The Gateway 4th Grade Chorus has again been invited to perform at the 2nd Annual Monroeville “Light Up the Night” Menorah Lighting and Chanukah Celebration. This event is open to the whole community at the Miracle Mile Shopping Center on Monday, December 3 at 5:30pm. Students will sing a few Chanukah songs and then are free to join in the festivities of the celebration. Last year, all were invited to partake in the latkes, hot chocolate, Chanukah gifts, and more! This event is an optional performance for our 4th graders. I will be in attendance to lead the students in the songs we are working on in chorus, and after singing they will return to you to enjoy the event. If you would like your child to attend, please dress for the weather and plan to arrive around 5:20pm so that we can get organized and ready to sing. We will gather near the menorah, which is placed in the parking lot between Panera Bread and Chick-fil-A. The area is blocked off for the celebration. Look for the tents! Check out the flyer below: If you have any other questions, please do not hesitate to contact me. I look forward to the celebration! It was a lot of fun last year!
Sing-cerely, Mr. Verno
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Welcome to the 2018-2019 school year in the music room! Now that the dust has settled from the first several weeks of school, I'd like to share with you some things going on in the music room. 2018-2019 Concert & Program Schedule This year's schedule is still being put together, but each grade level will have some type of performance! Some performances will be after-school concerts, others will be in-school programs, and even others will be in-class "inform"ances. Check for your child's grade below: Kindergarten & 1st Grade "Inform"ances For these grades, I invite you into the music room to see what we do in a typical music class! Look for more information soon about what day and time you can come see your child's music class. These will take place sometime during March 2019. 2nd Grade The Winter Program featuring 2nd Grade does not have a definite date set YET, but it will most likely take place on Friday, December 14, 2018 during the school day with CSE performing in the morning and Evergreen performing in the afternoon. This program will showcase the various types of activities we do and learn in music class all tied together with a winter theme! Expect to hear some singing, see some games, an instrument piece, and maybe even some dancing! 3rd Grade The highlight of 3rd grade music class is the recorder. This year, we are going to change things up a bit from our tradition of the past few years. 3rd Grade will perform a Spring Program featuring a recorder performance. However, expect to hear some singing, other instruments, and even some dancing! 4th Grade Chorus In 4th Grade, students participate in Chorus as well as a typical music class each week. The 4th Grade Chorus Concert combines all 4 Gateway Elementary schools in one big choir! This has been a fantastic event and experience for our choristers the past few years. This concert will take place on Tuesday, May 14, 2019 at 7:00pm in the Robert A. Read Performing Arts Center (Gateway High School Auditorium). Be sure to look for more information about each grade's performances coming home soon! You can also always check here on Mr. Verno's Music Room Website for more information in the Concert Corner (which is to the right side of the screen) and also in the For Parents section on the Concert Calendar Page. As always, do no hesitate to contact me with any questions you might have! 1st Grade Folk Dance at CSE!We have been practicing what we learned in Kindergarten to get ready for 1st Grade musical concepts. One thing we've done recently is this dance from Kindergarten. We call it our dance from Queen Caroline's ball. Check out Ms. Ackerman's class! 4th Grade Play Party at CSEIn 4th Grade, we recently learned about American play parties. A play party is a social event in which people gather to sing and "dance." Play parties began in the 1830s in the United States as a route around strict social practices banning dancing and the playing of musical instruments. The areas most influenced by the practice were the Southern and Midwestern parts of the United States. Folk songs were used as means to give the attendants choreographed movements for each phrase. No instruments were played at the events, as they were banned by the social movements of the area. Singing and clapping were used to convey each song. Because dancing was banned, the movements took on the quality of children's games. A popular play party from Tennessee is Alabama Gal. Below, you'll see pictures of Mr. O'Reilly's class in 2 longways sets performing the play party! Check back soon for more exciting things happening in the music room!
Sing-cerely, Mr. Verno 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!
Musically yours, Mr. Verno Over the first few months of school, I've taken many pictures of different music room activities, but I haven't had much time to post to the blog! Here's a quick recap of the first quarter of music and a little of the second quarter. KINDERGARTEN
2ND GRADE
3RD GRADE4TH GRADEIt's Not Long As a review of known rhythms, 4th Grade learned this fun rondo and added in their own creativity along the way. After breaking up into small groups, we read the rhythms from the board and played them on different unpitched percussion instruments. Then, as each group practiced their rhythm, they add their own movement and voice sounds. Here's what Mr. Catone's class came up with. Concert Preparation - Winter Fantasy As we learn our repertoire for the annual Winter Concert, sometimes we listen to ourselves to help improve our singing. He is a short preview of what you will hear in next month's Winter Concert at Evergreen and CSE! That's all I have for now! Check back soon for more tidbits from the music room! OR, now follow @csemusicroom or @evmusicroom on Twitter!
Musically yours, Mr. Verno JUST A QUICK REMINDER THAT THE EVERGREEN MUSIC IN OUR SCHOOLS MONTH CONCERT IS TONIGHT!
The program begins at 7:00pm. 4th Grade students should report to the chorus room at 6:15pm. Just follow the signs. 3rd Grade students should report to the chorus room at 6:30pm. Just follow the signs. I'm very excited and can't wait to see you there! Please take pictures and send them to me at [email protected]! |
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