Thanks for the hot tip, Mary! : D

Thanks for the kind words, Ms. Keene! 

I'm working on getting this link entered: Musical Glossary for Kids

Enjoy and have a musical day!

Fourth Grade Chorus Concert Dates 2016-2017

Winter Concerts

January 24, 2017 at 6:30pm Chorus 1 (The Edgren, Ralys, and Ross Classes)

January 24, 2017 at 7:30pm Chorus 2 (The Powell and Goulding Classes)

January 25, 2017 at 6:30pm Chorus 3 (The Leifer, Manning, and Spangenberg Classes)

Spring Concerts

May 2, 2017 at 6:30pm Chorus 1 (The Edgren, Ralys, and Ross Classes)

May 2, 2017 at 7:30pm Chorus 2 (The Powell and Goulding Classes)

May 3, 2017 at 6:30pm Chorus 3 (The Leifer, Manning, and Spangenberg Classes)

All concerts will be held in the cafeteria. All are welcome to attend! 

Students should meet Miss Hall and Mrs. DeBlois in the Music Room 15 minutes before their concert start time for a quick warm up. Parents, families and friends can drop their students off and head right to the cafeteria to get a good seat. We're looking forward to seeing you!

Fourth Grade F.S.S. Chorus T-Shirts

Fourth Grade Chorus is going to be very exciting this year! A letter is going home to all Fourth Grade students letting them know that they will be getting their very own t-shirts to wear at our two evening performances, in January and May! (Details to come soon...!) We are looking forward to having this very special momento of our time in Chorus, but, more importantly, it will make our chorus look unified and awesome when we perform together.
Check out the picture!

The t-shirts are forest green with yellow lettering and a white G-Clef. Looking forward to getting the year started and seeing you all soon!
<3 Mrs. D.  : D

Fourth Grade Recorder Fingering Chart

We've been doing really well with our Fourth Grade Recorder program this year. The students are all playing with a beautiful sound and strong fingers. They are also reading the notes on the lines and spaces of the treble staff. Here is an interactive recorder fingering chart that is worth it's weight in gold. It is by Music K-8 Magazine (Plank Road Publishing) and it is very helpful! Happy recorder playing!!

https://www.musick8.com/rkdojo/rkchart.php

Fourth Grade Chorus Winter Concerts are this week!

Fourth Grade Chorus Concerts

January 19, 2016 at 6:30pm Chorus 1 (The Goulding, Manning and Morgan Classes)

January 19, 2016 at 7:30pm Chorus 2 (The Edgren, Ralys and Spangenberg Classes)

January 20, 2016 at 6:30pm Chorus 3 (The Leifer, Powell and Ross Classes)

All concerts will be held in the cafeteria. All are welcome to attend!

Students should meet Miss Hall and Mrs. DeBlois in the Music Room 15 minutes before their concert start time for a quick warm up. Parents, families and friends can drop their students off and head right to the cafeteria to get a good seat. We're looking forward to seeing you!

The Instruments of the Orchestra

It's here! It's here!  The Instruments of the Orchestra Unit has begun! Last week, we had an introduction to the orchestra and reviewed some important vocabulary words - Orchestra, Conductor, Baton. We also talked about and the four families of orchestral instruments.

This week we dove right into the woodwind family and learned more about keys and reeds as well as the correlation of size and pitch of instruments. There are some wonderful videos and games that we'd like to share. Keep checking the blog to visit them.

Looking forward to a Brass-y week ahead!
See you in the Music Room!

Harp Video

While I was finishing up our Instruments of the Orchestra Unit, I was browsing through YouTube. I found a cover of Owl City's song "Fireflies" by harpist Katherine Siochi from New York City. It's awesome! Check it out!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eBnlAfvbqE