Modern Composers: Posters and Bell Ringer Set

This set pairs 24 printable Modern composer posters with an editable bell ringer for a quick daily listening routine. Students listen to a piece, read about the composer, and answer a short survey about musical elements like tempo, dynamics, and timbre. You can edit the bell ringer questions to fit any grade level.

What’s included

• 24 printable composer posters, each with birth and death years, the composer’s legacy, an interesting fact, and a playlist of 3 well-known works with a short description of each
• An editable bell ringer with 8 questions about tempo, dynamics, timbre, historical context, modern context, method of composition, and musical mood
• Space on the bell ringer for students to rate the music and share more of their thoughts

Composers included

• Dame Ethel Smyth
• Ralph Vaughan Williams
• Gustav Holst
• Arnold Schoenberg
• Béla Bartók
• Igor Stravinsky
• Florence Beatrice Price
• Sergei Prokofiev
• William Grant Still
• George Gershwin
• Duke Ellington
• Aaron Copland
• Ruth Crawford Seeger
• Dmitri Shostakovich
• John Cage
• Benjamin Britten
• Leonard Bernstein
• John Williams
• Philip Glass
• Joan Tower
• Tania León
• Libby Larsen
• Jennifer Higdon
• Eric Whitacre

Formats

• PDF
• PNG
• Google Forms: A link is included in your download and lets you add your own copy to Google Drive.
• PowerPoint

Important

• A recording of the music is not included. You’ll need to provide your own audio for the playlists.

Ways to use it

• Daily bell ringer or warm-up
• Composer of the Week
• Music history bulletin board
• Sub days

Standards (NCAS)

• Responding: Anchor Standard 7 (perceive and analyze artistic work)
• Connecting: Anchor Standard 11 (relate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural, and historical context)

License & help

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