For the past few years, I have been trying to think of ways to feature our outstanding Gateway musicians, especially the fantastic elementary musicians I teach. This year, Mrs. Dayton, Mrs. Spina, and I have decided to form the Gateway Treble Choir. Recently a letter was sent home explaining the details we know so far. You can read it below. If your child is interested in auditioning for the choir, you can either send in the information on the bottom of the letter above in to your music teacher, send me an email at [email protected], or fill out the Google Form I created online. I am excited to begin this new adventure!
Musically yours, Mr. Verno
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I was so glad to see so many people come to music rooms at CSE and Evergreen during Open House these past 2 weeks! If you weren't there, he's what you missed. I had a bunch of questions for you all to ask your kiddos about things we're doing in music class. Here's a picture of the whole board. Here's what you can still do at home! Kindergarteners just learned about fast and slow. We have been preparing to learn it over the past several weeks by relating different speeds in different songs and rhymes to a turtle and a bunny. This past week, we decided when a train goes up a hill, it goes slow, and when it goes down a hill, it goes fast. Ask your kindergartener to recite Engine, Engine #9 for you. You can also ask them about this awesome book, Over in the Meadow, and about the Ice Cream Sundae. 1st and 2nd Grade both are currently learning about rhythm. Last year we learned about the steady beat, and now we are seeing how they are different. We recently began relating rhythm to short and long sounds. The red and blue lines you see below are showing the rhythm of a music room favorite, Engine, Engine #9. The circles are showing the rhythm of a new song, called Bounce High, Bounce Low. Things are getting tricky in 3rd Grade to prepare us for learning to play the recorder. We are currently learning about meter. Meter groups strong/weak beat patterns into measures with barlines. Have your 3rd Grader read you the rhythm below. 4th Grade is working on a new low pitch in the solfa (or solfege) scale. We also are working on different things in Chorus. Check it out. That's all for now! Check back soon for more updates on what is going on in the music room!
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