by Eric GRIEBENOW | Mar 9, 2017 | Kindergarten 3 (GS), Kindergarten 3 (ICS), Music
Students in K3 are exploring music notation, starting with “Ta” and “ti-ti”. This week, they had the chance to make their own rhythms as individuals, partners, and small groups, and tested each other to see if they were correct!
by Eric GRIEBENOW | Feb 23, 2017 | Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Music
Select students from Grade 3, 4, and 5 performed two very difficult pieces of music today at the Primary Assembly. It has been very rewarding to see t students grow and improve their independence over the last year of the Orffestra’s existence. Our next...
by Eric GRIEBENOW | Feb 15, 2017 | Grade 3, Grade 4, Music
Students in Grades 3 & 4 are starting their recorder units using the “Recorder Karate” method. Through this program, students will learn how to better read music, play the recorder, while they pass tests to earn “belts”, from white to...
by Kirrili WILLIAMS | Jan 26, 2017 | Creativity, Action, Service, ECC, Grade 1, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 8, Grade 9, Music, Secondary Music
The benefits of music education are well documented. However, the main benefit is that it brings us joy and helps us share that joy with others.
by Eric GRIEBENOW | Jan 25, 2017 | ECC, Music
The K1 & K2 Musicians have been learning a new fingerplay about 5 fishes and a hungry shark. See if your student knows it! 5 little fishes, swimming in the sea, Teasing Mr. Shark,”You can’t catch me, You can’t catch me!” Along comes Mr....
by Eric GRIEBENOW | Jan 19, 2017 | Grade 1, Music
In G1, we have been experimenting with rhythms and connecting them with “ta”, “ti-ti”, and rests. Today, these musicians used their own name and bodies to make rhythms that others copied. After we listened to ourselves, we tried to find the...
