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Student participation will include: ♪ Listening Skills Development ♪ Singing ♪ Movement / Dance ♪ Beat / Rhythm / Melodic Studies ♪ Improvisation ♪ Composition ♪ Note Reading ♪ Body Percussion ♪ Ensemble Playing* ♪ Poems / Rhymes / Stories ♪ Puppetry |
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Ensemble playing incorporates melodic instruments including xylophones, glockenspiels and metallophones that are played in ensemble together with drums and a variety of small percussion.
-- Joyful music making and a positive self image are overall intentions of the program. --
-- Joyful music making and a positive self image are overall intentions of the program. --
PRESCHOOL AND KINDERGARTEN
Preschool and Kindergarten lessons begin with listening activities, sound sensitivity, and the control of sound and silence. The notation of sound and silence is the introduction to our musical code system. Rhythmic skills are introduced through the analysis of long and short sounds; melodic skills developed by high and low sounds, and vocal inflection. The instruments of the tonebar ensemble provide each child with well tuned examples of pitch and harmony. Large body movement, then arm and shoulder, and finally, the training of finger dexterity, is the sequence used in developing coordination skills.
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Movement
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FIRST GRADE
Children in First Grade classes will continue their experiences of listening, imitation and exploration. They will move forward to new extensions and interpretations of musical concepts. Ensemble playing will be emphasized through movement, speech, song and instrument playing within a larger group. Notation skills, developed through movement, rhythmic and melodic speech, instrumental ostinati, and improvisation, progress according to language development. Sequencing and memory span activities help students read musical phrases and sentences rather than “note-to-note” hesitant reading. It is important to note that all of these musical skills will also aid class members in other areas such as math and phonics.
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Folk dance
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STARTING AT SECOND GRADE
Starting at second grade, classes progressively include recorder, ensembles, instrument making, crafts, and cultural experiences.
One fun way to play the recorder
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Exploring instruments
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Ensemble experiences
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-- Cultural experiences --
Instrument building
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Mask building
-- Crafts you take home! --
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Instrument building
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PARENT LESSONS
The last class of each nine week term is unique for teachers and students* to share with parents experiences they have had during the term. This regularly scheduled lesson is designed to demonstrate the Orff process and its philosophy. Parents are informed about materials and advised of activities to be done at home or within the community, thus enriching the musical accomplishments of the students.
*Preschool, Kindergarten and First Grade.
Older students will share with their parents twice a year at the discretion of the teacher.
*Preschool, Kindergarten and First Grade.
Older students will share with their parents twice a year at the discretion of the teacher.
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