Friday, October 3, 2014

Celebrity Singers! Musician of the Month! And more!

September Celebrity Singers!

Q: What's a celebrity singer?
A: A celebrity singer is a student in chorus that demonstrates great effort, leadership, and focus. They also show great singing technique such as good posture, vowel shapes, pitch, breathing, etc. Sometimes I also pick a student whom I feel has shown great improvement. With the help of the educational assistants and celebrity singers from the previous week, I try to chose one boy and one girl per week. Some weeks I can't help myself and pick more!

Q: Where did this idea come from?
A: I wanted to show students that anyone can join and love chorus and become a singer. It's not just for a certain type of person, everyone was born to sing! I began thinking about celebrities such as Anne Hathaway, Beyonce, Matt Damon, Theodore Roosevelt, etc. that were all in chorus when they were younger. Sometimes the best singers are the people you would least expect!

Q: What can I do to help?
A: Never tell your child they can't sing! Also be careful about how you joke about your own singing. We're all born with the right equipment to sing. Some of us unfortunately just never learned how to use it!
Want to read more about this? Science and Art

 3rd Grade JFK

 3rd Grade Parmenter

 4th Grade JFK

 4th Grade Parmenter

5th JFK

October Musician of the Month!
Our musician and composer this month from Paris, France is Camille Saint-Saens!
Born: October 9, 1835
Composing at the age of 3!
In class we will be listening to excerpts from "Carnival of the Animals." Here's a piece you may have heard and/or seen. Always popular this time of year!:)
 
Honors Chorus Sign-ups!
 
A flyer went home today and yesterday for fourth and fifth graders interested in signing up for Honors Chorus. Unfortunately, the flyers were passed out late and students may have missed the first meeting. That's okay! You can still sign up! Led by Ms. Renee Hersee, chorus director of the middle schools in Franklin, it's going to be a really fun experience!
For more information and to sign up click here:
 




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