All Chorus rehearsals are held in the gym, with students arranged by homeroom class and following the most current FCPS guidelines for health and safety!
Mrs. Bishop is so proud of your hard work and outstanding performances on May 5, 2022!!
Mrs. Bishop is so proud of your hard work and outstanding performance on April 26, 2022 at VPE Celebrate the Arts Night!
The VPE Intermediate Chorus members presented 3 performances of Disney's "The Lion King KIDS" on Tuesday, February 1, 2022.
Mrs. Bishop is VERY PROUD of all chorus and cast members and very excited we are able to present our first VPE in-person school musical in 2 years.
This video was recorded at our 1st Sneak-A-Peak Dress Rehearsal Performance.
Check out the links below to YouTube songs we are singing in music!
Warm-up/Scale songs:
Upper Primary/Intermediate Warm-ups
Music Concept Review Songs:
Music K8 Playlist: Contains 16 Songs! High/Low, Presto/Largo, Forte/Piano, Crescendo/Decrescendo, Whacky Do Re Mi, Quarter Note, Give it a Rest, Musical Intervals, Major Minor, Ode to the Treble Clef, I Knew You Were Treble, Every Good Boy Does Fine, FACE, All About That Bass (Clef), The Cool Bass Clef, Oh How I Love the Opera
Winter Songs (Including "Student Favorites")
Songs for all students:
The Star Spangled Banner (Our National Anthem) This video contains the lyrics. (Double-check your knowledge of the words to our National Anthem)
My Old Kentucky Home: Sing along while you watch the video that includes photos from across our beautiful Commonwealth. If needed, here are the lyrics to our state song written by Stephen Foster.
Yankee Doodle: This video contains the lyrics.
Songs for K-1:
Mr. Sun, Sun, Mr. Golden Sun: Here are the lyrics, if you need them!
What a Wonderful World by Louis Armstrong. Here are the lyrics if you need them!
Here are the 2 versions of What a Wonderful World! With this one you can sing along with the children's choirs and musicians from around the world.
With this version of What a Wonderful World you can sing along with Mr. Louis Armstrong himself!
All chorus rehearsals are held in the gym. Students will wear their masks, socially distanced and organized by homeroom class.
Mondays: 1st grade
Tuesdays: Rowe/Burchell
Wednesdays: Workman/Scott
Thursday: Schaffer/Geldhof
Mrs. Bishop is excited to share the 2021 FCPS Elementary Honors Chorus Virtual Concert Video! Normally this event is an in-person rehearsal day and concert. This year the entire event was held virtually. We congratulate our talented 5th grade Chorus members who represented VPE Chorus in this event! Congratulations: Abi B., Lucy B., Julia B, Patty D., Lily Claire M., E.J. P. and Caleb S.!! Your hard work in extra rehearsals for the event was certainly worth it!
Chorus Sing-At-Home students are proud to present our spring performance video, "What a Wonderful World". Students in Upper Primary and Intermediate Chorus worked to submit videos for this performance. Mrs. Bishop is so proud of each chorus member who sang via zoom each week throughout the 2020-2021 school year!
Have a safe and fun summer!! See you next year!!
I am so proud of our Chorus members who recorded themselves singing a special song to honor our American heroes, the soldiers and Veterans of the United States Armed Forces.
Whacky do re mi https://safeYouTube.net/w/sz1V
Ebeneezer Sneezer https://safeYouTube.net/w/7VfT
High Low Song https://safeyoutube.net/w/RIWU
Yankee Doodle https://safeYouTube.net/w/wbnX
Ida Red https://safeYouTube.net/w/WenX
Mr. Sun https://safeYouTube.net/w/dhnX
This Little Light of Mine https://safeYouTube.net/w/gknX
Apples and Bananas https://safeYouTube.net/w/2pnX
The Bat Dance https://safeYouTube.net/w/QKugb
Daily Warm-ups 1 https://safeYouTube.net/w/G8vY
My Old Kentucky Home https://safeYouTube.net/w/QAvY
Thank You Soldiers (A Children’s Chorus singing) https://safeYouTube.net/w/Fbsdb
Thank You Soldiers (no words) https://safeYouTube.net/w/mjsdb
Fifty Nifty United States https://safeYouTube.net/w/E7rdb
You're a Grand Old Flag https://safeYouTube.net/w/uVvY (lyrics are in the video)
Purple People Eater https://safeYouTube.net/w/d2Teb
The Star Spangled Banner Thank You, Soldiers
Fifty Nifty United States My Old Kentucky Home
Daily Warm-ups 1 https://safeYouTube.net/w/G8vY
My Old Kentucky Home https://safeYouTube.net/w/QAvY
Thank You Soldiers (A Children’s Chorus singing) https://safeYouTube.net/w/Fbsdb
Thank You Soldiers (no words) https://safeYouTube.net/w/mjsdb
Fifty Nifty United States https://safeYouTube.net/w/E7rdb
You're a Grand Old Flag https://safeYouTube.net/w/uVvY (lyrics are in the video)
Purple People Eater https://safeYouTube.net/w/d2Teb
The Star Spangled Banner Thank You, Soldiers
Fifty Nifty United States My Old Kentucky Home
Intermediate Chorus Singing for Hartland Hills Veterans!
Virtual Chorus in rehearsal! 2020-2021
Veterans Day Program 2018
Presented by Intermediate Chorus and Upper Primary Chorus on November 9, 2018 at 1:30pm
Program: The Pledge of Allegiance, The Star-Spangled Banner; Fifty Nifty; The Armed Forces Medley with the Preamble to the U.S. Constitution; Thank You, Soldiers; You're a Grand Old Flag
Selected 5th grade students performed for the KDE/AdvancEd Conference in downtown Lexington (September 18, 2018)
Thank you to our former VPE principal, Ms. Amy McVey for a delicious lunch!
Lower Primary Chorus 2017-2018!
The Jungle Book (Intermediate Winter Musical, December 2018)
8 Intermediate students represented VPE in the Fayette County Elementary Honors Chorus March 2019 held in the beautiful Singletary Center for the Performing Arts at the University of Kentucky
Follow the link below to see the students rehearse and perform:
Beauty and the Beast (Intermediate Winter Musical, December 2017)
Upper Primary Chorus 2017-2018 (Can you spot the tricksters?)
VPE students at Fayette County Public Schools Elementary Honors Chorus! 2018
Here the students are posing with Ms. Bosworth, former VPE music teacher and current music teacher at Wellington E.S. :-)
Shinanigans among the sculptures at the UK Singletary Center
Final rehearsal before the FCPS honors chorus performance!