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FAME is entering its 10th year of art and music instruction to our K-5 Cherry Chase students. Our FAME lessons are taught by a wonderful team of enthusiastic parent volunteers (referred to as docents). Our docents attend pre-lesson meetings to review and prepare for the art and music portions and the accompanying art lesson - no prior knowledge of art or music is necessary! The first of six in-class lessons will start in September 2008; each teaching period is approximately 5-6 weeks in length. Fine Arts Mini-Experience (FAME) is a six-year art and music program developed by Kathryn Sherrod (fameforkids@comcast.net). Specifically, it is designed to familiarize students with well-known artists, composers, and their works. The content is presented by focusing on specific art and music elements as parts of a composition and by providing a connection, be it life experiences or artistic similarities of featured artists, to which contemporary young people may relate. FAME offers students criteria for viewing a painting and listening to a piece of music. This guidance provides reinforcement in developing their skills as analytical spectators who can ultimately discern shades of quality and familiarizes them with some of the great artists in history. Cherry Chase has purchased years 1-5 for use at our school; meaning that your child will repeat his/her kindergarten FAME year in 5th grade. A brief look at our entire 5-year program may be found below. In the 2009-2010 school year, we will be teaching FAME Year 1. Please note that this year we will be teaching the lessons slightly out of order. We have a wonderful amphitheatre in the Cherry Chase garden and want to wait for the spring weather to teach Monet's 'Water Lillies' and Rousseau's 'Jungle Scene with Setting Sun'. Be sure to check with your child's teacher about when the class' lesson is scheduled. We welcome you to come and observe the lesson! A very special "thank you" to Farrington Historical Foundation for awarding our program a second $2,500 grant! The funds will be used to help strengthen our infrastructure: replacing old/worn art materials, investing in a broader range of musical instruments, and in general helping the program expand to accommodate our growing student population! If you are (or know anyone who may be) interested in joining this exceptional program and being a part of your children's lives at the school (repeat: no art or music experience necessary...just enthusiasm!), please contact Heather Cooke (738-0607), Kathy Besser (733-8323) or Becky Davis (245-9225). The 2009-2010 FAME Docents' meetings will be held at 7PM in the Cherry Chase library (LRC) on these dates: - Monday, September 14 - A (Lesson 6)
- Monday, November 2 - B (Lesson 2)
- Monday, January 4 - C (Lesson 1)
- Monday, February 8 - D (Lesson 4)
- Monday, March 29 - E (Lesson 3)
- Monday, May 10 - F (Lesson 5)
Note: With respect to the music links below, we have attempted to use Classics for Kids™ (http://www.classicsforkids.com). However, not all musical selections are currently available and in these cases, videos from YouTube™ have been substituted. You must have an Adobe® Flash Player™ installed in order to listen to the Classics for Kids links (click on the "Hear the Music" graphic in order to launch the player). Please be aware that comments and content on YouTube™ are outside of our control; although they appear to us to be perfectly acceptable, we advise previewing the links prior to sharing them with your children. | FAME I | | | Lesson 1 |  | | | Art: "Sinbad the Sailor" by Paul Klee
Music: "The Sea and Sinbad's Ship" by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Would you like to listen to this piece of music? If so, click here. | FAME I
Lesson 2 |  | | | Art: "The Fifer" by Edouard Manet
Music: "The Stars and Stripes Forever" by John Philip Sousa Would you like to listen to this piece of music? If so, click here. | FAME I
Lesson 3 |  | | | Art: "Water Lililies" by Claude Monet
Music: "The Swan" (from 'Carnival of the Animals') by Camille Saint-Saëns Would you like to listen to this piece of music? If so, click here. | FAME I
Lesson 4 |  | | | Art: "George Washington" by Gilbert Stuart
Music: "Star Spangled Banner" (lyrics) by Francis Scott Key Would you like to listen to this piece of music? If so, click here. | FAME I
Lesson 5 |  | | | Art: "Jungle Scene with Setting Sun" by Henri Rosseau
Music: "Bachianas Brasileiras #1" (or "Bach in the Fashion of Brazil") by Villa-Lobos Would you like to listen to this piece of music? If so, click here. | FAME I
Lesson 6 |  | | | Art: "Mona Lisa" by Leonardo da Vinci
Music: "Für Elise" by Ludwig van Beethoven (from the Fifth Symphony) Would you like to listen to this piece of music? If so, click here. |
| FAME II | | | Lesson 1 |  | | | Art: "The Harvesters" by Pieter Bruegel
Music: "The Happy Farmer" (Opus 68 from 'Album for the Young') by Robert Schumann Would you like to listen to this piece of music? If so, click here. | FAME II
Lesson 2 |  | | | Art: "Ballet School" by Edgar Degas
Music: "Waltz of the Flowers" (from 'The Nutcracker Suite') by Peter Tchaikovsky Would you like to listen to this piece of music? If so, click here. | FAME II
Lesson 3 |  | | | Art: "Mediterranean Scene" by Raoul Dufy
Music: "Nocturne in E-Flat, Opus 9, No. 2" by Frédéric Chopin Would you like to listen to this piece of music? If so, click here. | FAME II
Lesson 4 |  | | | Art: "Chambered Nautilus" by Andrew Wyeth
Music: "Sunrise" and "Cloudburst" (from 'The Grand Canyon Suite') by Ferde Grofé Would you like to listen to these pieces of music? For "Sunrise", click here. For "Cloudburst", click here. | FAME II
Lesson 5 |  | | | Art: "View of Toledo" by El Greco
Music: "Night on Bald Mountain" by Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky Would you like to listen to this piece of music? If so, click here. | FAME II
Lesson 6 |  | | | Art: "Blue Atmosphere" by Helen Frankenthaler
Music: "Bolero" by Maurice Ravel Would you like to listen to this piece of music? If so, click here. |
| FAME III | | | Lesson 1 |  | | | Art: "Woman with Dog" by Mary Cassatt
Music: "The Snow is Dancing" (from the 'Children's Corner Suite') by Claude DeBussy Would you like to listen to this piece of music? If so, click here. | FAME III
Lesson 2 |  | | | Art: "The Marriage of Giovanni Arnolfini and his Bride" by Jan van Eyck
Music: "Minuet in G" and "Toccata and Fugue in D Minor" by Johann Sebastian Bach Would you like to listen to this piece of music? For "Minuet in G", click here. For "Toccata and Fugue in D Minor", click here. | FAME III
Lesson 3 |  | | | Art: "The Purple Robe" by Henri Matisse
Music: "Rhapsody in Blue" by George Gershwin Would you like to listen to this piece of music? If so, click here. | FAME III
Lesson 4 |  | | | Art: "Blue Boy" by Thomas Gainsborough
Music: "Sonata in C Major" by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Would you like to listen to these pieces of music? For the 1st Movement, click here. For the 2nd Movement, click here. For the 3rd Movement, click here. | FAME III
Lesson 5 |  | | | Art: "Persistence of Memory" by Salvador Dali
Music: "Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2" and "Liebestraum" by Franz Liszt Would you like to listen to these pieces of music? For "Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2", click here. For "Liebestraum", click here. | FAME III
Lesson 6 |  | | | Art: "The Night Watch" by Rembrandt van Rijn
Music: "Les Toreadores" (from 'Carmen') by Georges Bizet Would you like to listen to this piece of music? If so, click here. |
| FAME IV | | | Lesson 1 |  | | | Art: "My Gems" by William Harnett
Music: "To a Wild Rose" Edward MacDowell Would you like to listen to this piece of music? If so, click here. | FAME IV
Lesson 2 |  | | | Art: "Moulin de la Galette" by Auguste Renoir
Music: "The Blue Danube" by Johann Strauss, Jr. Would you like to listen to this piece of music? If so, click here. Note: This video on YouTube™ features a lovely sequence of waltzing couples. | FAME IV
Lesson 3 |  | | | Art: "The Delphic Sibyl" (from the Sistine Chapel Ceiling) by Michelangelo Buonarroti
Music: "Gregorian Chant" (from chants compiled by Pope Gregory) Would you like to listen to a typical Gregorian Chant? If so, click here. | FAME IV
Lesson 4 |  | | | Art: "Marilyn Monroe" by Andy Warhol
Music: "St. Louis Blues" by W.C. Handy Would you like to listen to a version of the song (featuring Linda Hopkins)? If so, click here. | FAME IV
Lesson 5 |  | | | Art: "Woman in Blue" by Jan Vermeer
Music: "Spring" (from 'The Four Seasons') by Antonio Vivaldi Would you like to listen to this piece of music? If so, click here. | FAME IV
Lesson 6 |  | | | Art: "Portrait of a Woman" by Pablo Picasso
Music: "Ritual Fire Dance" (from 'El Amor Brujo') by Manuel de Falla Would you like to listen to this piece of music? If so, click here. Note: This video clip from YouTube™ is from the Spanish-language film, 'El Amor Brujo' by Carlos Saura. |
| FAME V | | | Lesson 1 |  | | | Art: "Breezing Up" by Winslow Homer
Music: "Air" (from the 'Water Music Suite') by Frederick Handel Would you like to listen to this piece of music? If so, click here. | FAME V
Lesson 2 |  | | | Artist: Vincent van Gogh Art: "Starry Night" by Vincent van Gogh
Music: "Mars" (from 'The Planets') by Gustave Holst Would you like to listen to this piece of music? If so, click here. | FAME V
Lesson 3 |  | | | Art: "Bride and Groom" by Amedeo Modigliani
Music: "The Wedding March" (from the opera 'Lohengrin') by Richard Wagner Would you like to listen to this piece of music? If so, click here. Note: This version from YouTube™ is played on an organ, much like it would be when used in a wedding ceremony. | FAME V
Lesson 4 |  | | | Art: "Le Billet Doux" (Love Letter) by Jean Honoré Fragonard
Music: "Musetta's Waltz" (from the opera 'La Boheme') by Giacomo Puccini Would you like to listen to this piece of music? If so, click here. Note: This version from YouTube™ features Elena Musoc and contains English subtitles. | FAME V
Lesson 5 |  | | | Art: "La Grande Jatte" by Georges Seurat
Music: "Humoresque, No. 7" by Antonin Dvorák Would you like to listen to this piece of music? If so, click here. | FAME V
Lesson 6 |  | | | Art: "Dismounted" by Frederic Remington
Music: "Overture" ('William Tell') by Gioacchino Rossini Would you like to listen to this piece of music? If so, click here. Parents, there is a wonderful song by Anita Renfroe, "William Tell Momisms" set to the Overture; click here to listen to the official version on YouTube™. |
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