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The Color of Music

The Jackson Symphony League

is proud to announce the winners of

The 2008 Color of Music

BRAVO AWARD

Melanie Reaves

Grade 5, Andrew Jackson School

"Musical Dreams"

Inspired by

Igor Stravinsky's Finale (from The Firebird Suite)

JORDAN TANG PRELUDE AWARD

Emma Newbill

Grade 1, Dresden Elementary

"Curtains of Rainbows"

Inspired by

Gustav Holst's Jupiter (from The Planets)

JORDAN TANG CAPRICCIO AWARD

Jonathan Patterson

Grade 3, Adamsville Elementary

"Creature World"

Inspired by

Gustav Holst's Jupiter (from The Planets)

JORDAN TANG FANTASIA AWARD

Zain Porter

Grade 6, East Intermediate

"Musical Wizard"

Inspired by

Igor Stravinsky's Finale (from The Firebird Suite)

The winning pictures will be posted soon!

The Color of Music

is presented by the Jackson Symphony League

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The Color of Music art contest is an educational project presented by the Jackson Symphony League and sponsored by The Macy's Fund of the Federated Department Stores Foundation and Aeneas Internet and Telephone. Educators in the Jackson-Madison County, McNairy, Gibson, Hardeman and Weakley County School Systems are invited to participate: public, private, parochial, home schools and Special Education programs comparable to grade levels K through 8 are eligible. Last year over 7,600 students participated.

The goals of the contest include the following:

to provide a learning experience which teaches about relationships between art and music
to provide an opportunity for listening to and visually interpreting classical music,
to increase awareness of the Jackson Symphony Orchestra, and
to encourage a lifelong appreciation of symphonic music by young people.

The students this year will visually interpret Jupiter (from The Planets), by Gustav Holst and Igor Stravinsky's Finale (from the ballet Firebird). All finalist entries selected will be exhibited at the Carl Perkins Civic Center in conjunction with the Jackson Symphony’s Exploring Melody school concerts, March 9th, and the March classical concert on March 10th. Additionally, the top winners will be exhibited at the Old Hickory Mall on March 12th - 17th.

From the finalists entries, forty-five Blue Ribbon and four top winners will be selected, plus additional Honorable Mention prizes will be awarded at the discretion of the judges.

After the artwork has been completed by the students and turned in, the teacher may want to give the title, composer and background of the two musical selections. This is especially true this year, since the titles of the works are so suggestive of content for the artwork. Please keep in mind how very important it is that your students' pictures be drawn from their own imagination!

2007 Top Prize Winners

I Sing to the Crowd

by Garrett King

Grade 3, Michie School

2007 Jackson Symphony League Bravo Award

Inspired by the third movement of Symphony in C Major

by Georges Bizet

The Color of Music

by Kaitlyn Plunkett

Grade 1, Pope Elementary School

2007 Jordan Tang Prelude Award

Inspired by the third movement of Symphony in C Major

by Georges Bizet

The Volunteer Council of the American Symphony Orchestra League selected the Jackson Symphony League's Color of Music for the 2001 Sally B. Parker Education Award. The award celebrates the active role that orchestras can play in music education in their communities.