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

Instruments of the Orchestra Alert

Hey kids, check this out!

http://www.little-amadeus.de/index.php?lang=us&flash=1

It's a great refresher about the instruments of the orchestra! You can read about each instrument, as well as hear it play. Or you can be the conductor...enjoy!

Fourth Grade Chorus Spring Concert Dates

Fourth Grade Chorus Concert Dates

Spring Concerts

April 15, 2015 at 6:30pm Chorus 1 (The Motyka, Ralys and Ross Classes)

April 15, 2015 at 7:30pm Chorus 2 (The Edgren, Morrissey and Spangenberg Classes)

April 16, 2015 at 6:30pm Chorus 3 (The Goulding, Manning and Morgan 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!

4th Grade Orchestra Opportunity

Bebop The Bluebird Has Flown South For The Winter

The first graders have had a great fall with our musical friend Bebop the bluebird. He has just flown south for the winter. We miss him already, but he will be back again in the spring. He will be ready to listen to the first graders singing sweetly to him then...

Bebop's Tree 

(Made by a third grader from Mrs. Bisceglia's room a few years ago - Adam Hmaidi)

Check out our new Fourth Grade Recorder Folders!!

These fantastic folders were donated by David French Music Co. in Westborough. The fourth graders will be using them to store their recorder music this year...

Thank you David French Music Company!

For more information on instrument rentals or lessons, you can contact them at

www.DavidFrenchMusic.com

53B Otis Street, Westboro

508-366-5994

Fourth Grade Recorder Information

Shrewsbury Public Schools

Music Department

Floral Street School

                                                                                                           

September 8, 2014

Dear Fourth Grade Parents and Caregivers,

This year, fourth graders at Floral Street School will be studying the recorder as part of their music curriculum. This program has, in the past, been very successful in the Shrewsbury Public Schools and we are looking forward to another very fun and musical year ahead!

The recorder is a wind instrument that looks and sounds like an early flute. It is made of wood or plastic and played very much like a clarinet.

Each week a portion of your child’s general music class at school will be dedicated to learning the recorder.  We are asking that all children participate in this program at an individual cost of $7.00.  This way the students will have their own personal recorder, which they can take home to practice and keep at the end of the year.

We realize the cost of the program may be prohibitive for some families.  We would ask that you contact Mrs. DeBlois, Mrs. McCubrey, or Mrs. Ostrander if this is a concern. 

If there are students that already own a recorder, it may be used for this program. Sheet music will be provided to each fourth grade student.

We would like to begin this program at the beginning of October.  In order to do this, we are asking that you return the bottom portion of this letter with your payment, if applicable, to the music room by Monday, September 22, 2014.  Please make any checks payable to Floral Street School. 

Thank you so much for your support.  If you have any questions, please contact Mrs. DeBlois at Floral Street School (508-841-8300 ext. 4932) or by e-mail at tdeblois@shrewsbury.k12.ma.us.

Sincerely,

Mrs. Tracy DeBlois

Music Specialist

Floral Street School

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Name of Student:______________________________ClassroomTeacher:__________________

__  We are purchasing a recorder  for $7.00

__  We already own a recorder                                    

Parent/Guardian Signature: ____________________________________

Please send this form and money/check (made out to FLORAL STREET SCHOOL) if applicable, back to the music room by Monday, September 22, 2014.

Welcome Back!

Hi everyone!

I hope that you had some fun this summer and are ready to come back to Music with a smile!

Some news for you all...Mrs. Demarky Anderson has indeed retired and in her place we have a new music teacher,  Miss Hall. She will be teaching a few of the first and second grade music classes and will be co-teaching the Fourth Grade Choruses with me. I like her so much already. I know that you will give her a big Floral Street smile when you meet her in the hallways of our school.

Welcome back! Let's make it a great and musical year...

Love,
Mrs. D.

Have A Musical Summer!!!

Wishing all of our Floral Street Friends and their families a very happy, safe, fun and MUSICAL summer! See you in the fall!

~Mrs. DeBlois 

Worcester Children's Chorus Auditions

Show Off Days in the Music Room

We have had some very successful shares so far this year by kids who have really put some time and effort into their presentations! Thank you for your support, families and friends! If you have questions, please don't hesitate to contact us in the Music Room. The letter that was sent home about Show Off Day is in the side bar at the right.  

SHINE ON, FLORAL STREET SCHOOL MUSIC STUDENTS!!

Fourth Grade Chorus Concert Dates

The concerts are coming up rather quickly. Just a reminder to one and all that they will be held at Floral Street School in the cafeteria.

April 9, 2014 at 6:30pm Chorus 1 (The Herring, Cook and Spangenberg Classes)

April 9, 2014 at 7:30pm Chorus 2 (The Edgren, Morrissey and Ralys Classes)

April 10, 2014 at 6:30pm Chorus 3 (The Morgan and Ross Classes)

All are welcome to attend!

Students should meet Mrs. Demarky Anderson 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!

It's Here!!!

The new piano has arrived! For those of you that didn't know, our 16 year old keyboard badly needed to be replaced. With the help of the Music and Drama Department Director, Bonnie Narcisi, and the Shrewsbury School Music Association, we were able to purchase a new keyboard for Floral Street School this year.

We are so thankful and excited to make some music…

Happy MUSIC IN OUR SCHOOLS Month!!!

String Things!

We were so happy to have another visitor to the Music Room today!

Mrs. Kaye joined us with her violin and her viola. She talked to us about stringed instruments and played us some beautiful music, as well.

She taught us how to stand and hold the violin.

We had a great time learning about strings!

THANK YOU,  MRS. KAYE!!!