FHS Pops Concert!

Bravo!

Our first ever chorus, recorder AND ukulele concert is in the books here at JFK! Great job fifth graders! You should be really proud of not only the concert today but all the hard work you've done to get here! 

Have a great vacation! Mrs. Mac

Here are the ukulele highlights!

"I Don't Care if the Rain Comes Down"

"Hotaru Koi"

"Three Little Birds"

March Highlights and much more!

March Celebrity Singers!

Parmenter 3rd

Parmenter 4th

JFK 4th

JFK 3rd

JFK 5th

March Highlights!

4th Grade Mrs. Murphy's Class Parmenter

Purple Belt - "Old MacDonald Had a Farm"

4th Grade Mrs. Consilvio's Class Parmenter

Purple Belt - "Old MacDonald Had a Farm"

Despite all the sickness the last few weeks at JFK and Parmenter, students are still moving ahead with recorder karate! I can't believe in just a few short months how far they've come! We're aiming for all black belts and I can't believe how many students are already there! Make sure you don't miss our June concert where we will perform all of our recorder songs for you! 

Parmenter 4th Grade Chorus

Sneak Preview - "Take Me Out the the Ballgame" Go Sox!

JFK 5th Chorus 

"Snaps" warm up 

JFK 4th Chorus

"Why Are You Milking My Cow?"

Check out the expression!

JFK 3rd Grade Chorus 

"Many Mumbling Mice" warm up

Same warm up but adding solfege Sol-Mi-Do

Mrs. Grinley's Class 3rd Parmenter

"Leprechaun" Game

Students practiced their solfege in minor tonality while having a little St. Patrick's Day fun! This lesson was also used in 1st and 2nd grade but differentiated to meet the students' skill level and grade level objectives.

Mrs. Lussier's Class 3rd JFK

"Leprechaun" Game

Students practiced their solfege in minor tonality while having a little St. Patrick's Day fun! This lesson was also used in 1st and 2nd grade but differentiated to meet the students' skill level and grade objectives.

March Culture - Ireland

Students had a blast listening, dancing, playing instruments and learning about music from Ireland. The last week of March, I showed students this video so they could see Irish Step Dancing. Many of you are probably familiar with the show "Riverdance". I promised students I would share. They were mesmerized! Enjoy!

April Culture of the Month

India!

We have so many amazing families at JFK and Parmenter who are from or have family from India. Please feel free to share any music or videos of musicians or your children performing music from India!

We're starting the month with two very famous Indian musicians, Ravi and Anoushka Shakar. Did you know Ravi Shankar taught George Harrison from the Beatles how to play the sitar? Did you know that Norah Jones is also Ravi Shankar's daughter? Looking forward to exploring even more this month!

Check out the video with Anoushka Shankar and Norah Jones! 

Music Happenings in Franklin!

Summer Musical Theater Camp with Mrs. Mac! (see below) Also, on the same website check out Star Wars with Mr. Mac and many other cool offerings! 

The music department is excited to announce two upcoming performances great for all ages. 

ONCE ON THIS ISLAND is a musical that tells the story of a young, peasant girl who falls in love with a wealthy boy and is sent on a journey by the gods to test the strength of love against the power of death. This high energy show with a cast of 35 talented high school students is colorful and musical and fun for the whole family.  

FHS presents the musical

ONCE ON THIS ISLAND 

April 7 & 8 at 7:00

Tickets $10 at the door

Thanks to a grant from the Franklin Cultural Council and the Franklin Music Boosters, we will be hosting the Brian Thomas/Alex Lee Clark Big Band as an artist in residence. This professional big band will work with both middle and high school jazz students and perform on Tuesday, April 11 at 7:00 p.m. There is no charge for this concert, however $5 donations are accepted and greatly appreciated.