by Eric GRIEBENOW | Jan 15, 2018 | Grade 4, Music, Uncategorized
Students in Grade 4 have been learning a chant called “Peanut Butter Pie” and making up the melody for it, using the directions Up, Down, High, and Low and the C Pentatonic Scale. Students have also started to aurally dictate the rhythm of the chant,...
by Eric GRIEBENOW | Dec 20, 2017 | Grade 10, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 8, Grade 9, Music, Secondary Music
On the final school day of 2018, a selection of our Band students performed a few winter tunes, as well as the ABIS Fight Song. The performance was held outside as a preparation for the Secondary International Breakfast, and to help welcome everyone to the last day of...
by Eric GRIEBENOW | Dec 14, 2017 | Kindergarten 3 (GS), Kindergarten 3 (ICS), Music
Students in K3 Music have been learning various nursery rhymes, learning fingerplays that correspond to those rhymes, connecting the rhymes with symbolic “notation”, and “conducting” the class through each rhyme. Ask your student to share them...
by Eric GRIEBENOW | Dec 7, 2017 | Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Music
Orffestra had their first performance of the year! Students played well, and were able to use their ears to play together. We also had a winter sing along, and everyone seemed to enjoy singing classics like Jingle Bells and Frosty the Snowman. Happy...
by Eric GRIEBENOW | Nov 27, 2017 | Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Music
At the Primary Assembly on December 7th, the Orffestra will have its first performance of the year! We have switched styles this time around, and you should come prepared to hear some jazz and solo improvisation. See you there at 12:20!
