The Music Classroom Alison Koelper Music Director

Kindergarten  Students are expected to participate appropriately in class activities.  Students explore, practice, and reinforce concepts such as high/low, fast/slow, loud/quiet, and steady beat.  Songs, games, instruments, and movement activities are presented in order to appeal to all types of learners.

First Grade  Students learn about musical form, dynamics, rhythmic patterns, phrases, and more.  First graders will play xylophones, glockenspiels, boomwhackers, unpitched percussion instruments, and more.  Movement in music is emphasized in first grade. Students complete a movement activity in every lesson.

Second Grade  Students explore vocal technique, ostinato, tempo, time signatures, phrasing, pitched instruments, measures, and coda  Mallet Madness Unit – students will greatly expand their xylophone technique and begin reading basic music notation while playing xylophones  Students will SING, DANCE, MOVE, HEAR, TOUCH, and EXPERIENCE music.

Third Grade  Mallet Madness Unit – students will expand their xylophone technique and begin to learn songs by reading printed music rather than learning parts by rote.  Students will add dynamics, ties, sixteenth notes, rounds, instrument technique, and music reading skills to their musical repertoire.  Christmas Program & Stations of the Cross  Eagle Ringers 3 – Students in 3 rd grade can check out handbell music and techniques during AM recess on Wednesdays.

Fourth Grade  Students begin to explore many advanced musical concepts such as: syncopation, advanced instruments, pick-up notes, 6/8 time, triplets, counter melody, major/minor, and 12 bar blues  Recorder Unit – students will participate in Recorder Karate, earning reward belts for progress  Movement Activities – focus on moving to the music in a more abstract way with less focus on beat, more focus on musicality

Fifth Grade  Students continue to add advanced musical concepts to their knowledge base: conducting, mixed meter, scale, descant, theme & variations, rondo form, 1 st /2 nd endings, and musical expression  Movement Activities – Similar to 4 th grade, but with more advanced music.

Ensembles  Alleluia Singers (grades 4-8) T/TH  Eagle Ringers (grades 4-8) W  Recorder Choir (grade 4)  Beginning Orchestra (grade 5) M/W/F  Advanced Orchestra (grade 6-8) M/TH  Beginning Band (grade 6) M/T/W/F  Advanced Band (grade 7-8) T/F

Christmas Program  Preschool through 3 rd Grade participate  Thursday, December 1:30 and 7:00 in the church  Students are to dress up for the evening performance  Bid on reserved seats and parking at the auction!

Music Concerts  Alleluia Singers, Bands, Orchestras Fri., Dec. 1:30 in the gym  Alleluia Singers & Orchestras Thurs., May 1:30 & 7:00 in the gym  Bands Thurs., May 1:30 & 7:00  Report time for evening performances will be 6:45  Please mark these dates on your calendar