets! Nine classical pieces are featured (two pages each.)

Learning Objectives

• increased knowledge of composers from different backgrounds
• observe seasonal/holiday influences within a composition
• familiarity with the composer’s works
• ability to recognize, and engage with, popular pieces of music
• identify different instrument sounds
• social-emotional exploration of feelings and moods within the music
• creative expression by drawing and choosing colors related to a musical theme

What’s Included:

Resource Guide

Music Rating Guides – color/black & white

Listening Sheets

• Listening Sheet – There are no wrong answers! Students can note how they feel and what they imagine while listening to a selected piece of music. Choose from the musical instruments, nature scenes, colors, and more.
• Weather & Feelings – Weather is a recurring theme in classical music. Does a musical piece remind the listener of a snowy day or a cheerful sunny afternoon? Students can select the weather symbols that come to mind. Is the music happy or sad? A set of emotional characters allows your group to pick the feelings that best relate to a piece of music.

Printable Listening Sheet Sets Include:

01. Where the Lemons Blossom, Strauss (title translations will vary)

02. Symphony No. 1 (Spring,) Schumann

03. The Four Seasons (Spring,) Vivaldi

04. Appalachian Spring, Copland

05. Peer Gynt Suite No. 1 Op. 46, Grieg

06. Violin Sonata No. 5 in F major, Beethoven

07. Organ Concerto No. 13 in F major, Handel

08. Dance of the Birds, Rimsky-Korsakov

09. Reflections in the Water, Debussy

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