Composer of the Month: John Williams!

This month, first and second graders are learning all about the composer John Williams! John Williams is a very famous composer, most known for his movie music. Now just what is a composer? A composer is a person that writes music. Williams is best known for movie soundtracks that he has written, most notable among them being: Jaws, all seven Star Wars films, the first three Harry Potters, all 4 Indiana Jones movies, '93's Jurassic Park, and E.T. the Extra Terrestrial. We began our study of him this week, learning about the compositions he created for the Olympics in '84, '88, '96, and '02. We listened to his piece, Summoning the Heroes, and discussed how it sounded like it was written to call the heroes (the Olympians) to the Olympics!