Winter Celebration

Just to add to the message from last week.  The Grade 5/6 Winter Celebration will take place on December 13, 2018 at 6 pm.  See you there!

One of Those Wonderful Winter Nights...

You are cordially invited to join us for the K-4 Winter Celebration, One of Those Wonderful Winter Nights.

Date:   December 6, 2018

Time:  6 pm

Place:  Elboya School gymnasium

The Grade 3/4 choir will be featured.  See you there!

"When playing music, 

it is possible to achieve a unique sense of peace."

~Daniel Barenboim

In preparation of our winter celebration, students are already learning pieces of music connected to this wintery season.  Students sing songs about snow, snowflakes, and the traditions and ceremonies held around this wintery season hundreds of years ago.  

Stay tuned with more updates about our Winter Celebrations. 

Music is the social act of communication among people,

a gesture of friendship, 

the strongest there is.

~ Malcolm Arnold

English composer

For the first time, Kindergarten students "performed" off a non-standardized musical score.  By observing the shapes, symbols and signs on the musical score, students responded by varying the pitch, articulation and volume of their voices.  Grade 1 students continued to explore different instruments; this time, barred instruments.  

Grade 2 students accepted the challenge to play a bordun on barred instruments.  This skill requires good mallet control and precision in rhythm.  Grade 3 students performed a multi-voiced texture with three layers of rhythm.  They also extended their instrumental techniques on barred instruments by exploring different ways to use the mallets in order to achieve the effects that they want.

Grade 4 students expanded their understanding of rhythm to include ti-ticka's and ticka-ti's.  They will be learning to notate familiar songs involving this rhythmic pattern.  Grade 5 students explored arpeggiated bordun and syncopations when playing multi-voiced textures.