This past weekend, 12 of our 4th grade students had the opportunity to participate in the Pittsburgh Youth Chorus's Singing Saturday at Mt. Lebanon High School. We've spent the month of February preparing and learning the music for the performance, and on Saturday, March 7, they spent the day with guest conductor, Steve Schmidt, and other 4th and 5th graders from all around the Pittsburgh area practicing for a wonderful performance! They did a fantastic job and represented our district well! Participating Students: CSE: Ava Anderson, Brooke Weiler, and Tyrion Williams Evergreen: Edward Koruzo, Alexis Nelko, and Ryeon Wormsley Ramsey: Izabelle Bansah, Rachel Tanis, and Lauren Vandervort UP: Mirai Graylee, Sanvi Jain, and Joshitha Vijayakumar Congratulations everyone!
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I am writing to remind you that all Gateway 4th Grade students will be performing in just under a month in the 4th Grade Chorus Spring Concert on Tuesday, May 14, 2019 at 7:00pm in the Robert A. Read Performing Arts Center (Gateway High School Auditorium). 4th Graders from Evergreen, Ramsey, University Park, and Dr. Cleveland Steward, Jr. Elementary Schools will combine together to perform a variety of music they have been working hard to learn this year. In order for us to prepare and rehearse for the evening of the concert as one large group, we will be traveling to Gateway High School on the morning of Tuesday, May 14th. Your child should have brought home a permission slip to be signed and returned to school so that he/she may participate with us in our rehearsal at the high school. You can find a copy of the permission slip HERE. On the evening of the concert, students should wear something nice white on top and black on the bottom. Boys should wear a white shirt with a collar, black dress pants, and black dress shoes with black socks. Girls should wear a white blouse and black dress pants/skirt or a black and white dress with black dress shoes to be comfortable in for standing for the duration of the evening. If your child does not have this, he/she should wear something as close as possible. We want to look our best, but no one will be told they cannot perform with us on stage! Students should report to the high school band room no later than 6:30pm to get in our concert order and warm-up our voices to perform. We will visit the band room during our rehearsal, but signs will also be posted directing them where to go. I look forward to seeing everyone there! Please do not hesitate to contact me with any questions you might have. Here is that information again at-a-glance: 4th Grade Chorus Spring Concert Tuesday, May 14, 2019 Robert A. Read Performing Arts Center 6:30pm - Students report to band room for warm-ups Please be READY at 6:30, not walk in at 6:30 7:00pm - Concert Begins! Sing-cerely,
Mr. Verno 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 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
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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!
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