This piece of music was featured in the film that we watched in class called, "Liszt's Rhapsody." This piece of music also inspired the creation of the following cartoons:
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Grade Five - Franz Liszt
Grade Five students at Parkside have been studying Franz Liszt - a famous Hungarian composer who lived in the Romantic Era. We will be creating listening maps based on Liszt's "Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2" later this week. You can listen to this piece of music as well as learn a little bit more about Liszt by watching this video (the fast, familiar section begins at 6:05):
This piece of music was featured in the film that we watched in class called, "Liszt's Rhapsody." This piece of music also inspired the creation of the following cartoons:
This piece of music was featured in the film that we watched in class called, "Liszt's Rhapsody." This piece of music also inspired the creation of the following cartoons:
Monday, February 20, 2012
Grade Four: Amazon Rainforest Soundscapes
Over the last few weeks, grade 4 students have been exploring the concept of a soundscape. A soundscape is a sound or combination of sounds that create the sensation of a particular environment. After reading Lynn Cherry's book, "The Great Kapok Tree," the students used instruments, voices, and various objects around the classroom to create a soundscape that they felt represented the sounds of the Amazon Rainforest. Here are their final products:
Grade 4B:
Grade 4A:
Grade 4X:
Grade 4B:
Grade 4A:
Grade 4X:
Sunday, February 5, 2012
February 2012 Update
Hello everyone!
Well - a lot has happened in the last month! We have successfully relocated the music room downstairs, and everything is up and running smoothly. We are very fortunate to have the opportunity to make music in a beautiful, large space AND we have a SMART board, which has been a wonderful and exciting addition to our music classes! All students will benefit from this technology, and it's been very exciting to see the students so engaged with this new tool.
All classes have finished their music workshop stations, and we are now beginning new instrument units. Grade 5-6 students are working on instrumental orchestrations that require them to play various classroom instruments in an ensemble setting. Grades 2-4 are currently working on sound stories using fun children's literature (gr 2: "Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day;" gr. 3: "Mortimer;" gr. 4: "The Great Kapok Tree: A Tale of the Amazon Rainforest"). They are adding sound effects to the stories, as well as learning songs that relate to the stories. Grades K-1 are currently working on songs and activities that highlight musical opposites (i.e. faster/slower, lower/higher, etc).
In other news, rehearsals for our school musical, "Disney's 101 Dalmatians: Kids" are well under way! The students have been working so hard, and I can already tell that this show will be FABULOUS!
The choirs have restarted for the 2012 season, and are currently working on repertoire for the 2012 PEI Kiwanis Music Festival which will take place in May. Stay tuned for more information coming your way!
We are also getting ready to start our very first Parkside Show Band! Grade 6 singers, guitar players, bass players, and keyboard players have auditioned and the band list will be posted on Tuesday, February 7, 2012. The first rehearsal will take place on Thursday, February 9, 2012. This band will focus more in current pop/rock music and is intended as an enriched musical experience for those seeking more of a challenge. I'm so excited to see what these students can do!
Well - a lot has happened in the last month! We have successfully relocated the music room downstairs, and everything is up and running smoothly. We are very fortunate to have the opportunity to make music in a beautiful, large space AND we have a SMART board, which has been a wonderful and exciting addition to our music classes! All students will benefit from this technology, and it's been very exciting to see the students so engaged with this new tool.
All classes have finished their music workshop stations, and we are now beginning new instrument units. Grade 5-6 students are working on instrumental orchestrations that require them to play various classroom instruments in an ensemble setting. Grades 2-4 are currently working on sound stories using fun children's literature (gr 2: "Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day;" gr. 3: "Mortimer;" gr. 4: "The Great Kapok Tree: A Tale of the Amazon Rainforest"). They are adding sound effects to the stories, as well as learning songs that relate to the stories. Grades K-1 are currently working on songs and activities that highlight musical opposites (i.e. faster/slower, lower/higher, etc).
In other news, rehearsals for our school musical, "Disney's 101 Dalmatians: Kids" are well under way! The students have been working so hard, and I can already tell that this show will be FABULOUS!
The choirs have restarted for the 2012 season, and are currently working on repertoire for the 2012 PEI Kiwanis Music Festival which will take place in May. Stay tuned for more information coming your way!
We are also getting ready to start our very first Parkside Show Band! Grade 6 singers, guitar players, bass players, and keyboard players have auditioned and the band list will be posted on Tuesday, February 7, 2012. The first rehearsal will take place on Thursday, February 9, 2012. This band will focus more in current pop/rock music and is intended as an enriched musical experience for those seeking more of a challenge. I'm so excited to see what these students can do!
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