Move It! Movement for Form and Expression
Move it! Activities allow students of all ages to connect with the expressive part of music on their journey to become more artful. The movements and gestures are created to reflect both this expressive quality and the form of each piece, embodying Dr. Feierabend’s theories of music and movement development. The movements often elicit those “goosebumps” moments when we connect with the composer’s expressive intent.
Periodically, we will debut another new Move it! complete with a video and detailed, written directions for how to perform it. This is exclusive to FAME members only. If you’d like to become a member, sign up now!
NOTE: All Move It videos and resources are presented for demonstration purposes as educational resources for teachers only. Each individual is responsible for obtaining proper licenses and copyright permissions for all works presented in your classroom or shared publicly.
INFANT/TODDLER
Hungarian Dance #5 for Infants and Toddlers, Johannes Brahms, Connie Greenwood
EASY
Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks, Modest Mussorgsky, Connie Greenwood
Lágrima, Francisco Tarrega, Bron Lawson
Country Gardens, Percy Grainger, Betsy Greene
Rondo ala Turca, Mozart, Anna Wiles
Swan Lake, Act II: Finale, Tchaikovsky,Lindsay Jackson
The Entertainer, Joplin, Leslie Weaver
Suite No. 1 in E-Flat Major, II. Intermezzo, Gustav Holst, Leslie Weaver
Sleigh Ride, Leroy Anderson, Emily Maurek (can be done seated)
The Nutcracker: Hot Chocolate, Tchaikovsky, Elizabeth Linsley
‘Jack’s the Lad’ (hornpipe + Hockey), by David Rankine
The Nutcracker: Candy Canes, Tchaikovsky, David Rankine
Estonian Lullaby, Arvo Part, by David Rankine
Hadyn’s Piano Trio no. 39 – Rondo, John Feierabend
MODERATE
Scherzo – Prestissimo from Schubert String Quartet No. 10, Emmy Woock
Stars and Stripes Forever, Sousa, Peggy Lyman Hayes and John Feierabend
Blue Goose Rag, Raymond Birch, Marguerite Wilder and Kevin Boyle
Rialto Ripples, Gershwin, Emily Maurek
Skating, Guaraldi, John Crever
Swan Lake, Act III: Spanish Dance, Tchaikovsky, Lindsay Jackson
Appalachian Spring, Copland, Peggy Lyman Hayes and John Feierabend
Flower Duet, Leo Delibes, Peggy Lyman Hayes and John Feierabend
Orange Colored Sky, Nat King Cole, Cynthia Romo
DIFFICULT
Toccata from ‘Suite Gothique’Léon Boëllmann David Rankine
The Can Can – Offenbach , by Peggy Lyman Hayes and John Feierabend
Twelve German Dances, Beethoven , Peggy Lyman Hayes and John Feierabend
Move It! Video Recordings Available from GIA Publishing.
- Prokofiev: Symphony #1, “Gavotte”;
- Brahms: Waltz in A flat;
- Satie: Trois Gymnopedie #1;
- Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dance,
- Suite No. 3 “Siciliana”;
- Prokofiev: Lt. Kije Suite, “The Wedding of Kije”;
- Saint-Saens: Carnival of the Animals, “Aquarium”;
- Dvorak: Humoresque;
- Saint-Saens: Carnival of the Animals, “Swans”;
- Chopin: Minute Waltz;
- Beethoven: Bagatelle, “Fur Elise” WoO 59;
- Schumann: Traumerei; Kabalevsky:
- The Comedians, “Pantomime”;
- Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite, “Anitra’s Dance”;
- Beethoven: Minuet in G;
- Bach: Concerto in E major, BWV 1042, “Allegro assai”;
- Rameau: Suite and Dances, “Premiere et deuxieme”;
- Rubinstein: Melody in F;
- Kreisler: Liebesfreud;
- Mozart: Sonata in A major, K.331;
- Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet Suite No. 2, Op. 84b.
- Kinderszenen Op. 15, “Of Foreign Lands and People” Schumann
- Sylvia” Pizzicato Polka, Delibes
- Pelleas and Melisande, Sicilienne, Faure
- Six Ecossaises, WoO 83, No.1 Beethoven
- Symphony No. 94, Srprise” 2nd Movement, Haydn
- Italian Polka or #7Serenade #13 in G, string
- Eine kleine Nachtmusik, Mvt.3 K. 525,
- Cantata No. 147, Jesu Joy of Man’s Desiring, Bach
- Brahms Hungarian Dances, No. 5.&
- L’Arlesienne Suite, No. 1 Prelude
- Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66, Waltz Tchaikovsky
- Carmen Suite, No. 1 March of Toreador Bizet
- Partita No. 3 in E Major, Gavotte en Rondeau J.S. Bach
- Peter and the Wolf, op. 67 Peter in the Meadow, the bird, Prokofiev
- Gloria in D, RV 589 Domine fili unigenite, Vivaldi
- The Red Poppy, Russian Sailor’s Dance Gliere
- String Quintet in E, Op. 13, No. 5, Minuet, Boccherini
- Peer Gynt Suite, Op. 46, No. 1, In the hall of the Mountain King
- Carmina Burana, O Fortuna, Orff
- Suite No. 2 in b minor, VII Badinerie, bach
- Funeral March of the Marionette, Gounod
- Gayane Suite, No. 3, Sabre Dance, Khachaturian