Winter Concert: December 8th, 2016

Snowflake Costumes

Last night, the music department at our school performed the musical Flakes by John Jacobson and John Higgins.  Performances were given by our 2nd, 4th, and 5th grade chorus, percussion ensemble, recorder ensemble, and 4th grade dance troupe. A solo performance was given by Angelinee Venegas-Mejia and our chorus performed an original composition by Lauren Comer. We would like to thank the 2nd grade teachers and teacher assistants for assisting with rehearsals and the performance, Ms. Lyn Riggs for making the costumes and the stage background, the custodial staff for setting up equipment for the event, the FRES stage crew, and Mrs. Sharon Hart for filming a winter weather report that was used to introduce the show in our WFAL studios.  These people helped us put on a wonderful production.  Here you can see pictures of the recorder ensemble, chorus, and percussion ensemble. You can also see pictures of Lauren Comer, our student composer who was featured on the concert and Angelinee Venegas-Mejia, our guest student soloist.  There are also pictures of the stage background (above) and our snowflake costumes.  We are looking forward to putting on a great spring concert!

Snowflake Costumes

4th and 5th Grade Chorus Members

Chorus, Recorder Ensemble, and Percussion Ensemble Members

Percussion and Recorder Ensemble Members

Lauren Comer, Student Composer

Angelinee Venegas-Mejia, Soloist

Chorus and Dance Troupe Members

Recorder Ensemble Members

                                                         

Donna Washington at Forestville Road

On Friday, November 18th, Donna Washington came to our school to perform her storytelling show entitled "From Anansi to Zeus".  During her visit, students learned about alliteration, practiced the pronunciation of vowel sounds, and learned new vocabulary. The students enjoyed her visit immensely. Below you can see pictures from the show.

Donna Washington at Forestville Road: 11/18/2016

On Friday, November 18th, 2016 at 9:30 a.m., Donna Washington will come to our school to promote our global curriculum and to promote literacy skills among our student body.  In her show entitled "From Anansi to Zeus" , she will tell multicultural folktales that will expose our students to literature from different areas of the world.  For more information about Donna Washington, please click on the following link to visit her website.  We are looking forward to her visit!
Donna Washington

2016 NCMEA Professional Development Conference

From November 5th to November 8th I attended the 2016 NCMEA Professional Development Conference in Wintson-Salem, NC.  There were many great workshops and performances that took place during this event. I am looking forward to sharing some of the strategies that I learned with our student body.

Symphony Field Trip

Today our 4th grade students traveled to Raleigh, NC to see the NC Symphony Orchestra perform. Students heard works by Beethoven, Massenet, Florence Price, Haydn, Strauss, Grieg, and Copland. Below you can see pictures of students on the bus and at Meymandi concert hall.

Upcoming 4th Grade Field Trip

On Wednesday, October 12th, 2016, the fourth graders will be going to Meymandi Concert Hall in Raleigh, North Carolina to see the North Carolina Symphony perform.  They will be hearing works by several composers.  In class we have been studying "In the Hall of the Mountain King" by Edvard Grieg.  To find out more about Grieg and to listen to this work, click on the link below to read information about him at the classics for kids website.  We are excited about this upcoming event!

Edvard Grieg

Auditions

Welcome back to school! Auditions for chorus and percussion ensemble will begin this week on Tuesday, August 30th in the music room. They will last until Thursday, September 8th.  If you are a 4th or 5th grader and would like to audition for these ensembles, come to the music room between 8:45 and 9:15 in the morning to audition.  Prospective chorus students need to prepare one song lasting no more than two minutes.  Please make sure that the lyrics of your song are appropriate for school.  Prospective percussion ensemble members will need to be prepared to read rhythms in 4/4 time including quarter notes, quarter rests, half notes, half rests, beamed eighth notes, and beamed sixteenth notes.  Audition results will be posted on the bulletin board on Friday, September 9th.  If you make it into either one of these ensembles, please stop inside of the music room to get your rehearsal schedule and rules and polices sheet.  I look forward to having a great year with our performing ensembles!