Use the following information to organize the information packet.
Festival Location
Include information about the venue and the surrounding area, a map, travel tips, local accommodations, and weather data.
Composers
Research the composers whose work was featured at the 2003 festival: Mozart, Smetana, Bach, Rossini, Wagner, Gottschalk, Benjamin, Sousa, and Rimsky-Korsakov. Students should include background information on the composer and his work.
Music
List and describe the music performed in the program.
"Flight of the Bumble Bee"
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
"The Union"
Louis Moreau Gottschalk
"Concerto for Four Pianos and Orchestra, BWV 1065"
Johann Sebastian Bach
Excerpt from "Sonata for Two Pianos," Eight Hands
Bedrich Smetana
Allegretto from "Sonata for Four Hands, K521"
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
"Ride of the Valkyries"
Richard Wagner
"Jamaican Rumba"
Arthur Benjamin
"Stars and Stripes Forever"
John Philip Sousa
Performers
Collect information on the pianists and write a brief biographical sketch. Write a bio for a minimum of five performers featured in the program.
Leif Ove Andsnes
Nicholas Angelich
Martha Argerich
Emanuel Ax
Claude Frank
Evgeny Kissin
Lang Lang
James Levine
Mikhail Pletnev
Staffan Scheja
Piano
Compile information on the history of the piano. This can include a diagram of how a piano works.