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May 15, 2019 Spring Chorus Concert Updates!

Hi Chorus!

Our Chorus Concerts are on WEDNESDAY, May 15th, 2019.  Please remember to wear a white shirt and black/dark pants or a skirt.


Remember to review all the lyrics for our songs.  ALL music will be sung from memory!  :-)

If it helps you to memorize these pieces, I've included a few links for you to rehearse with during your spare time.

1.  Bye, Bye, Blackbird:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05_R-8TSaAY

2. "Sing a Song of Nonsense" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBGPn_zC5zE
     Another version at a slightly faster tempo:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TmeHctUekQ

3.  "Galop" from Solfege Suite: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XDEfuh3OQs

4.  "Carry Me Ackee" lyrics:

1. Carry me ackee to Linstead Market,
Not a quartee would sell.
Carry me ackee to Linstead Market,
Not a quartee would sell.

REFRAIN:
Oh! What a night, what a night!
What a Saturday night!
Oh! What a night, what a night!
What a Saturday night!

2. Ev’rybody come see them, see them,
Not a quartee would sell.
Ev’rybody come see them, see them,
Not a quartee would sell.

REFRAIN

3. Make me call it louder, “Ackee, Ackee,”
Red and pretty dem tan.
Make me call it louder, “Ackee, Ackee,”
Red and pretty dem tan.

REFRAIN

4. La, la, la, la, la,……

REFRAIN

We'll also sing "Do-Re-Me" and "Peace Like a River", but I didn't include those lyrics.

Practice, practice, practice!

5th Grade Chorus Music--Please Practice! :-)

Fifth graders:  It’s time to practice, practice, practice for our upcoming concerts!

Click here to view and/or print out the lyrics! 5th Grade Chorus Spring 2017 Concert Lyrics

Please remember this important dates:

1.  Wednesday, May 17^th at 9:30 a.m.   The Blue Ribbon Ceremony.

You will be performing for the school and various educational representatives.
Please remember to wear your blue fifth grade “FARMLAND” tee-shirt to school and black pants/skirts.

2.  Wednesday, May 24^th Spring Chorus Concerts at 9:45 a.m., 10:45 a.m., and 7 p.m. (please return by 6:45 p.m.)

You will be performing for the school during the day and for your families at night!
Please remember to wear a white shirt and black pants/skirts.
      3. Thursday, June 14^th in the morning.  The Fifth Grade Promotion Ceremony!

You will be performing for your families in your final presentation this year!
You may wear whatever you’d like to for this special event.

Here are a few video clips to help you sing along to some of the songs and rehearse the words and music:

1.   “Like a Mighty Stream”  https://safeshare.tv/x/mV3WMngUUeU or this version (start it at 1:45): https://safeshare.tv/x/S0A-QvBZ-Kg.
2.      “Trolls”   https://safeshare.tv/x/X2B8cexWvEY  (Note:  we will not take the ending quite as quickly as they do)
3.  “Nothing More” by the Alternate Routes:  https://safeshare.tv/x/ss5902573e36306

Cluster Concert Info and Lyrics

Hey Fifth Graders,

Please remember to practice your music in preparation for the Cluster Concert at Tilden Middle School on Thursday, February 2, 2017.  The concert will start at 7 p.m., but you will need to arrive wearing a white top and black pants/skirt by 6:15 p.m. to the cafeteria.

Here are the lyrics to help you practice "Yonder Come Day" and "Aquarius".

Please also study https://safeshare.tv/x/X2B8cexWvEY to help you practice the song "Trolls" 



And the music and lyrics for "Aquarius" https://safeshare.tv/x/ss58810b132d035.  Please note on the lyrics sheet when you sing and when Tilden's chorus does.

Thanks and practice, practice, practice!  :-)

Creative Cumulative Song Compositions

Third graders are working hard to identify the differences between verse/refrain songs and cumulative songs.  Ms. McClure's class composed some alternate lyrics to the American folk song "Bought Me A Cat."  

You can see what they wrote, a copy of the lyrics to the song it's based on, and a blank template to write your own silly song with your family.  I look forward to seeing some new creations!

Our fifth graders are working hard to identify instruments by sight and sound.  Benjamin Britten's piece "A Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra" is one of my favorite ways for people--young and old--to review families of instruments (string, woodwind, brass, and percussion), as well as naming the individual instruments you see and hear.  Turn your speakers up and enjoy this well-known piece of music with your family!

Music Sites for Summer Fun!

Here are a few of my favorite websites to explore when you have some extra time with your family this summer.

1)  www.incredibox.com  You, too, can create your own incredible beat boxing mixes!

2)  http://www.philtulga.com/  There are some really great games and activities you can play under the "Activities" tab.  Many of these games connect music to other subject areas, such as math and science.  There are also some ideas for making some of your own instruments, too!

3)  Learn more about "The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra" by Benjamin Britten and the instruments used by playing this game:  http://listeningadventures.carnegiehall.org/

Stay tuned and I'll keep adding more to the list.  Have a great summer!

Fifth Graders!

Here are some video clips and the lyrics to help you learn your three pieces for the Cluster Concert at Tilden Middle School, 11211 Old Georgetown Road, Rockville, MD, on Thursday, January 28th.  Please remember to report to the cafeteria by 6 p.m.

Please also remember to wear white on top and black/dark clothes on bottom and practice memorizing your music!  

1.) The Colburn Children's Choir singing Stopping By Woods On A Snowy Evening

http://safeshare.tv/v/ss56784ecc47da0

2)  Seven Feet of Snow

http://safeshare.tv/v/ss567850821d006

3)  Best Day of My Life (by the American Authors)
http://safeshare.tv/v/ss567851078ed6f

Instrument Review!

If you're looking for more fun ways to test your musical knowledge, check out and click on the link to the "Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra" listening adventures that was created by the Weill Music Institute at Carnegie Hall.  There are great bits of information about the different families of instruments, individual families, and even some music quizzes to check what you know!

I hope you enjoy this site as much as I do!

April is Jazz Appreciation Month!

In the spirit of celebrating Jazz Appreciation month and recognizing Jazz as music that originated in the United States, I'd like to share one of my favorite pieces, "Take Five" by the Dave Brubeck Quartet.  It has a time signature that is a bit unusual in that it has five beats per measure (5/4), rather than the more standard four beats (4/4).  Dave Brubeck (1920-2012) worked hard as a musician and educator to promote cultural diplomacy around the world through his music.  I hope you enjoy this piece, too!  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHdU5sHigYQ#t=302

Fascinating Rhythm

I've Got Rhythm!

Students in Ms. Basra's class did a great job practicing and performing quarter note and eighth note rhythmic patterns for their individual assessments. Students read selected rhythms by speaking them and showing what the patterns looked like with their hands.

There's a Little Wheel A-Turning in My Heart

Second graders in Ms. Casey's class had a fun time expressing themselves through song and movement to this traditional African-American spiritual. Enjoy the first verse! Can you create other verses that would match the style and mood of this song?

Writing and Reading!

First graders were working hard to notate and read some of their original compositions using quarter notes, eighth notes, and quarter rests. They then took turns performing in front of their peers!

ABCs

Students in Ms. Lund's class did an awesome job singing, moving, and finding the first letters of their names to different versions of "The Alphabet Song" in music today.  

Line Dances!

Here are some fifth graders from Ms. Hart's class showing off their fancy dance moves to "Galopede," a piece of English folk music. We moved the dance from the music room to the hall to create two long parallel lines for fun and for extra space to move safely. We look forward to trying it again with another folk dance in the next few weeks!

Over the River and through the Wood

Fourth grade classes learned and performed the traditional American Thanksgiving song "Over the River and through the Wood." Each class took turns critiquing their work to think about what worked well and what they would strive to improve the next time they sang this song or a similar one. It was a fun exercise and here is one of their "works-in-progress" that we hope you enjoy listening to, as well.

See the Rhythms of the Seesaw

Check out some first graders reading, responding, editing, and performing rhythmic representations of music symbols (quarter notes and eighth notes) in different patterns!

Same and Different

First graders worked together to compose class poems after examining the piece of art "Paris Street; Rainy Day" by the French artist Gustave Caillebotte.   They discussed parts of the image that are the same or different and how this scene is same or different from a street or place in the neighborhood.  They then performed their poems with and without instruments to a steady beat and experimented with different dynamic levels to see if it made the poems more interesting.

Are you still needing to turn in a Digital Image Permission Form so you can also appear on the blog?

Here are images of the permission slip you may print out and turn it in to your classroom teacher with your parent or guardian's signature.