From Alfred Music Publishing

Hands-On Activities for Exploring Tchaikovsky's Ballet

This resource contains seven detailed lesson plans on Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker Suite. Listen and perform along with the professionally-recorded orchestral CD. Each individual layer of the ensemble will learn and practice their part through rhythmic chanting and body percussion before transferring to classroom instruments. The step-by-step instructions build to a culminating Orff performance for each movement. Student scores are included on the enhanced CD for printing and projecting. (Grades 2-6)