“Welcome to Music” is the music class’s opening song every morning during the month of September and October.  The students focus on echo singing, maintaining a steady beat with unpitched and pitched instruments, classifying unpitched rhythm instruments into families, and listening activities to reinforce musical opposites.  A composer spotlight with play-a-longs and movement explorations is included each week.  Kindergarten and first grade students are beginning their Mallet Madness curriculum.  The month of October will keep the music alive with Halloween songs, chants, instrumental activities, and dances!     

 

The upper elementary school students are jumping right into their individual instrument study of the recorder, ukulele, African drums, xylophones, and handbells!  Third grade has already learned the recorder fingerings for the treble clef notes of B, A, and G.  Fourth grade has begun working as an ensemble through chapel choir performances and has been introduced to the ukulele! Fifth grade has been very busy preparing for their performance at the National Cathedral on Tuesday, October 4.  The fifth grade students are working on a two-part choir piece and will sing in front of other fifth grade classes from area Episcopal schools.  The students will begin their study of the ukulele after their performance at the National Cathedral.  The third, fourth, and fifth grade students will participate in our Halloween celebration on October 31 from 10 a.m.-10:45 a.m. in the Lower School Multi-Purpose Room.