Moving with Florence Price: Juba Dance – listening lesson – music composers

Moving with Florence Price is a presentation that guides students through a syncopated rhythm pattern in Price’s Juba Dance from Symphony No. 1 in E Minor. Students will practice moving to the steady beat, identifying short and long rhythms, and will even create their own body percussion composition using a rhythm pattern from Juba Dance.

⚠️ Download comes with Google Slides Link & PowerPoint ⚠️

This resource is perfect for:

• elementary music teachers
• substitute teachers
• student teachers
• homeschoolers

WHAT YOU’LL GET WITH THIS PRESENTATION:

MAIN MENU

• main menu with clickable links for each section of the presentation

PRESENTATION

• Link to a video clip of Price’s Symphony
• 3 slides of steady beat warm-ups
• 4 slides of rhythm identification
• 2 slides of moving to the rhythm pattern using body percussion
• 2 slides for the listening map
• 1 slide with biographical information about Florence Price
• 1 slide with links to additional compositions by Price
• 1 slide guiding students in creating a body percussion composition

LISTENING MAP

• printable listening map
• time stamps for each section

BODY PERCUSSION COMPOSITION

• printable worksheet

INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE