The Gainesville Ballet Theater has several upcoming performances. If you would like to have your child attend and do a little concert review, please let me know and I will help you with the outline of what the review should contain.
Gainesville Ballet Theatre
1501 N.W. 16th Avenue
Gainesville, FL 32605
(352) 372-9898
2012 UP-COMING PERFORMANCES / EVENTS
Sunday, October 28, 2012 - “Tales & Tutus Performance Series”
• “Spine-Tingling Fun” at Headquarters Library, Gainesville, FL, in conjunction
with the Alachua County Library District.
• 2:00 pm - A variety of the company's traditional dances for the Halloween
season will be featured.
• Performance is FREE and is appropriate for all ages.
Wednesday, December 19, 2012 - ACT II of “The Little Match Girl”
* “Performance Series for Children & Youth” at the Curtis M. Phillips Center for
the Performing Arts, Gainesville, FL.
* One performance – 10:00 am
* A special holiday program for schoolchildren, Pre-K through 8th Grade.
34th Production of GBT’s original ballet, “The Little Match Girl”
* Curtis M. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, Gainesville, FL.
* Two Performances:
* Friday, December 21, 2012, 8:00 pm
* Saturday, December 22, 2012, 2:30 pm
* For more information contact Joni Messler Studio of Dance, (352) 372-9898.
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Music Update October 8-24
The last two weeks have been quite busy.
K-has continued their beat unit but we have been using a farm theme in music. We have sang many songs about farm animals such as Listen to the Pigs, Going to the Farm, and Old MacDonald which apparently a lot of students called Old McDonald's after the fast food chain. We have also listened to many songs as well, such as the Milk Bucket Boogie by Reece Shipley and the Wild Horseman by Robert Schumann. We also learned a couple of Halloween songs like I'm a Little Ghost and I Bought Me a Bat.
1st Grade has continued learning about beat but we have begun reviewing rhythms to get ready for our rhythm unit. We sang the Muffin Man and used some visuals to help us talk about beat.
2nd grade has used the Orff xylophones in class. We have talked about melodic direction, how pitches go up or down, and Sol, La, Mi. 2nd grade is getting really good at solfege by the way. They also learned a fun Halloween song called Something Went Bump
3rd grade has played recorder but they have worked on a song in the spirit of Halloween called BA Marching Monster. The emphasis is on the B and the A note for recorder. We learned about multi measure rests and first and second endings. Also, if you received a note about making up a quiz, please do so by Thursday, October 25.
4th grade worked on a song called My Best Friend for piano. The emphasis there was fingers 2,3,4 for both left and right hands. We also did a song about Jack O Lanterns called Hey Jack.
5th grade worked on the Em chord. We used it in a song called Skin and Bones. Maybe you may remember it from when you were a child. We also scared the homeroom teachers. Some are harder to scare than others simply because we have done it for so many years.
Next week, we will begin to move towards our Winter Holidays Concert which is on December 13 at 6:00pm in the cafeteria. This is our biggest concert of the year because it involves the entire school. I have already uploaded the songs for each grade level. Click on the podcasts page. All of the lyrics are on one file and are marked for each grade level. Just download your grade level song.
K-has continued their beat unit but we have been using a farm theme in music. We have sang many songs about farm animals such as Listen to the Pigs, Going to the Farm, and Old MacDonald which apparently a lot of students called Old McDonald's after the fast food chain. We have also listened to many songs as well, such as the Milk Bucket Boogie by Reece Shipley and the Wild Horseman by Robert Schumann. We also learned a couple of Halloween songs like I'm a Little Ghost and I Bought Me a Bat.
1st Grade has continued learning about beat but we have begun reviewing rhythms to get ready for our rhythm unit. We sang the Muffin Man and used some visuals to help us talk about beat.
2nd grade has used the Orff xylophones in class. We have talked about melodic direction, how pitches go up or down, and Sol, La, Mi. 2nd grade is getting really good at solfege by the way. They also learned a fun Halloween song called Something Went Bump
3rd grade has played recorder but they have worked on a song in the spirit of Halloween called BA Marching Monster. The emphasis is on the B and the A note for recorder. We learned about multi measure rests and first and second endings. Also, if you received a note about making up a quiz, please do so by Thursday, October 25.
4th grade worked on a song called My Best Friend for piano. The emphasis there was fingers 2,3,4 for both left and right hands. We also did a song about Jack O Lanterns called Hey Jack.
5th grade worked on the Em chord. We used it in a song called Skin and Bones. Maybe you may remember it from when you were a child. We also scared the homeroom teachers. Some are harder to scare than others simply because we have done it for so many years.
Next week, we will begin to move towards our Winter Holidays Concert which is on December 13 at 6:00pm in the cafeteria. This is our biggest concert of the year because it involves the entire school. I have already uploaded the songs for each grade level. Click on the podcasts page. All of the lyrics are on one file and are marked for each grade level. Just download your grade level song.
Friday, October 5, 2012
Music Class Week of October 1-5
The 3rd-5th grade classes had quizzes on their various instruments. 3rd was supposed to play Hot Cross Buns on recorder. The focus was on B,A,G notes. 4th grade was supposed to play My Dog Spike/Sorry Spike aka Hot Cross Buns on piano using finger 2,3,4, on the black keys on the left hand then the right hand. 5th grade was to play E,F,G on guitar. They played a general exercise that was not Hot Cross Buns. Students were graded on hand position, tempo and rhythm, and whether or not they played the appropriate finger when indicated by the music. Students that did not do well should retake the quiz before the end of October. Infinite Campus informed us this week that if students have missing assignments or get a low score on an assignment that it will generate emails to parents. Please sign up for Infinite Campus to keep track of your child's grades in all classes.
Kindergarten-We practiced keeping the beat to an old song called Milk Bucket Boogie by Reece Shipley. We also sang Hunt the Cows and Hey Betty Martin. All of these songs were to help the kids keep the beat and to get them moving.
1st grade worked on Hickory Dickory Dock again but this time we sang it and the students had to play the glockenspiel. We talked about melodic motion. The students had to play the glock in an upwardly direction on the words "up" and down direction on the word "down" in the nursery rhyme.
2nd grade played the Orff instruments but we talked about how to read rhythms while playing an instrument as opposed to just clapping. It's quite different when you have an instrument to worry about.
Don't forget to check out Mrs. Reed's 5th grade class singing Hungry to Learn by Teresa Jennings. click on the podcast page and the file is entitled reedhungrytolearn.
Kindergarten-We practiced keeping the beat to an old song called Milk Bucket Boogie by Reece Shipley. We also sang Hunt the Cows and Hey Betty Martin. All of these songs were to help the kids keep the beat and to get them moving.
1st grade worked on Hickory Dickory Dock again but this time we sang it and the students had to play the glockenspiel. We talked about melodic motion. The students had to play the glock in an upwardly direction on the words "up" and down direction on the word "down" in the nursery rhyme.
2nd grade played the Orff instruments but we talked about how to read rhythms while playing an instrument as opposed to just clapping. It's quite different when you have an instrument to worry about.
Don't forget to check out Mrs. Reed's 5th grade class singing Hungry to Learn by Teresa Jennings. click on the podcast page and the file is entitled reedhungrytolearn.
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Music Webpage Updated
Please don't forget to check out the Williams Elementary Music Webpage. You will find the calendar and grading scale and at the bottom of the page. I have enabled the comments feature so feel free to post any questions about class. FYI: students can always make up quizzes and other assignments if the proper arrangements have been made.
Mrs. Reed's Class
Mrs. Reed's 5th grade class is our featured class this week singing Hungry to Learn. Click on the Podcasts page and follow the link. The file is entitled reedhungrytolearn.wmv.
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