Jan. 23-27

Yee-haw!



This week, we're going to be celebrating Kansas' 151st birthday in music class by talking about a large facet of music we know & love today - cowboy music!

Mon - what do you know about cowboys? Home on the Range
Tues - saddles & cattle trails
Wed - cowboy songs
Thurs - What's a listening map? Aaron Copland's Hoedown
Fri - WTD?, make your own listening map!

Who's This Dude?

He really did look like a cartoon!

Our Who's This Dude was a small man if you met him, but had a personality which was larger than life! Mr. Aaron Copland is one of the most prolific American composers we have ever known. Touching every genre of composition, he wrote for strings, brass, percussion, orchestra, ballets, musicals, and solo instrument and voice. With cowboy songs, we will be looking a lot at his ballet named "Rodeo," particularly the "Hoedown" movement. If you remember the "Beef: it's what's for dinner" commercials from the early 90s, this is the tune!

Jan. 16-20

Good morning & howdy-do!


Time to get back into the habit of blog posting! We have been doing some fun activities and learning lots of new things since we've been back from Winter Break. This week, we're going to dive into something quite ancient - the birth of music as we know it!


Mon - aural traditions, aural passing-on activity
Tues - Who wrote it down? practicing transcription
Wed - Early Instruments, small group projects
Thurs - the Western church & common music
Fri - Who's This Dude?, finish compositions in 5th & 6th grade