Web-Based Six-Year Plan Teaching ScheduleThe following is a proposed schedule for learning 128 classical music melodies over a 6 year period. Remember, level one themes have free access for all users. Access to themes found in Level Two through Level Nine is available only with a subscription.
This schedule is not meant to keep you from enjoying other themes at any time you think they may be of interest. This is just a guide to give some idea of the levels of difficulty. If this program is followed from Kindergarten through Grade 5, young students will have a love and understanding of classical music far beyond the normal standards of today's music education programs. You will help them build a solid foundation of appreciation for quality music which will enrich their lives. It will probably enrich the lives of others around them, too! |
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Kindergarten
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| Composer | Theme Level | Theme |
| Vivaldi | Level One | The Four Seasons - Spring - Mvt. 1 Vivaldi |
| Bach | Level One | Toccata and Fugue in D minor - Theme 1 - Bach |
| Haydn | Level One | Symphony No. 94 – (Surprise) - Mvt. 2 - Haydn |
| Boccherini | Level One | String Quintet, Op. 13, No. 4 – Minuet - Boccherini |
| Mozart | Level One | Symphony No. 40, Mvt. 1 - Mozart |
| Beethoven | Level One | Symphony No. 5, Mvt. 1 - Beethoven |
| Beethoven | Level Four | Symphony No. 9 Mvt. 4 |
| Schubert | Level One | Symphony No. 8 – (Unfinished) - Schubert |
| Schubert | Level Two | Piano Quintet in A - (The Trout) - Schubert |
| Schumann | Level One | The Happy Farmer - Schumann |
| Brahms | Level One | Lullaby - Brahms |
| Souza | Level One | Stars and Stripes Forever - Souza |
| Tchaikovsky | Level Two | The Nutcracker - Overture |
| Tchaikovsky | Level Two | The Nutcracker - March of the Toy Soldiers |
| (Children can dance to all of The Nutcracker themes before learning all of the words.) | ||
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Grade 1
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| Beethoven | Level Three | Moonlight Sonata |
| Gounod | Level Two | Funeral March of a Marionette |
| Strauss | Level Two | Blue Danube Waltz |
| Vivaldi | Level Two | Autumn from The Four Seasons |
| Vivaldi | Level Three | Winter from The Four Seasons |
| Dvorak | Level Two | Humoresque |
| Bach | Level Eight | Orchestral Suite, No. 1 - Bouree |
| Bach | Level Two | Minuet in G |
| Mozart | Level Six | Piano Sonata in C |
| Beethoven | Level Three | Fur Elise |
| Beethoven | Level Three | Turkish March from The Ruins of Athens |
| Schubert | Level Three | Serenade |
| Mendelssohn | Level Six | Spring Song |
| Chopin | Level Six | Fantasie-Impromptu |
| Debussy | Level Six | Reverie |
| Stravinsky | Level Five | Petrouchka |
| Brahms | Level Six | Symphony No. 1, Mvt. 4 |
| Tchaikovsky | Level Four | Sleeping Beauty |
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Grade 2
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| Handel | Level Four | Hallelujah Chorus |
| Handel | Level Four | He Shall Feed His Flock |
| Rossini | Level Six | William Tell, Trumpet Fanfare |
| Grieg | Level One | Morning, Peer Gynt Suite - Grieg |
| Grieg | Level One | Solveig's Song, Peer Gynt Suite - Grieg |
| Grieg | Level One | Hall of the Mountain King, Peer Gynt Suite - Grieg |
| Elgar | Level Five | Pomp and Circumstance |
| Vivaldi | Level Seven | Summer from The Four Seasons |
| Albinoni | Level Four | Adagio in G Minor |
| Bach | Level Three | Air on the G String |
| Mozart | Level Four | Eine Kleine Nachtmusik |
| Beethoven | Level Four | Symphony No. 5, Movement 2 |
| Beethoven | Level Four | Symphony No. 5, Movement 3 |
| Tchaikovsky | Level Two | The Nutcracker - Story |
| Tchaikovsky | Level Two | The Nutcracker - Russian (Cossack) Dance |
| Tchaikovsky | Level Two | The Nutcracker - Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy |
| Tchaikovsky | Level Two | The Nutcracker - Arabian Dance |
| Tchaikovsky | Level Two | The Nutcracker - Chinese Dance |
| Pachelbel | Level Five | Canon in D |
| Offenbach | Level Five | Can Can |
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Grade 3
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| Bach | Level One | Toccata and Fugue in D minor - Theme 2 - Bach |
| Handel | Level Four | Water Music - Alla Hornpipe |
| Handel | Level Five | Fireworks - Overture |
| Handel | Level Five | Fireworks - Minuet |
| Handel | Level Five | Fireworks - La Paix |
| Rossini | Level Six | William Tell Overture, Theme 1 |
| Saint-Saens | Level Six | Danse Macabre |
| Dvorak's | Level Nine | New World Symphony, Movement 2 |
| Haydn | Level Six | London Symphony No.104 |
| Brahms | Level Three | Hungarian Dance No.5 - Theme 1 |
| Brahms | Level Three | Hungarian Dance No.5 - Theme 2 |
| Sibelius | Level Eight | Finlandia - Theme 2 |
| Tchaikovsky | Level Two | The Nutcracker Overture |
| Tchaikovsky | Level Two | The Nutcracker March of the Toy Soldiers |
| Tchaikovsky | Level Two | The Nutcracker Russian (Cossack) Dance |
| Tchaikovsky | Level Two | The Nutcracker Chinese Dance (Review) |
| Tchaikovsky | Level Two | The Nutcracker - Dance of the Reed Pipes |
| Tchaikovsky | Level Two | The Nutcracker - Waltz of the Flowers |
| Bach | Level Six | Orchestral Suite No. 1 Courante (verse one) |
| Scarlatti | Level Six | Sonata in E |
| Handel | Level One | The Harmonious Blacksmith – Handel |
| Beethoven | Level Four | Symphony No. 5, Movement 4 |
| Mozart | Level Two | Minuet from Don Juan |
| Strauss | Level Eight | Die Fledermaus, Waltz |
| Ponchielli | Level Four | Dance of the Hours |
| Prokofiev | Level Eight | The Love for Three Oranges |
| Haydn | Level Three | The Clock Symphony Adagio the Cat, Tickety Tock |
| Haydn | Level Three | The Clock Symphony Hear the Clock Tick, Mean Old Cat, Cat is Waiting, Ears for Breakfast, Watch Out |
| Haydn | Level Three | The Clock Symphony Be Still Little Mouse |
| Haydn | Level Three | The Clock Symphony Cat's Going Home |
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Grade 4
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| Mozart | Level Three | Piano Concerto No. 21 |
| Mendelssohn | Level Six | Wedding March |
| Bizet | Level Seven | Carmen, Habanera |
| Bizet | Level Seven | Carmen, Toreador |
| Tchaikovsky | Level Seven | Swan Lake - Waltz |
| Tchaikovsky | Level Seven | Swan Lake - Theme 2 |
| Bach | Level Seven | Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 |
| Mouret | Level Six | Rondeau |
| Haydn | Level Seven | Serenade |
| Mussorgsky | Level Seven | Great Gate of Kiev |
| Suppe | Level Six | Light Cavalry Overture |
| Stravinsky | Level Five | The Firebird |
| Stravinsky | Level Five | Infernal Dance |
| Haydn | Level Seven | Drum Roll Symphony |
| Dvorak | Level Nine | Play for the People |
| Dvorak | Level Nine | With the Gypsies I Want to Stay |
| Dvorak | Level Nine | Music Calls Me |
| Dvorak | Level Nine | Antonin Dvorak |
| Dvorak | Level Nine | I Miss You So, My Country |
| Dvorak | Level Nine | Antonin, Darling, Speed It Up |
| Dvorak | Level Nine | Welcome to Spillville |
| Dvorak | Level Nine | Antonin, Happy Again |
| Dvorak | Level Nine | It's Back to New York |
| Dvorak | Level Nine | Chief Big Moon |
| Dvorak | Level Nine | Antonin, Baby |
| Dvorak | Level Nine | How I Love the Woods |
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Grade 5
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| Chopin | Level One | Grande valse brillante - Chopin |
| Debussy | Level Seven | Clair de Lune |
| Rachmaninoff | Level Eight | Piano Concerto No. 2 |
| Souza | Level Three | Semper Fidelis |
| Offenbach | Level Five | Barcarolle |
| Schubert | Level Six | Ave Maria |
| Chopin | Level Seven | Minute Waltz |
| Chopin | Level Seven | Funeral March |
| Listz | Level Five | Liebestrauim |
| Verdi | Level Seven | Rigoletto |
| Borodin | Level Seven | Prince Igor |
| Delibes | Level Eight | Lakme - Flower Duet Song |
| Grieg | Level Eight | Piano Concerto in A Minor |
| Faure | Level Eight | Pavane |
| Sibelius | Level Five | Valse Triste |
| Sibelius | Level Eight | Finlandia - Themes 1 and 2 |
| Chopin | Level Seven | Tristesse Etude |
| Wagner | Level Four | Ride of the Valkyries |
| Offenbach | Level Five | Orpheus in the Underworld |
| Verdi | Level Eight | Nabucco, Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves |
| Verdi | Level Eight | Aida, Triumphal March |
| Smetana | Level Eight | The Moldau |
| Tchaikovsky | Level Eight | Piano Concerto No. 1, Movement 1 |
| Tchaikovsky | Level Five | Romeo and Juliet |
| Satie | Level Eight | Gymnopedie |
| Joplin | Level Four | The Entertainer |
| By the Fifth Grade, children can listen intelligently and joyfully to fully orchestrated symphonies whose themes they have learned: |
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| Beethoven's Fifth Symphony | ||
| Haydn's Clock Symphony | ||
| Dvorak's New World Symphony | ||
For Grownups