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Announcements
Announcements
Hello students and families! I am so looking forward to a year of exploring and making music with you!
Our next Performance Days will be February 11 (Wednesday classes) and February 12 (Thursday classes) This is a special "Sibling Performance Day," in which students are welcome to prepare a performance with a sibling or friend from another class. Performance Day is an OPTIONAL celebration of the many musical talents of our students. Students are encouraged, but not required, to share things they have been working on in private lessons or independently. Please limit performance times to 3 minutes per student.
Questions? Need an accompaniment track played for your performance? Email me at shelby.shepard@dc.ascentcolorado.org.
1st Grade
1st Grade
We are studying Humperdinck's opera Hansel and Gretel, which was inspired by the classic fairytale of the same name.
In the coming weeks, we will continue to practice hearing and notating quarter and eighth note rhythms and sing So-Mi-La melodies.
2nd Grade
2nd Grade
We are studying Humperdinck's opera Hansel and Gretel, which was inspired by the classic fairytale of the same name.
In the coming weeks, we will add "Do" to our repertoire of pitches and begin exploring sixteenth note rhythms.
3rd and 4th Grade
3rd and 4th Grade
Recorder study has begun! Students will receive a new piece of music each week to prepare for Recorder Karate "belt tests." This is an optional (but fun!) way to practice new notes and skills on the recorder, all while earning new "belts" for our instruments!
We are also studying the music of Africa--unique percussion instruments, body percussion, and call-and-reponse singing.
5th and 6th Grade
5th and 6th Grade
We are in the thick of ukulele study at this point and will soon shift our focus from playing individual notes to strumming chords.
The next several pieces of music we are studying have vivid imagery and/or connections to story. I look forward to exploring the connection between music and the imagination in the coming months!
7th and 8th Grade
7th and 8th Grade
We are We are in the thick of ukulele study at this point and will soon shift our focus from playing individual notes to strumming chords (and, for more advanced students, using strumming patterns).
Additionally, we are embarking on an imaginative journey in which I invite students to create stories to accompany pieces of classical music. This is one of my absolute favorite things to teach, and I am so excited to see what everyone brings to the table!
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