Our Year is off to a FABULOUS beginning. I wish you all could hear the boys and girls as they begin to excercise their voices singing all kinds of rounds and canons. We are progressing in each class with matching pitch, echoing rhythms, mapping solfiegge (do-re-mi), understanding the difference between the major and minor keys.
Our 7/8th girls have been voiced into their sections of Soprano and Alto. They are sounding just beautiful as we sing our songs. So far we have mastered Havanah Shirah, Ah Poor Bird, (which we sang in major and minor keys), Derry Ding Dong Dasson, the Ghost of John. We are working on Halloween songs and we'll be getting ready to approach our composition works shortly.
Our 7/8th boys are now in the process of being voiced. They are singing nicely on pitch and a few of our guys are beginning to experiment with their vocal changes. A couple of Baritones are emerging before our very eyes. They too will begin working on compostitions shortly.
6th grade is working to keep a steady beat. High energy and lots of rhythmic work is keeping us busy. We have sung a lot of rounds and canons and some of the groups are quite good at their independent singing. 6th will begin their compostion writing in two weeks. Lots of fun to look forward to.
Second Third and Fifth grades are having class in the Church and are having a great time singing our songs in harmony, stomping out the rhythms, learning Solfiegge syllables.
Fourth Grade is in the music room and doing a great job of mapping notes from songs to Solfiegge, practicing their diction, excercising their jaws. Halloween songs are proliferating the halls over here and they are pros at singing them in rounds and canons.
Kindegarten and First grade are spending a lot of time learning to cooperate with each other, playing games, singing songs, learning to manipulate their bodies to the music (dance), act out the songs. I always have a smile on my face on Monday!:)
