Composer+of+the+Month

At Sutton Elementary our morning announcements feature music from a famous composer. Each month we listen specifically to a new composer's music. He or she is also featured on the "Composer of the Month" display just outside the music room. Ms. Lammers typically integrates other listening exercises and lessons about the featured composer during the month.

__ **2016-2017 Sutton Composers of the Month ** __**:**

June: [|Michael Jackson]

 * __ 2015-2016 Sutton Composers of the Month: __**

** October: [|John Lennon]**

 * November: [|Elton John] **
 * December: [|Ludwig Van Beethoven] **

** June: [|Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov] **
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=__ 2014-2015 Sutton Composers of the Month: __=

October: [|Antonio Vivaldi]
= November: [|John Phillip Sousa] (he turns 160 on Nov.6th, 2014 - celebrate with some marching music!) =

April: [|Scott Joplin] (Ms. Reeder will introduce Scott Joplin in celebration of JAM - Jazz Appreciation Month)
== May: [|Henry Mancini] (Lots of great movie classics! If you really like his music, come out and enjoy a concert with the TCA Big Band on May 17th @ 4 p.m.) ==

= June: review of 2014-2015 composers! =

=__ 2013-2014 Sutton Composers of the Month: __=

February: [|Victoria Bond]
== March:[| Hans Zimmer] - visit his website & click on __**"Jukebox"**__ for tons of samples of music from Zimmer movies! ==

April: [|Franz Joseph Haydn] (Ms. Williams introduced the "Father of the Symphony")
== May: Paul David Hewson - better known as [|Bono]  & the frontman to U2 (Bono turns 54 in May 2014) == = June: [|Aram Khachaturian]=
 * interested in Bono's work to end poverty? Click here to learn more about the [|ONE Campaign] that he co-founded.
 * (on June 6th we celebrated Khachaturian's 111th birthday!) Here's a great YouTube video of his famous [|Sabre Dance]

September: [|Nadia Boulanger] October: [|Igor Stravinsky] November: [|Aaron Copland] December: [|Ludwig Van Beethoven] January: [|Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart] February: [|Charles Strouse] March: [|Sir Paul McCartney] April: [|Duke Ellington] (JAM - Jazz Appreciation Month) May: [|Richard Wagner](Turns 200 this month! -- celebration in music class!!)
 * __2012-2013 Sutton Composers of the Month__: **
 * June:** review - Congratulations to all who guessed the correct composers in our morning announcement quizzes!

**__2011-2012 Sutton Composers of the Month__:** September: [|Hans Zimmer] October: [|Franz Liszt] November: [|Piotr (Peter) Ilyich Tchaikovsky] December: [|Ludwig Van Beethoven] January: [|Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart] February: [|Carole King] March: [|John Williams] April: [|Joe Reilly] (Guest assembly to celebrate Earth Day) May: [|Danny Elfman]
 * June:** review - Congratulations to all who guessed the correct composers in our morning announcement quizzes!



**__2010-2011 Sutton Composers of the Month__:**
September: [|B.B.King] October: [|Camille Saint-Säens] November: [|Jennifer Higdon] December: [|Ludwig Van Beethoven] January: [|Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart] February: [|Dmitri Shostakovich] March: [|Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller] April: [|Wynton Marsalis] (JAM - Jazz Appreciation Month) May: [|Stevie Wonder]
 * June:** review - Congratulations to all who guessed the correct composers in our morning announcement quizzes!

=__2009-2010 Sutton Composers of the Month__:= September: [|Woody Guthrie] October: [|Johann Sebastian Bach] November: [|Clara Schumann] December: [|Ludwig Van Beethoven] January: [|Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart] February: [|Johannes Brahms] March: [|Joe Reilly] April: [|Scott Joplin] (JAM - Jazz Appreciation Month) May: [|Kara DioGuardi] June: review - Congratulations to all who guessed the correct composers in our morning announcement quizzes!

=__2008-2009 Sutton Composers of the Month__:= September: [|Joan Tower] October: [|John Lennon] November: [|Aaron Copland] December: [|Ludwig Van Beethoven] January: [|Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart] February: [|John Williams] March: [|Gustav Holst] April: [|Duke Ellington] (JAM - Jazz Appreciation Month) May: [|Joe Reilly] June: review - Congratulations to all who guessed the correct composers in our morning announcement quizzes!

=__2007-2008 Sutton Composers of the Month__:= September: [|B.B.King] October: [|Camille Saint-Säens] November: [|Randy Newman] December: [|Ludwig Van Beethoven] January: [|Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart] February: [|Gioachino Rossini] March: [|Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov] April: [|Scott Joplin] (JAM - Jazz Appreciation Month) May: [|Billy Joel] June: review - Congratulations to all who guessed the correct composers in our morning announcement quizzes!

=__2006-2007 Sutton Composers of the Month__:= September: [|George Gershwin] October: [|Camille Saint-Säens] November: [|John Phillip Sousa] December: [|Ludwig Van Beethoven] January: [|Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart] February: [|Carole King] March: [|Antonio Vivaldi] April: [|Scott Joplin] (JAM - Jazz Appreciation Month) May: [|Danny Elfman] June: review - Congratulations to all who guessed the correct composers in our morning announcement quizzes!