Someway, somehow it is already the end of the summer & the beginning of the 2015-2016 school year! As much as I LOVE summer, I am absolutely thrilled to see all my kiddos again and to get back to creating music :) Now that the school year is starting, please check back at any time to see notes I send home, pictures from programs, music websites for kids to play on, and so much more! WELCOME BACK!
Congrats, we've made it to SuMmEr VaCaTiOn!!! Have a wonderful break & make sure to enjoy every minute of it :) Check back here for new fun stuff in August! If you see me around, don't forget to wave!
This month we met a man who was not only an acclaimed American composer, pianist, and music lecturer, but a famous conductor as well!! The kids enjoyed learning about Leonard Bernstein and how versatile he was. We reviewed important music vocab like conductor, genre, overture, musical, and others. It was fun to see how passionate he was about bringing music to everyone with his Young People's Concerts. What a great last composer of the year!
Candide Overture
Maria from West Side Story
I Hate Music: Cycle of 5 Kid Songs
This month we dived head-first into the amazing world of jazz and the kids LOVED it! There are so many great jazz composers and musicians, but perhaps the most influential and talented one is this month's composer-Duke Ellington! Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington was an American composer (1000+ pieces), pianist, and bandleader of jazz orchestras with a career spanning over 50 years. We enjoyed listening to and learning some of the major differences of jazz and other genres. Students even got to try improvising on instruments and scatting with some of the tracks!
Take the A Train (Billy Strayhorn collaboration)
C Jam Blues
It Don't Mean a Thing
