This month we are starting to focus more on our concert songs!
(Winter Concert: Tuesday, November 12th at the Higley Center for the Performing Arts)
(Winter Concert: Tuesday, November 12th at the Higley Center for the Performing Arts)
Your scholars are starting to imagine what it will be like to be on the stage. We have been talking about Perfect Singing Posture (PSP). The students know they have to stand up tall, hands at their sides not in their pockets, bouncy knees, space between their feet, and a smile on their face.
*Conversation starter: See if your scholar can show you their PSP and tell you about it.
In all the grade levels, we have been learning or reviewing our music vocabulary:
Kindergarten has been having fun with vocal exploration and learning to identify instruments.
*Conversation starter: See if your scholar can show you how they explore the highs and lows of their voice by drawing a line and performing it for you. (If they don't know what you mean, ask them what they do when Mrs. Boswell lets Oliver the Owl be the teacher)
You can also ask them to sing you the Grizzly Bear song that helps them practice piano and forte.
1st and 2nd grade have been reviewing their rhythms. We have also been practicing the difference between steady beat and rhythm.
The students should be able to identify these notes by their names and the sounds they make
and use them to create & perform their own patterns.
Our composer this month is the esteemed Johann Sebastian Bach or as we call him in class, Mr. Bach. I told the students that Mr. Bach was so disciplined that he composed new music at least once a week! He has written so much music that if we put it in one gigantic playlist, it would take over a week to play though everything! My playlist includes the pieces we will be listening to in class, plus a few extra. Bach Playlist
*Conversation starter: See if your scholar can show you their PSP and tell you about it.
In all the grade levels, we have been learning or reviewing our music vocabulary:
Kindergarten has been having fun with vocal exploration and learning to identify instruments.
*Conversation starter: See if your scholar can show you how they explore the highs and lows of their voice by drawing a line and performing it for you. (If they don't know what you mean, ask them what they do when Mrs. Boswell lets Oliver the Owl be the teacher)
You can also ask them to sing you the Grizzly Bear song that helps them practice piano and forte.
1st and 2nd grade have been reviewing their rhythms. We have also been practicing the difference between steady beat and rhythm.
The students should be able to identify these notes by their names and the sounds they make
and use them to create & perform their own patterns.
Our composer this month is the esteemed Johann Sebastian Bach or as we call him in class, Mr. Bach. I told the students that Mr. Bach was so disciplined that he composed new music at least once a week! He has written so much music that if we put it in one gigantic playlist, it would take over a week to play though everything! My playlist includes the pieces we will be listening to in class, plus a few extra. Bach Playlist
