Webinar recorded 8 November 2021
Truth, propaganda or aspiration? Frontier narratives in Copland and Graham’s Appalachian Spring
Nicholas Bochner and special guest Jessica Wilkinson from RMIT’s School of Media and Communication. discuss Aaron Copland's Appalachian Spring, the Martha Graham ballet for which it was composed, and the variety of historical, literary and musical sources that inspired them, providing students with ideas and techniques to develop their own unique compositions via text and/or musical score.
Students will:
Suitable for: High-ability Music, Dance, English and History secondary students from Government schools.
Join Nicholas Bochner and special guest Jessica Wilkinson from RMIT’s School of Media and Communication. Their lively discussion of Aaron Copland's Appalachian Spring, the Martha Graham ballet for which it was composed, and the variety of historical, literary and musical sources that inspired them, will provide students with ideas and techniques to develop their own unique compositions via text and/or musical score.
Copland at Barack Obama's inauguration:
Copland in Rick Perry for President 2021:
1958 Version of Appalachian Spring:
Mackellar's Core of My Heart in 1970s litter campaign:
Mackellar's Core of My Heart in Woolworths advert: https://vimeo.com/440212850
MSO Classroom is supported by the Department of Education & Training Victoria.