Our Weekly Info: | The Buzzword for this week was FOUND SOUND and it means: "or sampling, is when a musician finds a recording or something that makes noise and adopts it into their music. ... Since the options are limitless, some artists have found some incredibly creative sounds to create music with" Thank you to everyone who participated in this weeks game!! Second graders have been rocking the Buzzword and I am soo proud of the wonderful music vocabularies they are building!! Our new Buzzword is DYNAMICS. Do you know what that means? Can you find the answer? I'll give you a hint...you might want to ask a First Grader as that is what they were studying for the month of September :) If you would like to pay the Buzzword game this week, remember...you can check the Buzzword board and get a card or print one off the website HERE...looking forward to playing this game and watching your musical vocabularies grow every week!!! October has brought us a brand new Composer of the Month, Franz Liszt. You can see the facts that they learned about Mr. Liszt on display outside the music room or on the home page of this website :) Check your child's go home folder for this month's composer fact sheet as well as the directions for how to become a "music detective" and have their work featured on the bulletin board outside the music classroom and on the Music Website! |
General and Performance Music:
Students in all grades are also hard at work beginning to learn their "Star Moment" songs for this year's Bi-Annual All School Holiday Musical, "The Best Gift EVER!" The cast has been set...rehearsals have begun...and the excitement is building to share all of our hard work with you when the show premiers in the school gym on Thursday, December 13th at 6:00 PM. Stay tuned at your child's individual music class website and right here at the music blog for updates and information about this special event :)
In the Performance Music world, all of our instrumental lessons and band classes are now back up and running. I am soo excited to get this year started and can't wait to hear all of your improvement and growth as we progress through the year.
Don't forget to stay connected by joining our Music Department Google Calendar and our Remind App reminders for Beginning and Concert Band Students.
Mrs. Kamp :)