by Eric GRIEBENOW | Oct 7, 2015 | Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 8, Grade 9, Music, Secondary Music, The Grades
Students in most of the grade levels have been working on rhythmic notation in music classes, with many students able to read quite complicated rhythms! Most students use the inherent rhythms built into language to learn to read and perform each note or set of notes....
by Amy CAMP | Oct 1, 2015 | Music, Secondary Music
There are three components for the IGCSE Music course: Listening, Performing and Composing. Our G10 music students are hard at work, training their ears to recognize the characteristics of different musical eras and genres, as well as be able to write down what...
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 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...
