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Music

Classroom Highlights

Teacher:

Mrs. Lauren Marchione

Hope Township School Music Summary

The kindergarten class continues to study rhythms by reading, writing, playing instruments and chanting. They also are singing simple songs appropriate to the days of the week, month and weather.

The first grade class is also working on learning how to read, write and perform rhythms. They are singing songs about musical instruments. Soon they will begin to learn how to read notes!

The second grade class has been busy reading new music! They have been learning a song about musical instruments and the sounds they make. They will also be working on a song about Abraham Lincoln! Second grade will be reviewing how to read the notes in the treble staff and will be introduced to some new notes very soon!

Recorders! The third grade class has been working very hard at learning how to play the recorder. They are becoming comfortable with three notes (G, A and B) and simple rhythms. They are almost ready to be introduced to some new notes and rhythms with eighth notes! They have also begun learning the song "An Adventure."

Recorders! The fourth grade has been reviewing the recorder. They are also reviewing musical symbols and learning new symbols! Fourth grade will be reading new vocal selections of different styles.

These students have been introduced to the keyboard! They have been studying notation in the treble clef and performing simple melodies on the piano. We recently completed a small project on the form of "theme and variations" using a piece by Lucien Cailliet titled "Variations on Pop! Goes the Weasel." This piece has five variations based on the theme "Pop! Goes the Weasel." The classes were separated into groups and each group had to act out their assigned variation. Both classes did a super job! They will be studying a few other forms and styles of music in addition to continuing to work on the keyboard instruments.

This year in seventh grade has been full of wonderful music! Learning how to read music through performing on an English Handbell has been the focus of the class. This class performed at the Winter Concert and did a phenomenal job. They are currently working on a piece by Mozart called "Arietta" as well as a piece called "Song of Reflection." The class has been introduced to more advanced music vocabulary and symbols such as accidentals, crescendos and decrescendos, staccato and legato, and much more! They have also learned some fundamental handbell performance techniques.

This class has been working on reviewing their music reading and performance skills through playing simple to intermediate melodies and identifying and performing scales as well as more advanced musical directions such as D.C. al Fine, Repeat signs, first and second endings, D.S. al Coda, etc.

They will continue to refine these skills throughout the remainder of the school year. In addition, they will be creating animations to musical selections which will be performed at our spring concert in May!

This year, as with the seventh grade, has been full of wonderful and challenging music. This class performed beautifully at the Winter Concert as well as for the Shop-Rite Winter Music Program. They are currently working on a suite called "All Creatures Great and Small." They will also be introduced to Offenbach's Can-Can as well as Handel's The Rejoicing from the Royal Fireworks Music. They will be performing at the Spring Concert and possibly participate in a handbell festival!

Fifth and Sixth Grade Chorus

Spring Concert Repetoire: How I Love My America and Voice Mail Madness

Music in the Parks Repetoire: How I Love My America, another to be selected soon!

Spring Concert Repetoire: Dream Your Dreams and The Road to Freedom

Music In the Parks Repetoire: Dream Your Dreams and Four Seasons of Haiku

Spring Concert Repetoire: America, the Beautiful, American Folk Trilogy, another to be selected soon!

Music In the Parks Repetoire: American Folk Trilogy, and another selection.

The Hope Township School Spring Concert is scheduled for Wednesday, May 12, 2004 at 7:00 pm at the school. Students are performing musical selections.

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