Enduring Understandings

• The skills, techniques, elements and principles of the arts can be learned, studied, refined and practiced.
•  People use both aesthetic and critical processes to assess quality, interpret meaning and determine value.
•  Artists use tools and resources as well as their own experiences and skills to create art.
•  Humans have expressed experiences and ideas through the arts throughout time and across cultures.
• The arts provide a medium to understand and exchange ideas.

Additional Resources Needed

Technology Needs

Microsoft Word (word processing software)
Microsoft PowerPoint (automated presentation software)
Adobe Acrobat Reader (free download)
Finale Notepad (free download)

Materials
Compact Disc: "The Greatest Choral Music of Palestrina: Prince of Music" Composer: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Conductor: Dennis Keene, Label: Delos Records
CD: "Seaven Teares: Music of John Downland" Composer: John Dowland, Performer/Ensemble: David Douglass and King's Noyse, Label: Harmonia Mundi
CD: "Bach: Violin Concertos" Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach, Conductor: Daniel Barenboim, Performers: Itzhak Perlman and Pinchas Zukerman, Label: EMI Classics
CD: "Bach: Great Organ Works" Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach, Performer: Peter Hurford, Label: Decca
CD: "Mozart: The Six String Quintets" Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Performers: Karel Rehak and Bohuslav Zahradnik, Label: Calliope Records
CD: "Schubert: String Quintet in C, D.956" Composer: Franz Schubert, Performers: Mstislav Rostropovich and the Emerson String Quartet, Label: Deutsche Grammophon
CD: "Bryn Terfel - An die Musik (Favorite Schubert Songs) / Martineau" Composer: Franz Schubert, Performers: Bryn Terfel and Malcolm Martineau, Label: Deutsche Grammophon
CD: "Copland: Appalachian Spring / Fanfare for the Common Man / El Salon Mexico / Danzon Cubano" Composer: Aaron Copland, Conductor: Leonard Bernstein, Label: Sony
CD: "Simple Gifts: The Music of Frank Ticheli" Composer: Frank Ticheli, Conductor: John L. Whitwell, Performers: Michigan State University Wind Symphony, Label: Mark Masters