Who's That Instrumentalist in the Music Room??

It's Mr. Ron Kaye! He is the father of former FSS student, Andrew Kaye, who is now in eighth grade. He is also the father of Erin and Steven Kaye, who are both in first grade this year. 

Mr. Kaye is a very talented musician. He plays both the Oboe and the English Horn in orchestras and ensembles all around the New England area. He leads workshops for woodwind players and is a teacher at the middle and high school level in the Shrewsbury After School Instrumental Lesson Program, as well. 

He was gracious enough to spend some of his time with us in the music room this past week. He shared lots of information about instruments of the orchestra and composers with the third graders and also gave us a treat - he played some music for us on both the Oboe and the English Horn! It was wonderful. We appreciate him taking time out of his busy schedule to come in and inspire us.

Happy 2014!!!!

2014 is here, and the Music Room is hopping!

We have just begun our Instruments of the Orchestra Unit, which will run through February. It is a very exciting time of year for us...We'll be listening to the story of the Classical Cats, learning about the job of the conductor, and classifying instruments into their family groups. (Can YOU name the four families of instruments in the orchestra?!)

There are a few new things going up under "links" on the right hand side of this page, in case you are looking for them. For example, we just played the Instrument Music Match game today! Check out the Musical Safari for a fun trip through the orchestral instruments with Violet and her Uncle. There's also a clip of a contrabassoon, for all of you woodwind fans out there! Enjoy!

Wishing you all a musical New Year...
Mrs. DeBlois and Mrs. Demarky Anderson

Beautiful Singing from the Fourth Grade

This is Mrs. Cook's class, doing a very special project. Here they are singing "America the Beautiful"…Enjoy!

Mrs. Cook's Class - America the Beautiful

There is joy in the Music Room this month...

We are practicing our winter songs for our Half School Meetings!
The students in all grades are wowing us with their beautiful voices.
We love to hear them sing!

Congratulations, Fourth Grade Chorus Members!!

This week, our three choruses had their fall concerts. Mrs. Demarky Anderson and I are so proud of you all. You used your FACTS and CARES, pulled together as a team and were super awesome up there on the stage! We can't wait to see you in December to do some more relaxed singing before we start preparing for our Spring Extravaganzas!!

Many thanks for all of your hard work and congrats to you for being a part of something so special!

Fourth Grade Chorus Concerts - NEXT WEEK!!!

We are getting ready to present our patriotic fall performances on the cafeteria stage. (See dates below!)  The concerts will be about a half an hour long.

The students don’t need to go out and buy anything special to wear. We will be wearing the colors of the American Flag – red, blue and white in any combination.

Students should meet in the music room 15 minutes prior to the concert to warm up their voices with Mrs. DeBlois and Mrs. Demarky Anderson, and to get to their places. (If your concert is at 6:30pm, you should plan to be here at 6:15pm.)

We are looking forward to seeing you at our concerts. Thank you for supporting the Arts at Floral Street School!

Sincerely,

Tracy DeBlois And Georgia Demarky-Anderson

Music Specialists

Floral Street School

P.s., We are looking for volunteers to videotape our concerts so that we may view them in class and self-assess. If you are willing to do so, please contact Mrs. DeBlois  at tdeblois@shrewsbury.k12.ma.us.

Chorus One (the Herring, Cook and Spangenberg classes)

will be performing on November 20, 2013 at 6:30pm

Chorus Two (the Edgren, Morrissey and Ralys classes)

                will be performing on November 20, 2013 at 7:30pm

Chorus Three (the Morgan and Ross classes)

will be performing on November 21, 2013 at 6:30pm

The Fourth Grade Recorders Have Arrived!!!

We are so excited to get playing! If you have a recorder at home, please bring it to music class!

Our first notes will be the notes B, A and G. We'll be learning "Hot Cross Buns" and "Wish I Was A Chicken" this month.

Please remember the things we talked about in music class - safety first! Enjoy your recorders and we'll see you next week!