Happy Thanksgiving from Room 208!
Month: November 2015
Another Tribute to John Williams as the new Star Wars movie approaches.
Here is a really cool tribute to the composer John Williams (a Pine Glen favorite) in anticipation of the new Star Wars movie. It’s an a cappella (no accompaniment) performance at the American Music Awards by Pentatonix that is then joined by an orchestra. Pretty cool and fun! Enjoy and Happy Thanksgiving!
1st,2nd,3rd Grade Winter Concert Lyrics
The Winter Concert is on its way! Here are the lyrics for all of the songs from the 1st, 2nd, 3rd grade concert. Click on the link below to open the file. Happy Practicing!
4th and 5th grade Winter Concert Lyrics
As concert time draws near, all 4th and 5th graders are beginning to memorize the lyrics to all of our concert selections. Just click on the link below to open the file. Happy Practicing!
4th Grade Theme and Variations
The 4th grade began this project last week by exploring our the piece Variations on Simple Gifts by composer of the month Aaron Copland. We discussed the many ways he created musical variations on his theme, as well as brainstormed new ideas. This week, each class chose a song that they could play on recorder to be the theme. In groups they created a variation to perform. In the end we created one large Theme and Variations piece by stringing them all together. Here are some of the results:
5th Grade Square Dancing Creations
During the past two lessons the 5th grade classes have been working on the folk dance Alabama Gal. It is a very popular dance often done during harvest celebrations at this time of year. After mastering the original dance, the students were the challenged to create their own dance sequence using the movements they had learned, as well as adding their own special creative touches. Here are some of the results:
Save The Date! Winter Concerts Are Coming!
It will be Winter Concert time before we know it! November always flies by in a flash. Please put these dates on your calendar for December! These flyers will be sent home in backpacks today. Just click on the image to enlarge it. I am hoping to see everyone in the audience soon!
Another Halloween has passed…
Halloween is definitely one of my favorite holidays, and it is very fun in the music room as well! We get to listen to spooky music, dance like skeletons, pretend to be witches, and make scary sounds with instruments (and that is only the beginning!) Here are a few highlights from Halloween week in the music room:
Room 107 performing Jack-O-Lantern:
Room 204 singing The Halloween Song:
Room 210 singing Halloween Night:
All of Pine Glen singing Witches Brew at 3rd annual Halloween Spooky Sing-Along:
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