Down By The Bay!
Posted by Megan KirkOn January 24th, the PreK and K students were so excited to get up on stage to sing “Down By The Bay”! This is a song that really emphasizes how we often use rhymes in songs! In class, students would come up with their very own silly rhymes to add to verses of this song! It was a great way to reinforce their learning of what a rhyming word is! I was so proud of the PreK and K students for wanting to share this song with their Unquowa community!
The Road Not Taken
Posted by Megan KirkThe 6-8 grade chorus sang a beautiful and challenging piece called “The Road Not Taken” at assembly recently. This complex piece of work had very challenging three part harmonies that the upper schoolers worked very hard to learn. We also have been working on vocal placement in class, and this song showed how the students knew how to use vowel placement to blend their sound. Great job Upper School Chorus!
Climb Higher!
Posted by Megan KirkThe 4th and 5th grade chorus sang a very uplifting and inspiring song at assembly! Using the song “Climb Higher” the 4th and 5th graders were learning about how the melody, harmonies, and lyrics of a song can send strong messages to the listener. They were also working on their tone color as well as how to blend as a choir while learning this song. They did an excellent job on their performance and the audience definitely felt uplifted after listening to this piece!
What Note is That?!
Posted by Megan KirkStudents in lower school music have been having a lot of fun with note identification! In PreK,K, and 1st grade, students are working on identifying the space notes in the treble clef! In 2nd, 3rd, and 4th grade, students are having a review session of both the line and space notes in the treble clef. Students were very excited to learn two games we played to reinforce their learning! “Toss in the treble clef” and “jump to that note”! When students are having this much fun the learning comes easy!
8th Grade Instrumental Performance of “Cold Duck Time”
Posted by David CoeAfter Owen’s speech about baking, the 8th grade Instrumental Music class did some cooking of their own! Their performance of “Cold Duck Time” was outstanding! We had a super tight djembe drum section of Aidan, Adrian and James, Owen and Zeylah on electric guitar, Anson on bass and Jack on keyboard. Our arrangement featured a lot of improvisation and great ensemble playing. Not a bad way to start the day!
Improv!
Posted by Megan KirkThe 5th grade students are REALLY loving all of the improv games they have been learning in Performing Arts! During our drama portion of our lessons, students had to improv short scenes with a partner about a park bench. One student would be sitting on the “park bench” and the other had to find a way to get them to give up their seat. One of the most important things about doing improv is listening to your stage partner. Fifth grade did a great job at this!