5th Grade JFK Special Guests!

Big thank you again to JFK PCC for bringing Eine Kleine Konsort Recorders to Kennedy School!

JFK 5th grade students worked very hard this spring to learn some very challenging pieces to perform with these special guests! This was really a great culmination of the last two years of recorder playing. Our special guests remarked on how advanced our students were and how well behaved. Check out some highlights below!

"I Feel Good" James Brown

"March" from The Nutcracker

"Ode To Joy" Beethoven

Thank you JFK and Parmenter PCC!

With the help of both JFK and Parmenter PCCs I was able to bring in professional cellist, Mr. Selby, to perform for the 3rd grades! It was a great experience to see the different string instruments demonstrated for us! It also helped bring to life my unit on instrument families of the orchestra and illustrate some 3rd grade concepts in science such as sound and vibrations! I look forward to exploring these families more on June 12th with special guests from the RI Philharmonic Orchestra!

4th grade recorder - Take Me Out to the Ballgame!

A student today requested I make a video for the silver belt song - Take Me Out to the Ballgame. So here it is! Don't forget to scroll down for extra help on green and blue! Happy practicing!

Go Sox!;)

Celebrity Singer and May Musician!

May Musician of the Month!

Stevie Wonder

May 13, 1950

April Celebrity Singers!

3rd JFK

3rd Parmenter

4th Parmenter

4th JFK

*5th JFK will be included in May

JFK and Parmenter 4th Grade Recorder

Hi Everyone!

The blue belt is a tricky one but remember it's smooth sailing to your black belt once you pass this belt!

More songs can be found on the right side of my blog under important links. Once you click on recorder karate dojo click on streaming audio. The username and password are in your packet. The only song not found on this website is "Who Has Seen the Wind." I'm including it below!

You can do it! Mrs. Mac

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