George Scharr
Arts Department Chair
Director of Music – Falmouth Academy
Bass Trombonist/Pre-concert Lecturer, Cape Symphony Orchestra
One Class
3:00 – 4:30
February 28
Birds do it… whales do it. Here is a look at Mother Nature as the first composer! Music and instruments of the orchestra are only natural, all made from natural ingredients. We will be introduced to new concepts like playing jazz on a conch shell, “Jazz for Cows” and “Snowball, the dancing cockatiel.” Do animals have an innate sense of music? We will discuss the difference between the art and science of bird songs, meet Mozart’s pet Starling and learn how Mozart incorporated his song into a composition. In Beethoven’s Sixth Symphony, the Pastoral, you will learn how Beethoven weaves together bird songs into a solo section for his masterpiece.
