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Ready to introduce your students to the music of the masters? These free, fully-scripted famous composer lesson plans bring the music of our greatest composers to life. From a movement lesson for Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks to a Flight of the Bumblebee Game, these lessons use singing and movement to make music history unforgettable. Use them as is, or make them your own to create unplugged musical moments your students will love!

Meet John Williams | Composer Biography for Kids (Video) Grade 1-6 Learn about John Williams with this MakingMusicFun.net Original popsicle stick theater production. (3:06) Get Lesson Get Study Guide
Meet Beethoven | Composer Biography for Kids (Video) Grade 1-6 Learn about Ludwig van Beethoven with this MakingMusicFun.net Original popsicle stick theater production. (2:25) Get Lesson Get Study Guide
Meet Mozart | Composer Biography for Kids (Video) Grade 1-6 Learn about Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart with this MakingMusicFun.net Original popsicle stick theater production. (2:40) Get Lesson Get Study Guide
Meet Bach | Composer Biography for Kids (Video) Grade 1-6 Learn about Johann Sebastian Bach with this MakingMusicFun.net Original popsicle stick theater production. (4:34) Get Lesson Get Study Guide Get Premium Puppets
Meet Vivaldi | Composer Biography for Kids (Video) Grade 1-6 Learn about Antonio Vivaldi with this MakingMusicFun.net Original popsicle stick theater production. (2:22) Get Lesson Get Study Guide
Meet Duke Ellington | Composer Biography for Kids (Video) Grade 1-6 Learn about big band leader and jazz pianist, Duke Ellington, with this MakingMusicFun.net Original popsicle stick theater production. (3:24) Get Lesson Get Study Guide
Meet Scott Joplin | Composer Biography for Kids (Video) Grade 1-6 Learn about the king of ragtime, Scott Joplin, with this MakingMusicFun.net Original popsicle stick theater production. (3:39) Get Lesson Get Study Guide
Meet Brahms | Composer Biography for Kids (Video) Grade 1-6 Learn about Johannes Brahms with this MakingMusicFun.net Original popsicle stick theater production. (3:58) Get Lesson Get Study Guide
Meet Andrew LLoyd Webber | Composer Biography for Kids (Video) Grade 1-6 Learn about English musical theater composer, Andrew Lloyd Webber, with this MakingMusicFun.net Original popsicle stick theater production. (3:24) Get Lesson Get Study Guide
Meet Lili Boulanger | Composer Biography for Kids (Video) Grade 1-6 Learn about French composer, Lili Boulanger, with this MakingMusicFun.net Original popsicle stick theater production. (2:45) Get Lesson Get Study Guide
Carnival of the Animals (Saint-Saëns) | Popsicle Stick Video Grade 1-6 Bring Camille Saint-Saëns' 'Carnival of the Animals' to life with this free MakingMusicFun.net Original popsicle stick theater production. (7:01) Get Lesson Get Premium Puppets
Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks (Mussorgsky) | ABA Form Grade 1-2 Hatch musical understanding! Kids peck and explore as they engage with this composer masterwork in an unforgettable, hands-on way! Get Lesson
Do-Re-Mi (Richard Rogers) | Solfège Grade 1-3 Bring Richard Rodgers’ masterpiece to life in your classroom! This lesson is perfect for introducing solfege or wrapping up a composer unit with singing and movement. Get Lesson
Flight of the Bumblebee (Rimsky-Korsakov) | Beehive Game Grade 1-3 Experience Rimsky-Korsakov’s fast-paced score through an exciting "beehive" game. Get Lesson
Gymnopedie (Erik Satie) | Same/Different Grade 1-3 Teach the concept of same vs. different through a graceful movement activity choreographed to Satie’s Gymnopedie No. 1. Get Lesson
Hungarian Dance No.5 (Brahms) | Form/AABBCDAB Codetta Grade 2-6 Brahms Meets Baseball. Students perform baseball moves to Brahms’ Hungarian Dance No. 5. This lesson is always a home run! Get Lesson
In the Hall of the Mountain King (Grieg) | Listening Map Grade 2-6 This listening map helps students analyze and describe Grieg’s masterpiece. Get Listening Map
Messiah/Hallelujah Chorus (Handel) | Listening Map Grade 2-6 Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah! You've found it - the perfect listening map to introduce your students to one of history’s greatest works! Get Premium Lesson Pack
Peter and the Wolf (Prokofiev) | Illustrate Comic Strip/Listening Grade 1-3 Comic Strip Creativity! Students illustrate the story of Peter and the Wolf in a comic strip as they listen to the recording! Get Premium Lesson Pack
Surprise Symphony (Haydn) | Music Lesson Plan Grade 3-4 Zany and fun, this lesson plan delivers! Rated by students as "Mega-Wow!" Your class will never listen to Haydn's Surprise Symphony the same way again. Get Lesson
Viennese Musical Clock | Movement/Rondo Form Grade 2-3 Bring Kodaly’s masterpiece to life through role-play as dancers, trumpeters, knights, and royalty in Vienna while learning about the Seven-Part Rondo form (ABACADA). Get Lesson

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