Lower Elementary also gave a great performance, with ‘Engine Engine #9′ earning Silver.

Upper Elementary performed ‘The Clouds’, under the direction of Ms. Kristina H. Their wonderful singing earned Gold.

Please enjoy all selections below!

-Miss Ali

“Music can change the world, because music can change people”

Shake It – MBTS Year 5

Miss Ali

‘Music is the poetry of the air’

In celebration of this great composer’s birthday, we listened to ‘The Four Seasons – Spring’. Composed in 1723, The Four Seasons is Vivaldi’s best-known work, and is among the most popular pieces of Baroque Music. “La primavera” (Spring) is concerto number 1, and it has several themes. The form of the piece uses the elements of nature to portray the coming of spring. This is the form of the song:

Trees, birds, trees, river, trees, thunder and lighting, trees, sun, trees, sun, and trees.

We used scarves to show how beautiful and fun this piece is.

We chose the following colours to be each theme: Green – Trees, Red – Birds, Blue – River, Yellow – Lightning, Orange/Pink – Sun.

Please look at the photos below of the Kindergarten, Year 1, and Year 3 classes moving to Vivaldi’s ‘Spring’.

Miss Ali

“Where words fail, music speaks”

In the Casa class, we marched to ‘Introduction et marche royale du lion’ (Introduction and Royal March of the Lion), and we swam to ‘Le cygne’ (The Swan). We have been using scarves through creative movement, and they look beautiful!

In Lower Elementary, we moved as Donkeys, and strutted as ‘Poules et coqs’ (Hens and Roosters). We even learned to waltz in  ’L’éléphant’ (The Elephant).

We will soon be Kangaroos, Tortoises, and even Fossils!

Check back to see which musical movement we move to next.

“The dance is a poem of which each movement is a word”

Please see the photos below of our Year 5’s during this fun lesson.

-Miss Ali

“The greatest education in the world is watching the masters at work” – Michael Jackson

I am excited to begin 2010 with new unit plans, including an animal unit in the Toddler and Casa classes, writing music in Kindergarten, and drumming in Lower Elementary. In Upper Elementary we are continuing the recorder, a composer study, and a popular culture unit. In Middle Years, we have an exciting new repertoire of choral music that we are learning, as well as a unit on music history.

That’s all for now! Keep checking back for more pictures and updates!

-Ms. Ali

“The truest expression of a people is in its dance and music.”
~ Agnes de Mile (1905-93)