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Music Journey Outline

I. Time Period: Medieval 500 A.D.

Music: "Victimae Paschale Laudes"

A monastery near Rome. A monk sings Gregorian Chant while another monk copies an early music manuscript.

II. Introduction

An upbeat original composition by Lisa Lawson which introduces the violin and the cello to the audience, accompanied by synthesizer and rock beat.

III. Time Period: Renaissance 1535

Music: A Renaissance melody

A marketplace in Europe. Street musicians trade instruments for spice, salt, silk, etc. Pre-selected audience members join their band.

IV. Time Period: Baroque 1735

Music: "Winter" from The Seasons by Vivaldi

La Scola del Pieta, Venice, Italy. Maestro Vivaldi teaches his class (the audience) to listen for descriptive sounds of winter.

V. Time Period: Classical 1785

Music: Aria from The Marriage of Figaro by Mozart

Vienna, Austria. The audience attends an opera in which Figaro and Susanna sing about their upcoming wedding. Susanna tries to get Figaro to look at her hat but he is too busy measuring.

VI. Time Period: Romantic 1830

Music: Cello Concerto in A minor by Saint-Saens, Symphony No. 5, 1st Mov.,

by Beethoven

Paris, France. The audience attends a concert. A cellist plays a concerto, and a humorous conductor leads an orchestra supplemented by giant cutout "musicians".

VII. Time Period: Coming to America 1900

Music: "The Irish Washerwoman," traditional Irish, early blues melody

United States. An Irish immigrant and a slave woman's melodies blend to lead directly into the finale.

VIII. Finale

Michael Lawson's original composition, a dynamic violin and cello duet incorporating elements of all of the preceding selections.