Ashleigh Morse CES Music

About Ms. Ashleigh Morse

Hello parents and students!  I am the full time general and choral music teacher at CES!  There will be another general music teacher who will be here part-time with me!  There will also be a 5th grade Strings teacher as well! 

As a student, I attended Leaphart Elementary, Irmo Middle, Irmo High, and the University of South Carolina (2003 graduate) where I double majored in Piano Performance and Music Education!  I am a piano accompanist and occasionally sit in with bands and other musical events (I play keys in a Doors tribute band)!  :)   

803-575-5900

amorse@lexrich5.org 

What's happening in Music?

Throughout the year we focus on steady beat, rhythm, matching pitch, reading notes on the staff, tempo, singing and moving to music, music history, music styles, how music relates to everyday life, holiday and cultural music, and experimenting with various percussion instruments and one woodwind (recorders ~ early flutes in 4th grade and piano keyboards in 3rd grade).  Some grade levels are involved in programs/performances!

CES Program/concert dates in school or outside of school (subject to change):

*March 11, 2027:  5th grade Chorus sings with the Chapin Cluster choral groups at CHS 

Private Music Lessons:

*Musician's Supply
*Sim's Music
*Riverland Hills Church
*The Guitar Center
*Irmo Chapin Recreation Commission
*Columbia Arts Academy  (several locations)
*Freeway Music (several locations)

Piano teachers located in or not far from Chapin:

Shannon Farra:  803-348-0693 (cell) or 803-407-1162 (home)
Dallene Smith:  847-528-0379 or dallene611@gmail.com
Lee Brasche:  803-622-5838 or leebrasche@gmail.com (retired Chapin High  chorus teacher)  **She may also be available for piano accompaniment jobs.

Piano accompanists:

I am sometimes available or you may contact:
Angela Varnon: 865-333-1310 or angela.pinkham1@gmail.com
Sharon Watkins:  803-622-3027 (retired Seven Oaks Elementary music teacher)