Composer Study - Caroline Shaw

Caroline Shaw

"I guess I'd like people to be able to forget a lot of things and just enjoy the beauty of harmony and melody for a moment.”

Caroline Shaw (1982 - ) is an American musician in the post modern time period. She won the Pulitzer Prize in 2013, composing music for plays, ballets, chamber music and orchestras. She wrote songs like And So, Music in Common Time, and Boris Kerner. She even did a song with rapper, Kayne West.

Composer Study

Start off with the Music Lesson which includes

  • Music Links

  • Read Alouds

  • Time & Place Connection Subjects

  • Recipe

Throughout the week, cover the Multi-Subject Connections

  • Science Activity, read aloud, fun code worksheets

  • Art Activity, read aloud, optional coloring page

  • Literature Activity, read aloud, copywork

  • History Activity, read alouds, geography activity, Book of Centuries

Shaw’s dessert: Moravian Sugar Cookies

Learn how to make this American dessert. Click on the picture below to go to the recipe.

 

Shaw’s Music

Song 1: And So

Music Class

SONG 2: Its motion keeps

Science Song

Song 3: Music in Common Time

Art Song

Song 4: Say you Will (by Kanye West featuring Caroline Shaw)

Literature Song

Song 5: New Morse Code - Boris Kerner

History Song

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