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AUGUST RUSH: PLAY YOUR PARTA facilitators guide for youth leaders, educators and families to accompany the movie August Rush.
AUGUSTRUSHMOVIE.COM Ages 8-15
August Rush 2007 All Rights Reserved
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DEAR CONDUCTOR!
Welcome to the world of music, experienced throuh lm. The paes that follow are a symphony of lessons and
activities from the musically inspired lmAugust Rush, desined to provoke thouht, personal expression and social
chane throuh the power of music.
August Rushtells the story of a charismatic youn Irish uitarist and a sheltered youn cellist who have a chance
encounter one maical niht above New Yorks Washinton Square but are soon torn apart, leavin in their wake
an infant, Auust Rush, orphaned by circumstance. Now performin on the streets of New York City and cared
for by a mysterious straner, Auust uses his remarkable musical talent to seek the parents from whom he was
separated at birth.
August Rush hihlihts important themes such as individuality and self-expression, determination and relationships
with others.
This uide,August Rush:Play Your Partis structured for use before or after viewin the lm. It offers roup and
individual activities for youth aes (8-15). The curriculum is provided throuh a partnership with Heartland TrulyMovin Pictures and the National Collaboration for Youth. Heartland Truly Movin Pictures is a non-prot
oranization that reconizes and honors lmmakers whose work explores the human journey by expressin hope
and respect for the positive values of life. National Collaboration for Youth is an oranization that provides a
unied voice for its coalition of more than 50 national, non-prot, youth development oranizations. The
30-year-old oranization concentrates on improvin the conditions of youth in the United States and enablin
youth to realize their full capabilities.
We hope you enjoy this educational experience.
August Rushis a Heartland Truly Movin Picture Award winner.
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STEPS FOR YOUTH TO TAKE WITHTHE AUGUST RUSH PROGRAM
STEP 1) SEE THE FILM AND READ THE SUGGESTED BOOK
The lmAugust Rushopens in theatres on November 21, 2007. Youth may also see the lm when it becomes
available on DVD.
August Rushis inspired by music and experiences in producer Richard Barton Lewis life. Lewis worked with
Director Kirsten Sheridan as well as a team of talented writers, musicians and an inspired and diverse cast to
create a music-driven drama.
Followin are suested readins to accompanyAugust Rush: Play Your Part:
Mozart and His Operas,a bioraphy written by David Cairns, explores Mozarts composition of operas in the
context of his life. It ives insiht into the life of Mozart as a youn musical prodiy. Best for advanced readers,but excerpts suitable for youner aes.
Beethoven Lives Upstairs, by Barbara Nichol and illustrated by Scott Cameron, is a creative account of the three years
durin which Beethoven wrote his Ninth Symphony. Best for rades 3-5.
AlthoughAugust Rushis not based on Oliver Twist, we do suest this as a potential readin to accompany the
movie. Some parallels can be drawn between the book andAugust Rush. Oliver Twist,the second novel by Charles
Dickens, an Enlish novelist of the Victorian era, revolves around an orphan born into the workhouse who runs
away to nd a better life, only to fall in with a band of thieves. Themes and characters inAugust Rushparallel some
of those found in Oliver Twist.Best for advanced readers.
STEP 2) PARTICIPATE
Take part in excitin readin, writin and interactive activities that address themes from the lm includin musical
expression, belief in oneself and relationships with others.
STEP 3) TAKE THE LEAD TO HELP OTHERS
August Rushis a music-driven movie that explores one boys journey to nd his parents throuh music. This lm
showcases the real-life emotive power of music. Youn people are encouraed to enae in service projects that
help advocate the importance of music in their schools and communities.
Use the free, downloadable service-learnin supplement to assist in the plannin and manain of August Rush
service projects. Please visit www.youthFILMproject.org to download the supplement and to learn more aboutthe lm.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
MODULE #1: SPEAK ING YOUR OWN LANGUAGE 5
Activity 1: Usin Musical Expression 6
Activity 2: Communicatin to Others 11
Activity 3: The Music in You 13
Activity 4: Your Individuality 14
MODULE #2: CONNECTING WITH OTHERS 16
Activity 1: Denin Relationships 17
Activity 2: Unexpected Inuences 20
MODULE #3: MAKING A DIFFERENCE 22
Activity 1: The Impact of Music and Arts Education 23
Activity 2: Enrich Your Community 24
POST-PROGRAM EVALUATION 25
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NOTES FOR THE CONDUCTOR:
InAugust Rush,the title character is an orphaned musical prodiy. Unbeknownst to him, his parents are both
talented musicians. Althouh Auust has spent his childhood in a boys home, he is convinced that his parents will
one day nd him. He believes they are tryin to speak to him and feels their love for him in the music that lls his
mind and body. He tries to reach out to his parents throuh the music he creates.
This music-driven drama demonstrates the power of music to express feelins and to communicate to others. The
activities in this module can be done either before or after viewin the movie. The musically-inspired suested
readins can help enhance the curriculum by offerin insihts into the lives of real-life composers.
All activities in this module are desined to encourae youth to explore the ways in which music enhances
their lives on a daily basis. Youth will have the opportunity to learn more about several enres of music, discuss
emotions that music evokes, and identify the ways in which they best communicate and express themselves.
OBJECTIVES:
Using Musical Expression:Learn about the enres of classical
and rock music and explore the emotions they evoke.
Communicating to Others: Discover how to better express ideas
and messaes usin music.
The Music in You: Explore the music that characterizes you.
Your Individuality: Explore characteristics that dene who you are.
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ACTIVITY 1: USING MUSICAL EXPRESSION
The following activity is designed for individuals to read alone or aloud in a group and discuss.
We are surrounded by music on a daily basison television, the radio, durin sportin events, at concerts, and
even in our heads when everythin is quite around us. Music is a form of communication, and it speaks to each ofus in different ways.
InAugust Rush, a youn boy searches for his parents, whom he has never known, by usin music to communicate
to them. Believin that the sounds he hears in nature are his parents way of speakin to him, he tries to call back
to them throuh his own musical compositions. Auust has never been iven formal music education, but he has
a way of transformin the sounds that he hears in the world around him and turnin them into music. He is a
musical prodiy and, as such, hears music in a way that many others do not have the capacity to do.
Followin is an excerpt from the movie. This reection from Auust ives us insiht into the way he hears music.
August: I believe in music the way some people believe in fairy tales. Maybe what I hear came from my
mother and father. Maybe thats how they found each other. Maybe thats how theyll nd me. I believe
that once upon a time, long ago, they heard the music and followed it.
Excerpted from the Screenplay by Nick Castle and James V. Hart, Story by Paul Castro and Nick Castle,
Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures.
How did Auust believe he could communicate to his parents?
Why did he feel that by playin music he could nd his parents?
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ACTIVITY 1: continued
This lesson can be read and discussed as a group. Use this activity as a prompt to discuss
different genres of music, different composers and different periods of music.
Auust comes from a boys home where he hasnt had the opportunity to explore all the different types of music
the world has to offer. When he leaves the boys home on his quest to nd his parents, Auust encounters a whole
new world lled with different types of music and, while they are all uniquely different, they all communicate in
powerful ways. Auust expresses himself usin music and encounters many enres of music alon his journey, two
of which are classical and rock. The followin activity explores these different enres of music and the ways in
which they can communicate.
CLASSICAL MUSIC
InAugust Rush, Lyla, Auusts mother, plays classical music on her cello. Classical music is one of the oldest enres
of music. It has been composed and performed for several hundred years, but reached reat heihts between
1550 and 1900. Classical music is traditionally performed by instruments in an orchestra alon with a few otherinstruments such as a piano and harp. Traditional classical music does not make use of electronic instruments.
Classical music can be divided into many periods because it has been around for such a lon time. Five cateories
of classical music periods include Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, Classical and Romantic eras, althouh many
of these time periods overlap. Some of the most widely known classical classic composers are from the Baroque,
Classical and Romantic Periods. These composers include such familiar names as Johann Pachelbel, Johann
Sebastian Bach, Franz Joseph Haydn, Wolfan Amadeus Mozart, Ludwi van Beethoven, Felix Mendelssohn,
Frederic Chopin, and Johannes Brahms.
These composers have had a lastin impact on music. We still hear many of their compositions today. Johann
Pachelbel composed Canon in D Major, which is commonly used today in weddins.Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, written
by Wolfan Amadeus Mozart, can still be heard at concerts and sometimes on the radio because of its continued
popularity. The powerful four notes at the beinnin of Ludwi van BeethovensFifth Symphonyare commonly
heard today on TV shows and in movies.
Listen closely to the soundtracks in some of the movies you watch and you miht realize that classical music is still
widely used today. It has helped to shape and inuence other enres of music.
ROCK MUSIC
Louis, Auusts father, is a rock musician who plays uitar and sins lead vocals for his band, The Connelly
Brothers. Rock music is a very popular type of music that typically contains vocals, in addition to uitar, drums
and bass. It is a relatively new form of music that really formed in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Some famous
names in early rock music include Little Richard, Chuck Berry, Elvis Presley and Johnny Cash. Unlike classical
music, which has its roots in Europe, rock music ot its start in America. Once its popularity in the early 1950s
took off, a new wave of rock in Europe took off.
The British rock that evolved was very popular both in Europe and in America. Just a few of the British rock and
roll bands whose music still has widespread popularity are The Beatles and The Rollin Stones. After rock music
became popular, it took on many different forms. Surf rock, folk rock, soft rock, stadium rock, punk rock and indie
rock are just a few of the many enres of rock music.
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ACTIVITY 1: continued
The following activities can be discussed out loud or explored individually.
1. AsAugust Rushdemonstrates, rock and classical music arent as separate as one miht initially believe. They can
be fused toether to create music that is quite powerful and wonderful.
>> Can you think of any musical artists that have fused different types of music together?
(Examples are Queen and Elvis Presley)
>> What genres of music are currently popular?
>> What denes these popular genres?
>> Have they always been popular?
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ACTIVITY 1: continued
2. InAugust Rush, Auust is able to explore many types of instruments. He rst encounters a uitar with which he
learns to express himself in a very unconventional way. Then he learns to play both the piano and the oran.
Each instrument lets him connect to music in a different manner. The followin activity encouraes youth to
explore various instruments and types of music.
Fill in the name of the instrument next to the imae. List what enre of music with which it is typically associated.
NAME gENRE
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ACTIVITY 1: continued
3.Talk with a music instructor or with someone in a music shop to see if you can try out some different
instruments. Think about these questions as you consider those instruments in which you miht be interested.
>> What instrument(s) feels most comfortable to you?
>> Do you like strumming strings, pressing strings or keys, using your lungs or hitting with sticks or mallets
when you play?
>> What kind of instrument do you think allows you to best express yourself?
>> Who are some of your favorite musicians? Are they known for their singing abilities or are they known fortheir ability to play an instrument?
>> Are you better able to express yourself by playing an instrument or by singing or even dancing?
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ACTIVITY 2: COMMUNICATING TO OTHERS
InAugust Rush, Auust composes a rhapsody while at Juilliard, a prestiious performin arts conservatory. He wants
the music he creates to reach the most people it can. In doin so, his desire is that his parents miht hear it and
nd him.
Read the following excerpt fromAugust Rushwhen August learns the magnitude of the concert
he has been asked to conduct. This excerpt can be read aloud or acted out by youth.
Dean: The New York Philharmonic Orchestra has a concert this spring In the history of this
school weve never performed the work of a rst year student. Certainly no one of your age.
But now, we have asked if they could perform your composition. Would you like that?
His professor gives him a reassuring smile. August nods. Dean: Good. Good
Out of the blue August: How many people will hear it?
Odd question. The Dean thinks about it. Dean: They would perform it in Central Park on the Great Lawn.
August:A thousand?
Dean:Much more. Thousands! Not to mention all the people who will hear the radio broadcast.
August thinks it over. Are they negotiating? August:Okay. Cause I need to play it to a lot of peoplelots and lots
Excerpted from the Screenplay by Nick Castle and James V. Hart, Story by Paul Castro and Nick Castle,
Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures.
Have you ever had a messae that you wanted lots of people to hear? Have you ever wanted to write a son? This
is the perfect opportunity! Not everyone is a musical prodiy like Auust, who has the ability to compose musical
arranements with little to no formal music education. However, everyone can create a unique son with the helpof others.
1. Pick one of your favorite songs, preferably one that you own or can get at the l ibrary. Write down what it
is about this song that appeals to you. Is it the music or the lyrics? Perhaps its a combination of both.
2. Next, think about something that means a lot to you and that you want to share with others. It can be
the way you feel about a family member, a pet or something you like to do. Maybe it is a memory from
when you were little that means a lot to you. It can even focus on the importance of an issue aboutwhich you feel strongly.
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ACTIVITY 2: continued
3. Now, keep in mind the melody and beat of the song you picked, and write new lyrics for that song with
the message you want to share with others about whats important to you. You can also create your own
music to go along with your lyrics. Have fun and be creative!
These newly created sons can be somethin you keep to yourself, but they can also be somethin you can share
with others. Think about the messaes in your son. Perhaps you can read your lyrics or sin your son to the
person about whom you wrote it. You miht even have a concert with your classmates to share your sons with
each other.
Go to www.youthFILMproject.org/augustrush.htm to listen to Raise it Upby Impact Repertory
Theatre, and toSomeday by John Legend.Listen to the lyrics of these songs. Each song is very
powerful and relies primarily on strong singing voices. Raise it Upuses only piano and a choir.
Somedayfeatures John Legend, a piano, and a selection of stringed and wind instruments. How
do you feel after l istening to each of these songs? Do you think you would feel differently about the
messages each contains if different instruments were used, if they had different melodies, or if each
was performed in another genre of music such as rock n roll and country ?
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ACTIVITY 3: THE MUSIC IN YOU
August Rushis a music-driven movie. The soundtrack is made up of more than 40 different sons. In fact, producer
Richard Barton Lewis informs us that the entire score was completed before a sinle bit of lm was shot! Music
is central toAugust Rush, but it is also a very powerful and interal part of our lives. Not only does music help us
express our feelins, but the music we listen to reects who we are.
At the end of August Rush,Augusts Rhapsodyis performed in Central Park. The rhapsody is made up
sounds and sons Auust has encountered throuhout the lm. Listen toAugusts Rhapsody online at
www.youthFILMproject.org/augustrush.htmso that you can bein to experience Auusts journey throuh his
music.Augusts Rhapsodytruly denes Auust and his journey to nd his parents. How does music dene you?
Think about your life and the emotions you have on a daily basis. If you had to make a movie about a day in
your life, what ve sons would you select for your Me soundtrack? Think about the sons and artists that best
represent the emotions you feel as you enae in your day-to-day activities.
1. Select ve sons that reect you and your various emotions and feelins to create your own soundtrack. Think
about the instruments used in the different sons. What are their different tempos and beats? What are yourfavorite lines or melodies from these sons? Why?
On a separate sheet of paper discuss each of the ve sons you selected.
EXAMPLE:
Song: Someday
Artist:John Leend
Instruments: Piano, some strins, some orchestral instruments
Tempo/beat: Fairly slow and steady speed
Favorite parts: The lyrics in the rst quarter of the son, Well et it riht aain. Well come back to life
aain, and the music that accompanies them are very powerful.
What this song makes me feel: This son makes me feel hopeful about what the future holds.
2. Use a computer to create a CD of the sons to make your Me soundtrack. Hold on to it as a keepsake you
can listen to in the futuremonths, even years from nowand connect back with you.
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ACTIVITY 4: MAKE IT YOUR OWN
NOTES FOR THE CONDUCTOR:
In this section, youth will explore a number of different sons that have been performed by more than one
artist. You will provide clips of recordins of each of these sons that youth can listen toand discuss. Samples of these sons are widely available online. Full tracks of these sons can be found on
the followin albums:
Im A Believer, The Monkees, The Monkees Greatest Hits, 1969
Im A Believer, Smash Mouth, 2001 OR Shrek Soundtrack, 2001
Have a Little Faith in Me,John Hiatt,Bring the Family, 1987
Have a Little Faith in Me, Mandy Moore, Coverage, 2003
Help!, The Beatles,Help!,1965
Help!, Howie Day,I Am Sam Soundtrack,2001
This activity helps youth explore the ways in which people can express their emotions in different ways, even when
usin the same words. It demonstrates that doin somethin differently can be a positive form of self-expression.
While these examples of remakes of songs do not contain explicit topics, this discussion could lead
to other songs that have been remade. Many rap songs use sampling and remixing. Discussion
of all songs should be encouraged, but please note that discussion of songs outside of those
suggested here could lead to explicit language.
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ACTIVITY 4: continued
Auust has a unique way of playin the uitar. Rather than strum the strins to create harmonies, he uses a
combination of slap harmonics on the strins and rhythmic beatin on the body of the uitar to create very
powerful and unique music. Auusts method of playin uitar is almost one of a kind.
Sometimes it feels ood and is riht to do thins the way others do, but sometimes it is excitin to take somethin
and make it one of a kind. We see this not only with the way Auust plays uitar, but also in the way that certain
artists remake sons. Many sons have been performed by a number of different artists, each performin them in
a way that reects that artists interpretation of the lyrics.
LARGE GROUP DISCUSSION
Listen to clips of the followin sons and discuss they way each version makes you feel. Compare and contrast
each artists rendition and explore how the same lyrics can seem so different when sun by someone else.
Song Artist Differences Similarities
Im a Believer The Monkees
Im a Believer Smash Mouth
Have a Little Faith in Me John Hiatt
Have a Little Faith in Me Mandy Moore
Help! The Beatles
Help! Howie Day
SMALL GROUP DISCUSSION
Think about the thins that many people do in their own way such as dancin or drawin or even walkin and
talkin. Althouh many of us participate in the same activities, we each o about them in a way that makes them
our own.
>> What things do you do in a unique fashion?
>> Can you think of unique ways some of your classmates do something?
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NOTES FOR THE CONDUCTOR
This lesson focuses on developin an understandin of different relationships and how they shape who we are.
August Rushexplores a variety of different types of relationships, includin those with other people, thins and
oneself. The activities allow youth to explore how certain connections dene and play inuential roles in the lives
we live.
For Auust, the different relationships he is exposed to each demonstrate the power individuals have to create
a lastin inuence and impact on others lives. Each relationship Auust encounters is different from the next
and each impacts him in a unique way. From the bullies at the boys home to Richard Jeffries the social worker,
to Arthur and Wizard, to Father James and teachers at Juilliard, Auust encounters a multitude of people who
chane his life.
Youth will explore and ain a deeper understandin of how relationships in their lives- those with other people,
thin and themselves- make them who they are.
OBJECTIVES:
Defning Relationships: Explore how relationships help shape
who you are and what you do.
Unexpected Inuences: Examine how inuences in your life can
come from people or circumstances you wouldnt expect.
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ACTIVITY 1: DEFI NING RELATIONSHIPS
Family and friends are often the closest relationships we have. Yet there are many more relationships beyond those
that play major roles in our lives.
For Auust, his relationships with people are not directly with his family since he is an orphan, and these peoplesinicantly affect his life and his oal of ndin his parents and his musical ift. Auust experiences a spiritual
relationship and connection with his parents, in place of a physical one, which ultimately leads him back to them.
Over the course of the story, Auust tries to learn more and more about his musical ifts and himself. He
continues to try to make sense of what he hears and feels when sounds come toether and to understand the
lonin he feels to know and nd his parents. In essence, he is tryin to understand and et to know his own self.
There comes a point in the movie when Auust has the opportunity to play the uitar, and he plays it in his own
way. He discovers a style that is unique to him, and throuh this he ets even closer to knowin who he truly is.
People can also have relationships outside of those with other people such as those with thins or activities. For
Auust, as well as his mother Lyla, his father Louis, and even Wizard, there is a connection they experienceand share with music. Each of these characters has a relationship with sound, their instrument and music. This
relationship is somethin experienced deep inside and is hard for them to describe or explain, yet without it, they
feel a lonin for it and for the feelins it brins.
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ACTIVITY 1: continued
Think about all the relationships you have in your life, from your immediate family to your teachers and friends to
the thins you like to do that are inuences in your life.
1. Create a picture, like the one below, to show all the people and thins in your life to which you are connected.
These are the relationships that comprise your world and contribute to who you are. Expand on your circle,addin whats connected to each of the thins thats connected to you, thinkin about how even those
relationships have an impact on you.
MODULE #2: CONNECTING WITH OTHERS
ARTHURGUITAR
MUSIC
PIANO
PARENTS
AUGUST
WIZARD
YOU
HOPE
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ACTIVITY 1: continued
Auust discovered the letters of the musical scales on Wizards hands and in the chord books that Hope showed
him in the church. These discoveries helped move Auust forward in his understandin of and relationship to
music and what it makes him feel.
2. Usin the letters on the musical scales, think about words that start with these letters to describe how you feel
about relationships you have with someone or somethin. Fill in the scales with your own words.
EXAMPLE: My relationship with my do makes me feel:
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E
GB
DF
F
AC
E
EG
B
DF
energeticgoofy
brave
delightedfr iendship
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ACTIVITY 2: UNEXPECTED INFLUENCES
Auust endures hurtful treatment from the bullies he has to live with in the orphanae. They tell him hes a
freak and that his parents dont want him. Auust has to draw on his inner strenth and belief, as well as the
support of his friend Peter, to withstand the maltreatment. The bullies likely had an inuence on Auust runnin
away to nd his parents.
The relationship Auust develops with Wizard, and even Arthur, takes on different, and at times seeminly hurtful,
roles for Auust. While Wizard reconizes the musical ift that Auust has and ives him a uitar, he is also usin
Auust and the other children to help his own life. Arthur is friendly with Auust until the point that Wizard favors
Auust over him; then Arthur turns anry towards Auust.
These relationships are all actually an interal part of what enables Auust to further discover his musical ifts,
and himself. They demonstrate that, while all relationships may not seem favorable, they can test ones will and be
helpful, and are often necessary in order to realize ood outcomes.
These relationships make an impact on Auust and the decisions he makes, makin them inuential inunexpected ways.
1. Write a story based on an experience youve had with a bully or someone in your life that didnt treat you fairly.
Talk about what they said or did, how they made you feel and what you did to chane the situation for the
better. Did you chane or doubt yourself because of the bullies? Did you have a friend that helped you or that
you shared the experience with, like Peter? How did that friend help you? Did your relationship with that friend
chane as a result?
You are an inuence on more people than you think! The words we use, attitudes we portray and actions we take
inuence people all around us every day, whether we know it or not. There are many unexpected inuences in our
world that serve different purposes in our lives.
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ACTIVITY 2: continued
2. Talk about thins you do that have an inuence on someone in particular in your life. Do you have a youner
siblin that looks up to you? How do you treat him or her? Do you help your friends when they need help?
What examples do you set for others in your life?
Take action to have a positive inuence on somethin or someone in your community. Here are some ideas:
>> Start a website or blog about something you feel strongly about. It could be about music, a sport, a
hobby or a cause such as recycling or putting a stop to bullying in your school!
>> Participate in activities that have a positive impact on people in your community, such as fundraisers,
volunteer work or helping a neighbor. Remember that every action you take can create a positive
inuence, even where you least expected.
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NOTES FOR THE CONDUCTOR:
Auust hears music in the humble sounds all around him, from wind blowin across wheat elds and birds
chirpin to the hustle and bustle of the city. When Auusts journey brins him to the city, he ets his rst exposure
to a real musical instrument when he hears Arthur playin uitar in the park. Auust is so mesmerized by the
sound of the uitar that he ives Arthur a dollar from the little money he has. He puts his ear on the hole of theuitar body wantin to et ever closer to the sound because he feels so connected to it.
Later in his journey, when Auust ets to play the uitar, he also ets to explore his own musical talent. While
its disjointed at rst, Wizard can hear, and feel, the natural propensity Auust has for music. Wizard then ives
Auust a uitar to play in the park so he, too, can make money to live, as well as express himself.
Eventually Auusts journey leads him to Hope, who shows him sheet music, somethin hes never seen before.
Auust then nds an oran to play, and this ets the attention of Father James. Reconizin the tremendous talent
in the boy, Father James takes Auust to Juilliard to meet the Dean and other music teachers. Here, Auusts
musical ifts are reconized to the fullest, which leads him to composeAugusts Rhapsody.
It is throuh the help of other people in Auusts life that he is provided with the musical exposure that leads himon a wonderful journey.
This lesson ives youth an opportunity to take action to help other people discover and explore music, just as
Wizard, Father James and the teachers at Juilliard did for Auust. The activities are desined to assist youth in
brinin music to those who may not otherwise have the opportunity to experience it rst-hand and to help make
a lastin impact by advocatin for arts education and expression of music.
OBJECTIVES:
The Impact of Music and Art Education: Learn about the
impact of music on famous people and their contributions to society.
Enrich Your Community: Work with communities to educate,
enlihten and connect throuh music.
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MODULE #3: MAKING A DIFFERENCE
ACTIVITY 1: THE IMPACT OF MUSIC AND ART EDUCATION
Auusts journey may seem like a fairy tale, but music and arts education has the ability to open new horizons
for everyone.
Studies indicate students with music education report lower dru usae, are better math and science students,
and have a broader appreciation of the world around them. At the same time, fundin for the arts is bein cut in
certain communities. With the help of youth in communities throuhout the country, there is an opportunity to
raise awareness about the importance of music in schools, as well as to help enae more audiences in all forms of
musical expression.
Americans for the Arts has provided a list of famous ures who have beneted from havin music in their lives.
Do you reconize any of these names?
POLITICAL FIGURES:
Bill Clinton, former President of the United States, is well known as a tremendous supporter of music and hasplayed the saxophone since his youth.
Mike Huckabee, former governor of Arkansas and a 2008 Presidential candidate, plays bass uitar for his band,
Capitol Offense.
Martin OMalley, the new governor of Maryland, is another politician who has been in a band. When he was
youn, Mr. OMalley was a member of an Irish band, Shannon Tide.
Ross Perot, former Presidential candidate and billionaire, is an accordion player.
SPORTS FIGURES:
Joey Harrinton, quarterback for the Atlanta Falcons, rew up playin classical and jazz piano, balancin piano
practice with sports.
Bernie Williams, outelder for the New York Yankees, is a classically trained uitarist who released the CD The
Journey Withinin 2003.
Serena Williams, a successful professional tennis player, relaxes by playin instruments such as the piano.
Danica Patrick, race car driver and the fourth woman in history to drive in the Indianapolis 500, was once an
aspirin musician who played ute and san in the hih school choir.
These are just a few examples of well-known ures with musical backrounds. There are many other success
stories from all other walks of life. Astronauts Cady Coleman and John glenn; co-founder of Apple, Steve
Wozniak; and Paula Zahn, a broadcast journalist, are all examples of people whose lives have involved music.
GROUP DISCUSSION
>> What other gures can you think of who have had music play an important role in their lives?
>> What famous musicians use their fame to further worthy causes in the world? Bono and Dave Matthews
are just a few names to consider.
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ACTIVITY 2: ENRICH YOUR COMMUNITY
Like all the people that helped Auust nd music, think of how you can make a difference throuh music in your
community.
1. Brainstorm about ways you can raise awareness about the importance of music education and expression. Work
with adults and teachers to ain support and carry throuh with an action or event. Here are some ideas to
et you started:
>> Plan a charity concert with your school band or orchestra, or other fund-raising drive, to raise money to
buy instruments and lessons for other children.
>> Organize attending a musical event or symphony in your community with a local childrens organization
to expose them to music.
>> Set up a speaking engagement with members of your communitys orchestra or music school to discuss
music and the importance of music education.
>> Attend local music performances at schools and local theater to support musicians in your community.
2. Write a letter to your local or state representatives on the importance of music education for all children and tell
them what youre doin to help.
3. Create a website or blo to put son lyrics you and your friends or classmates write, music you record, or a
concert you have. Encourae people to post thins on your website to promote a community of music.
4. Research companies and oranizations that are involved in brinin music to schools, children and
communities, and nd out what you can do to help.
There are several existin oranizations whose oal it is to increase awareness for the arts nationwide. These
oranizations are wonderful resources for learnin ways to best help support the arts in your community.
As part of their Art. Ask for More. campain, Americans for the Arts is expandin its messae about
promotin arts education by empowerin people with the tools they need to make a difference in the arts in their
communities. Learn more at www.AmericansForTheArts.org
VH1 Save the Music, www.vh1savethemusic.com
Support Music, Brouht to you NAMM and MENC: The National Association for Music Education,
www.supportmusic.com
Special thanks to Americans for the Arts for sharin valuable information about the importance of music and arts
education in our schools and communities!
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