"Expectations run high on this very special night, as children in the audiance wait for beautiful music to begin. What a shock when the first notes eard are the screeching and groaning of noisy intruments. Who can fx these broken sounds, topsy, turvy, upside down? Who will mend them, who will blend them? The eventual arrival of the conductor to make music out of muddle may be predictable, but there is a surprise in store. Who would expect a peite and powerful female conductor? Waving her wand left and right, she weaves ,agic fro mnoisy sounds."

The artwork for this book "is composed of multi-layered colored tissue paper and transparent adhesive."

Suzanne W. Guy - lives in Norfolk and teaches piano. She is a graduate of Agnes Scott College and teaches piano pedagogy at Peabody Conservatory and George Mason University.



Donna M. Lacy - recieved her Bachelor of Arts degree in Art Education from Marshall University. She studied Child Development and Children's Literature in her graduate work.

It is a wonderful way for children to become acquainted qith the many different intruments in the orchestra.



On the last page of the book is found "Real Questions for the Maestro" where JoAnn Fallette Answers them from her own experience.

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