Sept. 23/24

Important News!!!

Choir is looking excellent.  So many singers have signed up.  We begin choir next Tuesday!

Kindergarten

• singing through call and response
• action songs
• Moving to the music
• showing high and low notes with our bodies and scarves
• Using our body as a scale
• do - re - mi - fa - sol - la - ti - do

Grade 1/2

• Harmony Pod continues to work towards their Peace Assembly.  
• Link coming soon to practice song at home
• Joy Pod  - Fall Compositions
• reviewing rhythm/ note names ta, ti - ti, and rest
• writing own 4 beat phrase using pictures and rhythms 

 Grade 3/4

• Speaking on the beat
• Composing our own songs
• Review rhythms we know
• ta, ti-ti, tika tika, rest
• working in small groups

North Pole Musical

I received the music for North Pole Musical (choir performance) today and I am so excited.  I thought I would give you a sneak peak.  Here is the opening number!

North Pole Musical

Enjoy!!  See you Oct. 1 at lunch time.  If you still would like to sign up for choir you still can.

September 16/17

The Details

Choir forms are going home through out this week.  Please write down the information about practices and the performance.  

Kindergarten

• building confidence up to sing by ourselves.  
• Turning our speaking voices into singing voices 
• Matching pitch (same notes as I sing)
• Listened to Vivace by Handel and played the rhythm sticks
• Moved in different ways to the beat
• learned the rhythm names ta and ti-ti

Grade 1/2
Harmony

• Began working on our Peace Assembly - we are rewriting the words to A Little Help from My Friends to relate more to us
• stay tuned for more information about the assembly!

Peace

• continued working with rhythm sticks and counting the rhythms ta and ti-ti
• sang a beautiful fall song 
• used to Orff instruments (xylophones, glockenspiels) to accompany our song
• introduced the half note and its rhythm name (two-a or two-o)

 

Grade 3/4

• warm-up: Who stole the cookie from the cookie jar?  Almost all students can speak on the beat! Way to go.  Love the silly voices coming out as well
• Learned about 16th notes with the rhythm name tika tika and reviewed ta and ti-ti
• Played through Old Town Road on rhythm sticks
• Bjork introduced us to the term dynamics (volume) through the song It's Oh So Quiet
• pianissimo, piano, mezzo piano, mezzo forte, forte, fortissimo 

Choir Form

Today the teachers hated out choir forms to those who are interested.  Here is the information in case you didn't get a form and were curious.  

September 13, 2019

Dear Parents/Guardians and Students, 

This year choir will be offered for students in Grades 1 to 4. Choir will rehearse on Tuesdays during lunch hour. Rehearsals will begin on Tuesday, October 1st and conclude with an evening performance on December 17, 2019. I will be communicating more details of this as we get closer to the date.  Please stay connected with the music blog ehsmusic.blogspot.com.  

We will be performing a mini-musical called North Pole Musical.  Here is a synopsis of the show please note that it has a Christmas theme;

Auditions are underway for the 400th Anniversary of North Pole Musical, and everyone is in a panic! The dancing Reindeer are “hoofin' it,” but don't know what to do with Rudolph and his 4 left hooves. The elves are tired of always getting the short end of the stick, and are singin' the blues. The snowmen are “chillin'” but worried about the funky hot lights, and the toys are trying to do the entire Nutcracker Suite in 3 minutes! The annual Christmas show keeps getting bigger and bigger each year. But, wait a minute! Is bigger really better? See how Santa finds a way to remind everyone of the true meaning of the season.

Students will quickly eat their lunch in the music room and then rehearse for the remainder of lunch. All interested students are welcome! 

If your child is interested in attending choir, please sign the form below and return it by Friday, September 27^th 2019. Please also ensure that your child is committed to attending all the practices as well as the performance, and is genuinely interested in this activity. I do understand that some families go away for the holidays. If you are planning to be away on Dec. 17 and your child will miss the performance, but would still like to come to the practices, please note that below. 

If you are interested in joining choir I have extra forms for you if you would like. 

Thanks Jennele

Sincerely,

Jennele Coulson

September 9/10

Welcome To Music!

For those of you who don't know me, my name is Jennele Coulson.  I have the pleasure to teach music to you amazingly talented students! It has been so great to come back this year.  Some of you know that I took last year off for the birth of my daughter Alice.  I also have a beautiful son called William.  

The Nitty Gritty Details

Yes, there will be choir this year.  I haven't worked out the details yet but you will get information soon.  It will begin Oct. 1 at lunch time and will end with a Christmas mini-musical.  

This Week

I have met with every class this week!  It was so nice to see everyone.  Here is some highlights!

Kindergarten

• focus on getting comfortable, understanding beat
• instrument introduction: djembe (an African drum)
• How can we keep the beat with our bodies, with our voices
• difference between speaking, whisper, singing and shouting voices
• We DANCED!!!

Grade 1/2

• Read Music Class Today!
• Played a singing game: Little Sally Walker
• Reviewed our rhythms ta (quarter note), ti-ti (eighth notes) and quarter rest
• Instrument Introduction: rhythm sticks

Grade 3/4

• Read The Really Awful Musicians
• Played Who Stole The Cookie From The Cookie Jar (speaking on beat)
• Old Town Road - Kidz Bop version (Form/ Thoughts in a song)

Fun Question For You!

Would you rather be a lion or a tiger? why?