Concert Time!

Good morning,


This year is quickly winding down! For most teachers, this is testing time; for Music teachers, this is the time of concerts, contests, and programs galore! Our concert is next Monday, April 23rd. Our theme is "It's All Fun & Games" and they're all things we've done in regular Music class. Hope to see you there!

Telling a Story Through Music

We have been talking about Peter and the Wolf, Prokofiev's brilliant orchestral piece where a story is told through the music. Each character is portrayed by a different set of instruments. We decided it would be cool if we could create our own stories through music, so they did! Here are the recordings of 6th grade's stories.

Group 1, Genna Celi Kyleana:
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B6XaHXYlP7MuN2NhNjA4N2YtN2ViYS00NDEzLTgxZGQtMTEzOWUyOTBkMzlk

Group 2, Steven Hannah Trevor AJ:
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B6XaHXYlP7MuMmZmNGZjZmUtMzFlZi00OTI5LWFkYTYtMDQxM2IyZWNiMjRh

Group 3, Bailey Trevor Brittney Donielle:
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B6XaHXYlP7MuYmE1ZGY0MzMtYjdhMi00YzlkLTgwZjEtOTM2YzgxNGE0ZmMw

Group 4 Zeke Kel Hannah Ravyn:
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B6XaHXYlP7MuZjZhZTM2ZmEtNWM4NC00N2M1LWI0ZDEtYjk5MzE5ZWI3MDky

Group 5, Kole Mason Amaya Megan:
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B6XaHXYlP7MuNDc2NDcwNzEtODJhYS00OTY2LWEyOTAtYjQ4YjFiYjYzOGRh

Group 6, Gavin Lily Aspen:
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B6XaHXYlP7MuMjY5ODk1YjEtNTcxMy00NmIzLWEyZjEtN2VkZTU2YTNhN2Jl

Group 7, Kelli Emily Jacob:
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B6XaHXYlP7MuYzEwNDk0ZWItYTU3ZC00MmYzLThlZGQtYmZjYzg1YzFlYzhh

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

Oct. 31-Nov. 4

Happy Halloween! Do you know what All Saint's Day usually marks in any music classroom in any American classroom? Introduction to Christmas music! We'll be taking a one-day break by learning some music for Veterans' Day.

MON - Halloween Music-a-Thon
TUES - Veterans' Day music
WED - Christmas music listening
THURS - Christmas music choice
FRI - Christmas music choice

Oct. 24-28

K, 1
MON - add rhythm to animal names
TUES - Name Song
WED - Voices go up & down
THURS - Halloween songs

2
MON - instruments listening
TUES - rhythm vs. beat
WED - Review of rhythm & beat
THURS - Halloween songs

3
Halloween songs

5
MON - Review of beat & rhythm
TUES - Latin percussion listening
WED - Reading Rhythms
THURS - Halloween songs

6
MON - add instruments to Oh La Le
TUES - Codas, DS, steel drums
WED - pentatonic scale
THURS - halloween songs