Mindful Music Moments - May & June 2024 Music Themes

Kindergarten students at Wilson Elementary listening quietly to Mindful Music Moments over the morning announcements. March 2024.

Our Mindful Music Moments schools are finding a moment of calm and celebration for the end of the school year with these selections chosen for their calming mood, heartfelt musicality, and joy. Highlights include student favorite Seasons of Love from Jonathan Larson's musical Rent, a special Voice theme with choral selections for Sacred Classical schools, and several classical hits from Lalo, Elgar, Beethoven, and Mozart.

K-12 Theme: Cello & Celebration (for schools outside Greater Cleveland)

• May 6: Cello Concerto: II. Intermezzo, Andantino con moto, by Édouard Lalo
• May 13: Cello Concerto: III. Adagio, by Edward Elgar
• May 20: Rent: Seasons of Love, by Jonathan Larson
• May 27: Danzón No. 2, by Arturo Márquez
• June 3: Symphony No. 9: IV. Finale "Ode to Joy", by Ludwig Van Beethoven

K-12 Sacred Classical Special Selections: Voice

• Apr 29: Lo, the full, final sacrifice: Amen, by Gerald Finzi
• May 6: Ave verum corpus, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
• May 13: Requiem: VI. Agnus Dei, by Gabriel Fauré

PreK/TK Theme: Celebration

• May 13: The Carnival of the Animals: XIV. Finale, by Camille Saint-Saëns
• May 20: Rent: Seasons of Love, by Jonathan Larson
• May 27: Danzón No. 2, by Arturo Márquez
• June 3 (Calm Start to Summer): Cello Suite No. 1: I. Prelude, by Johann Sebastian Bach

K-12 (Cleveland Area Only) Theme: Dance & Celebration

• May 6: The Bamboula, by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
• May 13: Symphony No. 1: IV. Finale, by Florence Price
• May 20: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik: I. Allegro, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
• May 27: Symphony No. 9: IV. Finale "Ode to Joy", by Ludwig Van Beethoven
• June 3 (Calm Start to Summer): Symphony No. 2: II. Adagio non troppo, by Johannes Brahms