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Piccolo - smallest and highest sounding flute in the woodwind family
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Flute - big sister to the Piccolo, is larger and sounds lower.
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Quartet - a group of four.
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Clarinet - a single reed instrument usually made of wood.
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Saxophone - a single-reed instrument made of metal.
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Saxophone Family - Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Baritone. Arranged according to the highest sounding to the lowest sounding.
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Melody - the main tune in music.
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March - a style of music that features a strong repeated beat that is precise.
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Armed Forces - branches of the military such as the Marines, Navy, Army, Air Force, and Coast Guard.
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Medley - a collection of songs.
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Magic Flute - an Opera by Mozart
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Opera - a style of music that features singing, drama, acting, scenery, staging, and props with orchestral accompaniment.
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Mozart - a Composer who was known as a Child Prodigy.
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Composer - one who writes music.
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Child Prodigy - one who has unusual skill and ability shown at a young age.
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Nutcracker Suite - a Ballet in the form of a Fairy Tale whereby a story with acting, dancing, staging, scenery, props are set to music with an orchestral accompaniment.
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Suite - a collection of individual tunes that follow a certain order in a large piece of music
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Ballet - a style of music that tells a story through dancing, acting, drama, scenery, and props with an orchestral accompaniment.
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Orchestral - using instrument of the woodwinds, brass, strings, and percussion families.
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Accompaniment - to go along with a more important part.
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Love of Three Oranges - an Opera in the form of a Fairy tale about a witch who puts a spell over a prince and sends him to far off lands searching for three oranges; one of the oranges having a beautiful princess housed inside.
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Prokofiev - a Russian Composer. He also wrote Peter & the Wolf.
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Peter & the Wolf is a fairy tale set to music.
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Marionette - a puppet
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Gounod - a French Composer.
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French - coming from France.
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France - a country in Western Europe.
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Charleston - American style of dance music from the 1920’s.
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New Orleans - birth place of American Jazz
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Louisiana - an American state in the South, where New Orleans is.
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Patriotic - meaning a love for ones country.
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Stars & Stripes Forever - the national march of the USA, honoring our flag.
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John Phillip Sousa - the “March King” and composer of over 100 marches, including The Stars & Stripes Forever.
