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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