Welcome to Music! Third Grade Fourth Grade KATE HAYASHI GENERAL MUSIC & CHORUS M.L. BURBANK ELEMENTARY 2017-2018 Third Grade Fourth Grade

Third and Fourth Grade Goals Students will be able to: Build music literacy skills through Dr. Feierabend’s Conversational Solfege Curriculum. Develop improvisational skills through Dr. Azarra’s Developing Musicianship Through Improvisation Curriculum. Exercise healthy vocal technique using Dr. Phillips’, Teaching Kids to Sing Curriculum.

Conversational Solfege THE BRIDGE BETWEEN: ROTE LEARNING AND MUSIC LITERACY

Conversational Solfege Music is an aural art: Learn with your ears before your eyes Music learning based on language learning Music conversation skills => Reading and Writing Skills Based on traditional folksongs and rhymes Reflects natural melodic and rhythmic inflection Literature-driven curriculum Focuses on 2/4 and 6/8 meters Tone set focus begins with do, re, mi Identify and label rhythms in duple and triple using Rhythm syllables (du_, du-de, du-da-di) Tonal syllables (do, re, me, etc) Rhythm symbols (♩, ♫) Tonal symbols (♩, ♫ symbols on a staff)

Developing Musicianship Through Improvisation THE BRIDGE BETWEEN: ROTE LEARNING AND HARMONIC DEVELOPMENT

which is at the core of the music learning process. Just as it is possible for everyone to learn a language and engage in meaningful conversation, it is also possible for everyone to engage in meaningful improvisation, which is at the core of the music learning process. ~Dr. Christopher Azarra~

Developing Musicianship Through Improvisation Improvisation is the spontaneous expression of meaningful musical ideas. Key elements: personalization, spontaneity, anticipation, anticipation, prediction, interaction, and being in the moment. We are born improvisers. It is an expression from an internal source. Learning to improvise is like learning a language. Steps to improvise: listening, immersion, imitation, association, speaking, improvisation, reading, writing. Engage in meaningful conversational improvisation Internalize melodies and bass lines => hear harmonic progressions

THE BRIDGE BETWEEN: ROTE LEARNING AND VOCAL PEDAGOGY Teaching Kids to Sing THE BRIDGE BETWEEN: ROTE LEARNING AND VOCAL PEDAGOGY

Expression through song is uniquely human and binds humanity together as a people and as a world of cultures. ~Dr. Kenneth Phillips~

Teaching Kids to Sing Systematic Vocal Instruction Singing is a learned behavior. We build endurance. We use healthy vocal technique for vocal protection. Why Sing? Because singing: Enhances the quality of life. Is a basic and powerful form of communication. Grows community: it builds a connection and cultural identity. Celebrates and commemorates life. In groups promotes cooperative learning. Helps understand each other’s ethnic, cultural, or national backgrounds. Develops the aesthetic response.

3rd and 4th Grade Chorus WEDNESDAYS 4TH GRADE: 9:00-9:40AM 3RD GRADE: 9:45-10:30AM KATE HAYASHI VICKIE LIVERMORE

If healthy vocal production is taught, music is selected that accommodates range needs, and musical concepts and skills are taught so students can make decisions about their own performance, then a stunningly beautiful choral performance can be the result. ~Judy Bowers~

Third and Fourth Grade Choral Goals Students will be able to: Exercise healthy vocal technique using Phillips’, Teaching Kids to Sing Curriculum. Sing varied choral repertoire. Connect music literacy from general music to the choral rehearsal. Sing in unison and with part-singing. Develop and practice a working music vocabulary.

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