Alternative Assignment

Band

Please complete a 1 and a ½ page essay, Times New Roman Font, Size 12, Double Spaced, on a
topic below. Students will need to compete 2 essays per week we are out and this will replace the
passoff grades. Students will be graded on content, grammar, and writing.

Composer Biography

Please research on of the composer’s listed below. Include details about their life that are relevant to
their works, some of their most famous pieces of music, and listen to one piece of their music and
review it.

• Percy Grainger • Hans Zimmer

• Johann Sebastian Bach • Edvard Grieg
• Ludwig Beethoven • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
• Gustav Mahler • Frederic Chopin
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart • Joseph Haydn
• George Gershwin • Johannes Brahms
• John Philip Sousa • Igor Stravinsky
• John Williams • Arnold Schoenberg
• Michael Giacchino • Claude Debussey

Please follow the Layout Below:

Paragraph 1: Introduction Paragraph

Paragraph 2: Important Details about their Life (Year Born/Died, events that impacted their composing,
why they are such a popular composer etc.)

Paragraph 3: Their most famous works and a review of one of their pieces. Please describe what the
piece sounds like, what instrument they use, and how the piece makes you feel. Please also share how
you feel about the piece.

Paragraph 4: Conclusion Paragraph