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October has been a great month in our music classes! Our composers of the month are Paul McCartney/John Lennon (The Beatles) celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Abbey Road album. Younger students sang Yellow Submarine and Octopus's Garden and older students viewed a newly released Here Comes the Sun compilation video and Let it Be. We reviewed the Ranney Fight Song and sang it at the pep rally during Ranney Spirit Week. All students explored music of India and played the Tabla drums during October tying into the Diwali celebration. Beginner students continue to play different percussion instruments and explore movement as we greet each other with our Name Song. They have continued learning the songs Hello, Thank You, Little Turkey in the Woods, We Love Our Grandparents that we will share during Grandparents and Friends Day on November 26. We also learned some new songs with movements for the fall season. Beginner and Pre-K students explored many instruments including the steel drum through our book Creepy Crawly Calypso. Pre-K students have explored movement through the songs Simon Says and Just Like Me. They are preparing the songs This Little Light, I'm So Glad to be Here, Alpha Bop for Grandparents Day in November. Pre-K students have also learned some new songs with movements for the fall season. Kindergarten students are continuing to match pitch and sing Don't Be a Turkey. We are playing and saying patterns with the rhythm sticks using quarter notes (tah), eighth notes (ti ti), half notes (tah-ah) and rests (sh). Kindergarten students also read a book called Goldie Rocks. Students K-5 had fun singing the John Jacobson '50's rock and roll style song One Hundred Ghosts as we approached Halloween. First Grade students are reviewing the treble clef/introduction to notes through the book and puppets Freddie the Frog and the Thump in the Night, First Adventure: Treble Clef Island. We are continuing to prepare the songs How I Love Thanksgiving Day for Grandparents and Friends Day in November. Second grade music classes have continued to explore treble clef notes through the book and puppets Freddie the Frog and the Secret of Crater Island. We are preparing the song I Love the Autumn for Grandparents Day. Second through fifth graders have been reviewing rhythms and exploring the drum circle using various African and South American drums. Third grade is preparing Thanks! for November 26; they have been reviewing note values and treble clef pitches to prepare for playing the recorder. Fourth and fifth grade students continue to discuss our Lower School Musical The Lion King, Jr. which will be performed in April. I will have a parent meeting in December and will post permission slips for fourth and fifth graders. Fifth grade auditions will be at the beginning of January and rehearsals will begin in January. Fourth grade students will sing Tomorrow's Our Day for Grandparents Day and have also been reviewing note values and pitches. Fifth grade students are preparing Land of Liberty for the Grandparents Day performance and have been reviewing music terms, time periods, composers, and note values. Many fifth grade students have been hard at work preparing their pieces for the upcoming Lower School Coffee House. Lower School chorus members are continuing solfege exercises and songs for our winter concert in January. Upcoming events: Friday, November 8 Commons Stage 7pm - Lower School Coffee House; Tuesday, November 26 - Grandparents and Friends Day.
Thursday, October 31, 2019
October Music Notes
October has been a great month in our music classes! Our composers of the month are Paul McCartney/John Lennon (The Beatles) celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Abbey Road album. Younger students sang Yellow Submarine and Octopus's Garden and older students viewed a newly released Here Comes the Sun compilation video and Let it Be. We reviewed the Ranney Fight Song and sang it at the pep rally during Ranney Spirit Week. All students explored music of India and played the Tabla drums during October tying into the Diwali celebration. Beginner students continue to play different percussion instruments and explore movement as we greet each other with our Name Song. They have continued learning the songs Hello, Thank You, Little Turkey in the Woods, We Love Our Grandparents that we will share during Grandparents and Friends Day on November 26. We also learned some new songs with movements for the fall season. Beginner and Pre-K students explored many instruments including the steel drum through our book Creepy Crawly Calypso. Pre-K students have explored movement through the songs Simon Says and Just Like Me. They are preparing the songs This Little Light, I'm So Glad to be Here, Alpha Bop for Grandparents Day in November. Pre-K students have also learned some new songs with movements for the fall season. Kindergarten students are continuing to match pitch and sing Don't Be a Turkey. We are playing and saying patterns with the rhythm sticks using quarter notes (tah), eighth notes (ti ti), half notes (tah-ah) and rests (sh). Kindergarten students also read a book called Goldie Rocks. Students K-5 had fun singing the John Jacobson '50's rock and roll style song One Hundred Ghosts as we approached Halloween. First Grade students are reviewing the treble clef/introduction to notes through the book and puppets Freddie the Frog and the Thump in the Night, First Adventure: Treble Clef Island. We are continuing to prepare the songs How I Love Thanksgiving Day for Grandparents and Friends Day in November. Second grade music classes have continued to explore treble clef notes through the book and puppets Freddie the Frog and the Secret of Crater Island. We are preparing the song I Love the Autumn for Grandparents Day. Second through fifth graders have been reviewing rhythms and exploring the drum circle using various African and South American drums. Third grade is preparing Thanks! for November 26; they have been reviewing note values and treble clef pitches to prepare for playing the recorder. Fourth and fifth grade students continue to discuss our Lower School Musical The Lion King, Jr. which will be performed in April. I will have a parent meeting in December and will post permission slips for fourth and fifth graders. Fifth grade auditions will be at the beginning of January and rehearsals will begin in January. Fourth grade students will sing Tomorrow's Our Day for Grandparents Day and have also been reviewing note values and pitches. Fifth grade students are preparing Land of Liberty for the Grandparents Day performance and have been reviewing music terms, time periods, composers, and note values. Many fifth grade students have been hard at work preparing their pieces for the upcoming Lower School Coffee House. Lower School chorus members are continuing solfege exercises and songs for our winter concert in January. Upcoming events: Friday, November 8 Commons Stage 7pm - Lower School Coffee House; Tuesday, November 26 - Grandparents and Friends Day.
