Thursday, September 27, 2012
South Elementary
Another school year has begun and we are swinging in the music classroom here at South Elementary School. I can't believe we are already in our 5th week of school! Great things are happening here. Check out the links to the classroom page and performance groups page.
Friday, January 13, 2012
Music expresses that which cannot be put into
words and that which cannot remain silent.
Victor Hugo
Music may achieve the highest of all mission: she
may be a bond between nations, races, and states, who are strangers in many
ways; she may unite what is disunited and bring peace to what is hostile.
Dr. Max Bendiner
FACT: The schools that produced the highest
academic achievement in the United States today are spending 20% to 30% of the
day on the arts, with special emphasis on music.
International Association for the Evaluation of
Educational Achievement (IAEEA) Test, 1988
All music class students are expected to participate in
music classes to the best of their ability. Making a strong effort is what is
important. Lessons in music are designed to meet the Massachusetts Frameworks
for music and proceed in a sequential order from 1st - 4th grade. Students are
exposed to music of various time periods and styles. Students learn about basic
music concepts through the Kodaly method of teaching music. Grades are given
following the description in the Elementary School report card. Students In
grades 4 at South Elementary are invited to join the chorus at school if they choose to do
so. Once they have made the commitment, they are expected to participate
through the concert.
This is why I teach music:
Not because I expect you to major in
music
Not because I expect you to sing or
play all your life
Not so you can relax
Not so you can have fun
But, so you will be human
So you will recognize beauty
So you will be sensitive
So you will be closer to an infinite
beyond this world
So you will have something to cling
to
So you will have more love,
compassion, gentleness, good - in short more life.
Of what value will it be to make a
prosperous living unless you know how to live?
-Anonymous
(I found this on the blog of another music teacher and I really think it says so much about why I do what I do.)
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