Music

Announcements

Welcome to Music as Ascent HSE! I am so excited to learn, grow, and make music with you this school year. Here on my Google page, you'll find summaries of and audio for our current units, notices about any upcoming homework or assessments, and info about how to contact me.

Part of our regular rhythm is celebrating the individual musical talents of our students through four annual Performance Days. Performance Day is OPTIONAL. 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.

Our next Performance Days will be Wednesday, December 16 and Thursday, December 17. Holiday music is encouraged!

Questions? Need an accompaniment track played for your performance? Email me at shelby.shepard@dc.ascentcolorado.org.

Mrs. Shepard

shelby.shepard@dc.ascentcolorado.org

1st and 2nd Grade

For the next few weeks, we will learn about the organ through Bach's famous "Toccatta and Fugue in D Minor." We'll use the piece to talk about how music makes us feel! Listen here!
Additionally, we will review So, Mi, and La melodies.

3rd and 4th Grade

This year, one of our goals is to become more attentive and intelligent listeners. We will learn about and practice the SQUILT (Super Quiet Uninterrupted Listening Time) method of describing what we hear.
I am excited to explore Gustav Holst's masterpiece, The Planets, in the coming weeks! We will listen to three different movements (Mars, Neptune, and Jupiter) and use the vocabulary we've learned to compare and contrast.
As we look forward to our second semester recorder study, we'll spend time this semester mastering rhythm reading and reading notes on the treble staff!

5th and 6th Grade

Our study this year will take us across the years on an exploration of various eras of music. We'll use our SQUILT listening skills as we observe how music has changed over the course of history.
We now begin our journey into the Classical Era! Mozart is the quintessential Classical Era composer, so we begin with his Symphony No. 40. Listen here!
Ukulele study has begun! We are learning to play 3 basic chords: C, G7, and F.

7th and 8th Grade

We have the privilege this year of broadening our horizons with an adventure into unique and unfamiliar territory. As we step outside the boundaries of typical "classical" music, we'll get a taste of Nationalism in music, non-Western music, and musical theatre!
Over the next few months, we get to venture into the musical unknown! We begin our exploration of the strange and unusual with Stravinsky's Rite of Spring.
Ukulele study has begun! As we review familiar chords, students will be encouraged to explore strumming patterns and finger picking.

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