Composers and their music come alive in magical assembly. (Local Association News).

Composers and their music come alive in magical assembly. (Local Association News). Imagine 550 captivated cap��ti��vate?tr.v. cap��ti��vat��ed, cap��ti��vat��ing, cap��ti��vates1. To attract and hold by charm, beauty, or excellence. See Synonyms at charm.2. Archaic To capture. elementary students staring stare?v. stared, star��ing, staresv.intr.1. To look directly and fixedly, often with a wide-eyed gaze. See Synonyms at gaze.2. To be conspicuous; stand out.3. in awe as theywatch Bach, Mozart, Chopin and Gershwin suddenly appear and share theirwonderful music. This is the setting of Edmonds Music TeachersAssociation's (EMTA See E-MTA. ) elementary school elementary school:see school. assembly performance of"Magic of Music." Through a magical book belonging to hergrandfather, a young girl meets these composers and their music as theyare brought forward in time, in full costume, into her grandpa'smusic room.Students of EMTA members, posing as the famous composers'students, each performs a piece by one of the composers. The selectedpieces are brief and grab the attention of the young audiences. Themusic teacher from each school has a small role at the beginning, anddressed as Darth Vader Darth Vaderfallen Jedi Knight has turned to evil. [Am. Cinema: Star Wars]See : Evil , spars with the young girl at the end, as thestudents learn about composer John Williams This biographical article or section needs additional references for verification.Please help [ to improve this article] by adding additional sources.Unverifiable material about living persons must be removed immediately, especially if potentially libelous or harmful. . The program concludes witha question-and-answer forum to afford the audience an opportunity tointeract with the composers and the performers.A printed program is sent home with each child featuring picturesand synopses of the composers they saw, information about EMTA, alistening list with local public library call numbers, a word-findactivity, a listing of the performers and pieces played, actors'names, an acknowledgement of the sponsors and a listing of peopleinvolved behind the scenes.The idea for our program came about in response to the question,"How can our chapter better connect with our local schools?"We chose to begin with the elementary level, where we hope to spark aninterest in music.We developed the program with help and support from talented familymembers and from the community. Gable-Martinson Piano donates the use ofa beautiful grand piano for each performance. Kennelly Keys Music Kennelly Keys Music is a music store chain that sells many quality of musicial instruments, accessories, and service in the northwest communities. The stores have private lessons of numerous instruments. made adonation to help cover our initial costs--primarily the material forcostumes --although the making of the costumes was donated do��nate?v. do��nat��ed, do��nat��ing, do��natesv.tr.To present as a gift to a fund or cause; contribute.v.intr.To make a contribution to a fund or cause. . EdmondsSchool District Edmonds School District No. 15 is a school district that serves the communities of Edmonds, Lynnwood, Mountlake Terrace, Woodway and portions of Brier and unincorporated Snohomish County in the state of Washington. Music Supervisor Tam Osborne lent his support and ideasin the development process, and the district's print shop providesthe printing of all the programs. All of the actors are volunteers, andthey include EMTA teacher Jolinda Shaffer, retired music educators,students of EMTA teachers and community members.The performance schedule for the 2001-2002 school year features anaverage of one show a month at local public and private elementaryschools. We're excited that during this school year about 4,000kids in our community will get to meet Bach, Mozart, Chopin and Gershwinin person and hear their music performed live--thanks to the "Magicof Music."Debra L. DeMieroEdmonds Music Teachers AssociationWashingtonEdmonds Music Teachers Association's original production of"the Magic of Music" was created and is produced by DebraDeMiero and Jolinda Schaffer. Numerous association members and educatorscontributed to the development of the production.