The upper elementary music classes focus on the writing and performing of classroom written compositions. The structures of form, theory, melodic and aural dictation all come together to in the creation of music in the classroom.
Music Class Times:
6th Grade: Thursdays 9:56 - 10:56
7th Grade: Tuesdays 12:43 - 1:43
8th Grade: Thursdays 1:46 - 2:40
Music Class Activities:
6th Grade - 8th Grade
Treble/Bass Clef - Treble and Bass Clef note identification; timed note tests written and aural.
Rhythm - review K-5th grade rhythm sets (number counting system) while playing on non-pitched percussion and mallet instruments; add mixed meters.
Solfeggio - song study using mass music to read, identify and sing the melodic line using solfeg as the basis of locating pitch; entire scale ladder (Do,Re,Mi,Fa,So,La,Ti,Do).
Rhythmic and Melodic Dictation - write short rhythm and melody passages by listening and extracting from known songs based on previous learning of rhythm and solfeg.
Chord/Harmony - identify and add chord structure to written melody to add harmonic feel to the music.
Mallets and Handbells - perform on melodic and chordal instruments known and class composed songs.
Christmas & Spring Show Performances - students learn a themed music show that is presented to the student body and parents in December and May.
Mass - Latin parts of the mass (Kyrie, Sanctus, Agnus Dei, Mysterium Fidei), as well as English mass responses and Liturgical music appropriate for the specified mass.
Choir Practices
All 4th-8th graders that are registered for the school choir are required to stay after school every Thursday until 3:45.
These rehearsals are our prep time for the all-school and special masses.