Welcome Back!!

Welcome back :)

Hope everyone had an awesome summer of recharging and fun-filled family time! I know I did & I'm ready for the 2014-2015 school year. We have some very exciting things planned for music-upcoming programs for each grade, a few music field trips in the works, new Composer of the Months, more Recorder Karate, & so much more! Stay tuned for pictures from programs, music game websites, & other fun stuff.

Here is the schedule for music programs (subject to change):

6th Grade-Oct. 22nd

4th Grade-Nov. 12th

1st Grade-Dec. 3rd

Kindergarten-Dec. 10th

2nd Grade-Feb. 11th

5th Grade-March 4th

PreK/EC-April 9th

3rd Grade-April 15th

Let the singing, playing, dancing, and fun-having begin!

Happy Summer Vacation!!

 To all my students-have a WONDERFUL summer vacation!! Enjoy the time off and make some memories :) I will definitely miss you, so make sure to wave hello if you see me out and about!

End of the Year Talent Show

We are in the midst of this year's TALENT SHOW!! 4th-6th grade have been preparing various acts to perform in front of their classmates this week as a fun wrap-up to a successful year. Some of the talents students have signed up for are singing, skits, magic tricks, dancing, jokes, roping, karate, playing instruments, ballet, hula hooping, flexibility, and much more! I have been impressed so far :) Ask your kid what they are doing and which acts they have enjoyed the most!

April's Composer of the Month

 April's composer of the month is one of my personal favorite ones since he has written musicals such as Sound of Music, Cinderella, South Pacific, Carousel, State Fair, Oklahoma, and many more. Richard Rodgers was an amazing asset to the world of musical theater and his collaboration with lyricist Oscar Hammerstein II has forever changed the musical genre as we know it.

In My Own Little Corner from Cinderella

So Long, Farewell from Sound of Music

Surrey With the Fringe on Top from Oklahoma!

3rd Grade Sure Did Peas....we mean Please!

Congrats to 3rd Grade for putting on an awesome music program to end the year!! They sang, they danced, they had a food fight, and most of all had a great time while doing it :) 3rd Grade successfully put on The Principal and the Pea, which puts a new twist on the classic story of The Princess and the Pea. All we have left to say is, good luck with the Brussels sprouts!

Fantastic Job 5th Grade!

5th Grade put on a fantastic music program last Thursday for friends and family! A combination of classical composer's familiar tunes put with new words delighted the audience. If you were watching, you might have even learned something new :) Enjoy these photos from the performance:

March's Composer of the Month

Meet Alan Menken, one of the most acclaimed and famous composers alive today! The kids enjoyed learning about how Menken got his start writing jingles for advertisements and accompanying ballets, but then moved on to writing musicals and film music. He is best known for the two decades he devoted to composing memorable music for Disney films like Beauty and the Beast, Hercules, The Little Mermaid, Aladdin, Pocahontas, Enchanted, Tangled, and so many more!

A Whole New World from Aladdin

Star Spangled Man from Captain America

I've Got a Dream from Tangled