by Amy CAMP | Oct 1, 2015 | Grade 3, Grade 4, Music
Our third and fourth graders are busily preparing for their evening performance on Wednesday, October 28th at 6:30 PM in the gym. Both classes will present a folk tale and will narrate, act, sing, dance and accompany themselves. Parents, please encourage your child to...
by Eric GRIEBENOW | Sep 30, 2015 | ECC, Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Kindergarten 3 (ICS), Music, The Grades
During this year’s Book Week, Primary students have been “musicalizing” two stories of the Pout-Pout fish. One is a review from last year, The Pout-Pout Fish, and one is the highly anticipated prequel, The Pout-Pout Fish Goes To School. Students have...
by Eric GRIEBENOW | Sep 22, 2015 | ECC, Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Kindergarten 3 (ICS), Music, The Grades
All primary students have been learning the song of the month, Cirandeiro. It is a circle song from Brazil, and we have had (some challenging) fun learning to pronounce the Portuguese. Below is a picture of some Grade 4’s experimenting with circle dancing. Quite...
by Amy CAMP | Sep 17, 2015 | Music, Secondary Music, The Grades
Auditions were held this week for ABIS’ winter musical, “Questers”. Congratulations to an enthusiastic group of students. Ms. Camp, Ms. Brewer and Ms. Kenney are looking forward to rehearsals beginning next week. Performances of the...
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...
