by Eric GRIEBENOW | Sep 16, 2015 | Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Music, Secondary Music, The Grades
Throughout the week, G5-8 Band students have been working on producing sound with just mouthpieces. While everyone had been eager to play with their entire instrument, there is a pedagogical reason for the slow start. Learning a new instrument means learning new mouth...
by Amy CAMP | Sep 10, 2015 | ECC, Kindergarten 3 (ICS), Music, The Grades
if you visit a music class for our Grasshoppers, Ladybirds, Bumblebees or K3 students, you will see children joyfully engaged in making music. Children learn best by playing, and one of the focuses of our music program is exactly that: playing with music! All...
by Eric GRIEBENOW | Sep 10, 2015 | Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Music, Secondary Music, The Grades
As the music team works to increase the opportunites and advance the quality of music making at ABIS, we get many questions about why we have chosen to go in the direction of musical ensembles and specifically band and choir. While the full answers to the questions...
by Amy CAMP | Sep 3, 2015 | ECC, Grade 1, Grade 10, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Kindergarten 3 (ICS), Music, Secondary Music, The Grades
Welcome back! It has been delightful to see so many familiar and happy faces, and to hear beautiful music making around the school. I am especially pleased to welcome my new colleague, Mr. Eric Gribenow to the music program! He is an excellent music...
by Eric GRIEBENOW | Sep 3, 2015 | ECC, Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Kindergarten 3 (ICS), Music
At this week’s assembly, students (and parents!) got to learn a new song. Once students learned the melody and phrases through call and response, we all experimented with moving our bodies to the steady beat and crossing the body mid-line (a tough task for...
by Laura BURTON | May 21, 2015 | ECC, Kindergarten 3 (ICS), Music, The Grades
Please click on the following links to watch the videos taken during the Early Years Informance:Video 1Video 2Video 3Video 4Video 5Video 6Video 7
