January's Composer of the Month

This month's composer, Johann Sebastian Bach, is considered to be one of the most influential composers of all time! Bach was born during the Baroque time period in Germany and studied violin, harpsichord, and organ. He married twice and had 20 children in all, but sadly only 9 lived past childhood. At one point in his career, Bach attempted to quit his job working for a duke and was thrown in jail for a month! He used that time to compose music. Near the end of his life he started going blind and died from a botched eye surgery. In total, Bach composed over 1200 pieces in many genres.

Minuet in G Major

Toccata and Fugue in D Minor

Cello Suite No. 1

Upcoming 2nd Grade Program!!

6th Grade Field Trip

Kindergarten Spreads Christmas Cheer!

Kindergarten's music program, Season of Love, was a success! Students enjoyed dressing up in their finest holiday clothes and performing old and new Christmas carols. We sang, did actions, played jingle bells, and pretended to be reindeer! Hope you're all in the Christmas spirit now after watching :)

Christmas Sing-Along

      Happy Holidays from my classroom to your home! Students are gearing up for their upcoming Annual Christmas Sing-Along :) The sing-along will take place tomorrow, December 18 @ 9 AM in the Marshall gymnasium. Each grade has prepared 2 song selections and will perform them for the rest of the school's enjoyment. This year, there is something for everyone: festive actions to familiar tunes, traditional carols, accompaniment with recorders and boomwhackers, and maybe even a cup routine! We will conclude the sing-along with the traditional all-school 12 Days of Christmas complete with crazy actions. Students are to wear their Marshall field trip shirt so each grade looks as good as they sound.  MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

MERRY CHRISTMAS from Marshall Music!!

'Twas The Night Before Christmas

1st Grade did a WONDERFUL job on their holiday program, 'Twas the Night Before Christmas!! They worked hard on learning lines from the famous poem, singing new holiday songs, and adding choreography to make it a performance fun for kids ages 1-101! Just look how cute and festive they are:

 

4th Grade to The Nutcracker!