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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 will spend the next several weeks studying the music of Mozart! We will explore the different musical themes in "Eine Kleine Nachtmusik" and about Rondo form in his Piano Concerto No. 22.
Addionally, we will explore the idea of silence, or rests, in music, and sing Sol-Mi-La melodies.
2nd Grade
2nd Grade
We will spend the next several weeks studying the music of Mozart! We will explore the different musical themes in "Eine Kleine Nachtmusik" and about Rondo form in his Piano Concerto No. 22.
We are also adding "Re" to our repertoire of pitches and will begin exploring sixteenth notes!
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 will spend the next several weeks with Aaron Copland's "Hoedown" and his ballet Appalachian Spring.
5th and 6th Grade
5th and 6th Grade
We are in the thick of ukulele study at this point, and our focus has shifted 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 in the thick of ukulele study at this point, and our focus has shifted to strumming chords!
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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