2014-15 Music Archives
Students from ROYLE SCHOOL and TOKENEKE SCHOOL with Ms. Theisen and Mrs. Parnoff at the CMEA Elementary Honor Chorus in Hartford on May 1.
Our very own ROYLE MINSTRELS CHORUS members at the CMEA All-State Elementary Honors Chorus in Hartford with Ms. Theisen
Congratulations to our four 5th Grade Chorus members who were selected for the CMEA All-State Elementary Honors Chorus. They performed in Hartford on May 1 !
The Royle School Song:
UPCOMING EVENTS IN OUR MUSIC DEPARTMENT:
Saturday, March 21 - 7PM - MINSTRELS (Chorus) sings at the BRIDGEPORT SOUND TIGERS
Monday, March 23 - 2:00PM (NOTE TIME CHANGE!)- Second Grade Musical - Common Room
Wednesday, May 20 - 7PM - MINSTRELS, BAND, ORCHESTRA and 3rd GRADE STRINGS Spring Concert at Darien H.S.
Saturday, May 30- 9:30AM-5:30PM. District-wide Honor Choir performance. Bristol Eastern H.S. and Lake Compounce.
Thursday, June 4 - 7:30-8:20 AM - current 3rd graders are invited to join the MINSTRELS (Chorus) for our final rehearsal of the school year.
Thursday, June 4 - 1:45PM - Kindergarten Music Concert. Common Room.
Monday, June 8 - 8:50-9:20am - 3-M Recorder 'Showcase' in the Music Portable. This is open to parents of 3-M students only.
Monday, June 8 - 2:20-2:50pm - 3-N Recorder 'Showcase' in the Music Portable. This is open to parents of 3-N only.
Thursday, June 11 - 2:00PM - First Grade Music Concert. Common Room.
Friday, June 12 - 8:20AM - Flag Day Ceremony on the playground. MINSTRELS (Chorus) will be singing "This Flag We Fly." (Please go to the MUSIC PORTABLE at 8:05 for a brief warmup!)
Friday, June 12 - 8:45 AM - Fourth Grade Musical: Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears. Common Room.
Friday, June 12 - 2:00PM - Fifth Grade Music Showcase: "Royle goes to the Oscars" (Music from the Silver Screen). Common Room.
On March 21, The Royle Minstrels Chorus joined with all of the Elementary School Choirs from Darien
to perform "America, The Beautiful" at the SOUND TIGERS Hockey Game in Bridgeport.
Here's a video clip from the ice: https://youtu.be/RH0aPikrHqk
Here is another clip from the jumbotron: IMG_7231
Throughout the month of March, Ms. Theisen's music classes participated in the National Association for Music Education MUSIC IN OUR SCHOOLS MONTH activities. A flag was flown over the U.S. Capitol building in honor of our participation!
Royle School recognition from NAfME
WELCOME TO MUSIC AT ROYLE SCHOOL!
Our music room is a warm, inviting place where children will experience singing, dancing, drumming, xylophones, and so much more!
Below, you'll find a few pictures to show you what our room looks like this year!
- Miss Theisen
Time for a drum circle!
It's time for a drum circle!
During our first 'week' back to school, the students are reminded of the classroom expectations in all of their 'specials' classes, including MUSIC! Here is a short video I made for the ROYLE MUSIC CLASSES to remind them of our music room rules and the Royle School Kids' Code. http://youtu.be/ndGFZ24JxWE
OCTOBER 2014: All of Miss Theisen's music classes have been having a great time learning dynamics and tempo markings! Two of their favorite 'videos' about these terms:
PRESTO - LARGO VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iN5Jv9s-z80&index=46&list=PLXr6HoWNeIxNyRhw7WUOiVSxn3OH_ycgJ
FORTE - PIANO VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUYEvCly8Fo&index=44&list=PLXr6HoWNeIxNyRhw7WUOiVSxn3OH_ycgJ
SEPTEMBER 2014: The 3rd, 4th and 5th graders will be playing the RECORDER in music class. Please return the bottom of this form, along with $8, to purchase a white Yamaha recorder. Students should also bring a 1" (or smaller) binder with 20 plastic sheet protectors for their music. This will remain in the music room throughout 3rd, 4th and 5th grades and will hold their recorder music, drum ensembles, compositions, worksheets, and much more! If you need another copy of the RecorderLetter2014, click on the link.
Wednesday, August 27: We are off to a GREAT START in music classes at ROYLE this year! The students have entered the music portable to find a 'campfire' (a fake, battery-operated log!), and we all circled around it to sing and drum. The 4th and 5th grade classes have also been working on an aboriginal dance from Australia called Marrayilyil. If you'd like to hear the song, it's available in iTunes here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/marrayilyil-north-wind/id5610826?i=5610789 I learned the dance in a WORLD MUSIC DRUMMING class that I took this summer and will be incorporating a lot of that curriculum this year into the entire Royle Music program! The students are so excited to see all of the cool new instruments in our room.
August 2014