Art to Music

1.  Have the students put their heads on their desks and listen to the music

2.  Rest and reflect about the sounds and the instruments they have just heard for a few minutes

3.  Listen again, but this time have the students draw what they hear on a blank sheet of paper silently

* The students should have different coloured markers and change the marker every time the music changes

When we did this exercise we did not listen to the music and reflect about the music and instruments that we heard, instead we dove right in are drew what we heard as we were hearing it for the first time. This was a very relaxing exercise that incorporates visual arts and musical arts together.  This is a great exercise for calming down the classroom.