One thing that I like about our method book,
"Orchestra Expressions," Book 1, is that it highlights several composers including Bach, Beethoven, Bizet, Copland, Strauss, Jr. and more. The featured composers each have a portion of a page with their portrait, a short bio, a listening map for a specific composition, and a timeline. The CD that comes with the book also has a recording of that specific composition for each composer; students are encouraged to listen to that CD track while doing various warmups.
Anyway, I took five of the composers and came up with a bit of trivia for each. I put the fun fact on the front of a folded sheet of paper and the corresponding composer's name on the inside. This way, it's an interactive bulletin board--students can flip up the flap to see if they guessed the correct composer!
Here are the pdfs of the text and pictures. I laminated each bit before taping it onto the colored paper so they would last longer. I've also included some pdfs of the same trivia written as a word balloon coming out of the mouth of each composer. Enjoy!
