Composer Study - Mary Lou Williams

Mary Lou Williams

"If you work on your talent, the plans will fall in automatically."

Mary Lou Williams (1910 - 1981) was an American composer during the Modern period. She was an amazing jazz composer and arranger, working with famous musicians like Dizzy Gillespie, Thelonious Monk, and Duke Ellington. "The Lady Who Swings the Band" wrote the Zodiac Suite, Walkin' and Swingin, and Black Christ of the Andes.

Composer Study

Start off with the Music Lesson which includes

  • Music Links

  • Read Alouds

  • Time & Place Connection Subjects

  • Recipe

Throughout the week, cover the Multi-Subject Connections

  • Science Activity, read aloud, fun code worksheets

  • Art Activity, read aloud, optional coloring page

  • Literature Activity, read aloud, copywork

  • History Activity, read alouds, geography activity, Book of Centuries

Williams’ dessert: Peach Cupcakes

Learn how to make this American dessert. Click on the picture below to go to the recipe.

 

Williams’s Music

Song 1: Walkin’ and Swingin’

Music Class

SONG 2: The Blues

Science Song

Song 3: Zodiac Suite

Art Song

Song 4: black Christ of the Andes

Literature Song

Song 5: Satchel Mouth Baby

History Song

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