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Dmitri Kabalevsky

• The Russian composer Dmitri Kabalevsky is perhaps most famous for the many piano pieces he wrote for young students.  He was very concerned with music education and was in charge of several music programs for kids. 

•  As a boy Kabalevsky excelled at piano, painting, and even tried his hand at poetry.  As a teenager he enrolled in music school, excelling at piano and soon after, composition. 

• Kabelevsky was very patriotic toward his home country of Russia, and became very popular with the Russian people.

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Illustration by Heidi Cabrera.
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Conductor

• Conductors direct and lead musical ensembles such as orchestras, choirs, bands, and chamber groups
• The earliest conductors used large staffs or sticks to help the ensembles keep time.  Now, conductors us a thin, lightweight stick called a baton.
• In addition to using a baton, conductors use eye contact, hand motions, and facial expressions to communicate with the ensemble as they play.
• A conductor’s score (music with printed notes) has all the notes for each instrument!

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Illustration by Heidi Cabrera 

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Sergei Prokofiev 1891-1953

These are just a few of the kid-friendly music facts you’re students can read about in The Right Notes.

• Sergei Prokofiev was born in Ukraine, part of the former USSR. He learned chess by age seven and excelled at it throughout his life, even once beating a chess master!

• At age 13, Prokofiev was the youngest student ever to be admitted to the St. Petersburg Conservatory (a music college). He won the top prize awarded by his school, and became a concert pianist who toured many countries.

• His compositions were always new and creative, prompting his teachers to disapprove of his works since he was always “breaking the rules” of composition. Undaunted, Prokofiev experimented even further and became famous for his distinct style.

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Illustration by Heidi Cabrera.

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