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Using music to start class, transitions to other activities, spur creativity, and to close the day enhances the learning climate and often calms students.

Music for Start-Ups, Openings, & Good Beginnings

  • Chariots of Fire
  • Superman
  • Rocky Movie Theme
  • Lawrence of Arabia
  • Born Free
  • Dr. Zhivago
  • James Bond Soundtracks
  • Ravel's Bolero
  • Prelude in D Major by Bach
  • Hungarian Dances by Brahms

Music for Special Introductions

  • Fanfare for the Common Man by Aaron Copeland
  • Olympics Theme - 1984 games
  • Thus Spake Zarathrustra [2001 Theme] by Strauss
  • We Will Rock You by Queen

Music for Celebrations, Successes

  • 9th Choral Symphony by Beethoven
  • Celebration by Kool and the Gang
  • Hallelujah Chorus from "Messiah" by Handel

Music for Transition Times - High Energy

  • Hooked on Classics by Philadelphia Harmonics
  • 1812 Overture by Tchaikovsky
  • Theme from Rawhide
  • Peanuts Theme by Giraldi and Benoit

Music for Closings

  • Hi-Ho from Snow White
  • Tomorrow, theme song from Annie
  • What a Wonderful World by Louis Armstrong
  • Happy Trains by Roy Rogers on Vol. #1 of TV Themes by Steven Gotlieb

Music for Creativity

  • Piano Concerto #5 by Beethoven
  • Etudes by Chopin
  • Claire de Lune by Debussy
  • Blue Danube by Strauss
  • Fantasia by Disney

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