Program Two Digital Concert
Before the Concert
- Review the three artists and their music.
- Look at the Musical Explorers Around the World Map for your Program and have students find the countries represented on the map. Ask students what they remember about the artists and the music.
- Listen to each song.
- Brainstorm with students about how to be active listeners, enthusiastic performers, and successful audience members during the concert.
- Prepare for the surprise songs.
- During the concert, each of the artists will sing a surprise song that the students have not heard or studied. These songs are selected to complement the two songs in the curriculum and to provide students with an active listening experience as they encounter new music for the first time in a concert setting.
- Explain to students that they are in for some exciting surprises during the concert because there will be three songs that they have never heard before. You can ask them to raise their hands or say, “Surprise!” when they hear a surprise song at the concert.
- Ask students to guess what the surprise songs by each artist will be like.
- Will they be fast or slow? Quiet or loud?
- Will there be movement or dancing?
- Explain that you will be seeing how much they remember about the surprise songs after the concert.
After the Concert
- Discuss the overall concert experience.
- Discuss the surprise songs.
- What surprise songs do you remember?
- What do you remember about these songs? Were they slow or fast, long or short? Was there movement to do? Was there any part that you sang along with?
- Which was your favorite surprise song and why?
- Reflect on the concert experience by having students write letters to their favorite artists, using the student activity sheet provided.
- Share your students’ reflections by emailing them to musicalexplorers@carnegiehall.org.
Other Digital Concerts
Participate with your students in a culminating interactive concert experience filmed at Carnegie Hall and available on demand from the comfort of your school.
Program One Concert
Featuring Georgian Folk with Ilusha, Freedom Songs with Imani Uzuri, and Haitian with Emeline.
Program Three Concert
Featuring Greek Folk with Magda, Malian Traditional with Yacouba, and Indian Classical with Falu.
Program Four Concert
Featuring Jazz with Brianna, Bomba and Plena with Juan and Julia, and Brazilian with Fabiana.
Program Five Concert
Featuring Cumbia with Gregorio, Armenian Folk with Zulal, and Hip Hop with Soul Science Lab.
Program Six Concert
Featuring Bluegrass with Michael, Chinese Traditional with Qian Yi, and Iraqi Folk with Layth.
Program Seven Concert
Featuring Georgian Folk with Ilusha, Native American with Martha, and South African Zulu with Bongi and Tshidi.
Program Eight Concert
Featuring Son Jarocho with the Villalobos Brothers, Sicilian Folk with Julia, and Calypso with Etienne.
Program Nine Concert
Featuring Jazz with Brianna, Zimbabwean Mbira Music with Tanyaradzwa, and Haitian with Emeline.
Program Ten Concert
Featuring Indian Classical with Falu, Freedom Songs with Starr, and Bomba and Plena with Juan and Julia.
Program Eleven Concert
Featuring Gullah Music with Quiana, Hip Hop with Soul Science Lab, and Malian Traditional with Yacouba.
Program Twelve Concert
Featuring Cumbia with Gregorio, Vietnamese Folk with Vân-Ánh, and Jordanian Folk with Farah.