Wednesday, July 26, 2017

Welcome!

Greetings all, and welcome to a brand new school year! I thought I'd post here an overview for the upcoming music year. Students will be working on:

  • Learning well-known songs like If You're Happy and You Know It, etc
  • Exposure to and analysis of classical music repertoire
  • Music literacy
  • Solfege (Do, Re, Mi, etc)
  • Aural skills 
    • Hearing patterns in music
    • Sight-reading
    • Singing in key
    • Singing in unison/parts
    • Hearing harmony
  • Performance skills
    • Stage etiquette
    • Audience etiquette
    • Telling a story/facial and body language 
  • Instrument playing skills (percussion instruments such as xylophones and drums)
    • Mallet technique
    • Percussion instrument names and techniques
  • Singing skills
    • Posture
    • Breath
    • Vowels
  • Teamwork/responsibility

Looking forward to an exciting new year!