Peter and the Wolf!

Happy Belated Birthday to our Musician of the Month, Sergei Prokofiev!

April 23, 1891

Looking forward to welcoming the RI Philharmonic June 12th to perform Prokofiev's most famous piece, "Peter and the Wolf!"

This week in 3rd grade at both schools, I will kick start their Instruments of the Orchestra Unit and it will culminate with RI Philharmonic's performance and a special visit by cellist, Brent Selby!

Mrs. Mac is back!

Starting this Monday I'm back and excited to finish up the year with everyone! I can't believe we have only about 6 weeks until our concerts and 9 weeks until the end of the year! Get your recorders and singing voices ready because we have work to do!

Important End of the Year Dates!

Thursday, April 30th 5th grade JFK Proud to Be American Auditions

Monday, May 11th 3rd grade Parmenter Professional String Player Brent Selby to visit

Tuesday, May 12th 3rd grade JFK Professional String Player Brent Selby to visit

Thursday, May 21st 5th Graders will perform with special guest 

http://www.ekkrecorders.com/ (for students only)

Friday, June 5th 9:00 3rd grade chorus concert

Friday, June 5th 9:45 4th grade chorus and recorder concert

Tuesday, June 9th 9:00 3rd grade chorus concert

Tuesday, June 9th 9:45 4th grade chorus and recorder concert

Thursday, June 11th 5th Grade JFK Proud to be an American Show

Friday, June 12th 9:30 RI Philharmonic visits JFK to perform Peter and the Wolf for JFK AND Parmenter 3rd graders

MARCH CELEBRITY SINGERS!

Special thanks to my amazing sub, Ms. McComb! We were so lucky to have her and it was nice knowing they were left in good hands! We wish her the best of luck in her future musical endeavors!

Parmenter 3rd

JFK 4th

Parmenter 4th

JFK 5th

JFK 3rd

JFK 5th Grade PTB Auditions

Proud To Be An American

Singing Auditions

If you are interested in a singing part. Please rehearse and memorize verse 1 of "American Tears". Auditions will be the week following April vacation during General Music. All solos will be determined by singing this song.

“American Tears”

 Verse 1: Sometimes I think about America.

About her struggles through the years.

I think of people who did what they had to do

With the strength to act through their fears.

Following these auditions a few students may be asked to sing the beginning of the following song as well. No memorization is needed. 

Spend a week this summer with Mrs. Mac!

Back by popular demand...

Elementary School Musical!

Come join me this summer for a one week (July 6-10) musical adventure! Open to all 2015-2016 3rd-6th graders. This will be my seventh summer offering this camp. I can not remember a year it hasn't had a waiting list! The last two years we even expanded the group to include 6th graders as mentors. Each year is a new experience filled with fun and music. For a full description and to register follow this link!

Elementary School Musical

January and February Celebrity Singers!

Sorry for the delay due to so much snow! So proud of these students who are going above and beyond while I'm on maternity leave! Mrs. McComb has had nothing but good things to say about the students at JFK and Parmenter and I look forward to seeing everyone when I return on Monday, April 27th!

January and February Celebrity Singers!

JFK 5th Grade

Parmenter 4th Grade

JFK 3rd Grade

JFK 4th Grade

Parmenter 3rd Grade

JFK 3rd Grade

JFK 4th Grade

Welcome Grace Elizabeth MacMurray!

While I will be on maternity leave until the week before April vacation I wanted to share my news! Grace Elizabeth was born 12/21/15 at 1:10AM just an hour after her due date! She was a peanut at 5lbs 14oz unlike her big brother, Peter, who was almost 9lbs! She is a very healthy and happy baby! Peter loves his little sister and gives her kisses all the time. I look forward to bringing her to school once the weather gets nicer! Looking forward to hearing wonderful music when I return!

December Updates! Lots to see!

December News!

Tomorrow will be my last day before my maternity leave. Baby is due Saturday, 12/20! I will be out until either right before or after April vacation. Ms. Victoria McComb will be my long-term substitute. Ms. McComb just finished her degree in Music Education at Rhode Island College and completed her student teaching this fall with Mrs. Fuller, the Oak St. and Parmenter Elementary Teacher. In addition, she just spent the last couple of months leading the North Attleboro High School chorus! I know the students will love her and look forward to hearing all about it when I return!

December Celebrity Singers!

3rd JFK

 4th JFK

 3rd Parmenter

4th Parmenter

5th JFK

Bravo to all my 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders for their concerts last week! You all made me so proud! 

December Musician of the Month

Highlights!

In grades K-3, we explored the form of many different songs from the Nutcracker. In K, this might be as simple as training our ears to hear sections of the music that are same and different. A fun way to show the form or sections that are same and different is through movement and dance. Enjoy some highlights from this past month!

2nd Golden "Trepak or Russian Dance" JFK

3rd Mrs. Carlson  Parmenter "March"

3rd Mrs. Emord/Ms. Peixinho Parmenter "March"

3rd Mr. Tighe Parmenter "March"

1st Mrs. Zarrella Parmenter "Dance of the Reed Pipes or Flutes"

January Musician of the Month will be...

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART

Did you know what Mozart was a child prodigy? Mozart was able to write and play music as a child that most adults can only dream of! He wrote his first piece at the age of 5!

Future Mozart?