Self Evaluating video for Grade 5B

You know what you have to do :)

Please, watch the video and try to see your group as a whole dancing body. Discover possible mistakes and let's talk about them next time and, of course - keep the good parts of your dance!

Self Evaluation Video for Grade 5A

Hello guys,
As we already talked in class, when you dance you are not fully aware of how you look or how do you affect the performance of your group.
This video is uploaded for you to watch it, evaluate your performance, fix your mistakes and keep the good parts :)

Did you check the blog? Weekly facts for Elementary Grades

Grade 3: 

 I know you love it and I know you would like to watch it again. Here it is, for you that you check regularly the class's blog:

Grade 4:

You love to dance, and here are some facts about dancing:

• Dance reduces stress - so before your midterm exams dance as much as you can!
• By saying "Break a Leg" before a dance performance, you mean exactly the opposite :)
• This is a floor that when you dance on it, you can charge your computer or your cellphone:
  
  
  
  
  
  Grade 5:
  
  
  The 27 Club, is a term that refers to popular musicians that have died at the age of 27.
  This is a link to a name list of the most famous names included in this deadly list:
  list of names in the 27 club
  
  
  Grade 6:
  
  
  In the frame of our Music History classes, here are some videos of bands we already got to know in the class and I think you will enjoy:
  
  
  Rock: Queen, Don't Stop me know
  
  

Alternative Rock: Muse, Uprising

Self-Evaluation video for Grade 4B

Listening yourself while performing with your group is a very important.
While playing in the group the performer is focused on what is playing and cannot have a general idea of how the entire performance sounds.
 When you can listen to your performance you can identify the positive or negative elements of your style and keep them or correct them.
This is the first of many to come self-evaluation videos  for the Grade 4Bs, playing the Canon in D.

Midterm Exams in Music : Elementary's Schedule

Monday, November 2, 2015

Grade 3A : Period 3

Material to study: Notes in Treble Clef, Basic Durations (Music Math)

Grade 3B: Period 4

Material to study: Notes in Treble Clef, Basic Durations (Music Math)

Wednesday, November 4, 2015

Grade 5B: Period 5

Material to study: Size of Intervals, Tones and Semitones, Types of 2nd intervals, Music Math, Rhythm Dictation

Friday, November 6, 2015

Grade 4B: Period 1

Material to study:  Notes in Treble Clef, Sharps, Flats, Naturals, Music Math, Rhythm Dictation

Grade 6B: Period 4

Material to study: Size of Intervals, Tones and Semitones, Types of 2nd intervals, Music Math, Music History - Listening

Grade 4A: Period 5

Material to study:  Notes in Treble Clef, Sharps, Flats, Naturals, Music Math, Rhythm Dictation

Grade 6A: Period 6

Material to study: Size of Intervals, Tones and Semitones, Types of 2nd intervals, Music Math, Music History - Listening

Grade 5A: Period 7

Material to study: Size of Intervals, Tones and Semitones, Types of 2nd intervals, Music Math, Rhythm Dictation

What's that Sound? The Violoncello (3rd Grade)

Being able to study the instrument and listen live the sound is a great aspect in the today's music classroom.

Students are encouraged to use the "Sticky Board" privilege and perform with their instrument live for their friends and classmates.

Here is Dong, in Grade 3, introducing the Violoncello in class:

Learning to perform in public (Sticky Board) and to evaluate a performance (Middle School)

Part of the course of Performing Arts is the opportunity to expose the students in a public performance and the chance to learn to evaluate a performance.

Sticky Board is our Magic Word - a word that everyone is scared of at the beginning, eventually though, grows to love and anticipate.

Here is a small video of some of the Grade 7 and Grade 8 Sticky Board Performances:

Grade 4 rehearsing in a pitched percussion group

Take a sneak peak from the Winter Concert rehearsals :)

Grade 4s are  practicing on their song which requires various different parts on glockenspiel and xylophone.

Grade 3B violin performances :)

Thank you Tiffany, Morris and Candice for the lovely musical moments you gave to all of us!
Here is a small video of our gifted Grade 3B performers :)

Modern Music History Course - Grades 4 and 5

Learning modern music history is very important, especially in our days that music is evolving day by day.
Grade 4 is exploring the paths of Rock'n'Roll while Grade 5 is learning about Classic Rock, movements and genres related to Rock, along with bands that changed the way we listen to music.
And, which is the instrument to get to know a bit better than the one that transformed the music audition for ever?
We start with the acoustic guitar and we learn basic finger placement and how to read tabs.
Enjoy some of our moments from the first class:

Grade 4A:  (Scroll down for grade 5)

Grade 5A

Students of the month September for the music class

Congratulations, congratulations, congratulations!
Keep the hard work ladies and gentlemen!!

Randy, 4B

Kelly, 5A

Jenson, 3A 

Anderson, 5B

Guan Jhen, 4A

Dong, 3B

Heike, 6B

Ingrid, 6A

Grade 3A: Sharing our love for the violin

What is the best way to inspire your friends for music by sharing with them your passion for the instrument you are learning!
Here are some of the Grade 3A pioneers who took the first step to the thrilling world of performance and played in front of their classmates their favorite instrument; the violin :)

Grades 4B ans 4A : Music History Class and Dance Introduction

Modern Music History is, nowadays, as essential as the Classic Music History.
Our little future performers, need to understand where the music they are listening at now, has come from, and what are the elements that helped our music appreciation skills to evolve.

Grade 4 is starting from Rock'N'Roll.
Very basic information is given in this stage: how many instruments, what is the time signature; we are focusing more on how does it feel to listen or to sing songs from the Rock'n'Roll era.

Dancing is very important as part of the Music Course for reasons that I have mentioned before. The more important, though, element that we all need to acknowledge is that it trains our students to be fearless in a public performance by adding the fun element.

Enjoy some moments of this Music History class with the 4th Graders: