UN Cultures Day: Kindergarten.

The CIS UN Cultures Day event on October 24^th 2014 was full of a variety of multicultural activities and food. Kindergarten shared their music making at the afternoon school wide Assembly by singing “If You Are Happy and You Know It” which concludes by welcoming everyone by saying HELLO in many different languages!

UN Cultures Day:CHOIR

The CIS UN Cultures Day event on October 24^th 2014 was a busy day for the 4^th and 5^th grade Choir.    For the afternoon school wide Assembly they sang two rounds in 3 parts: “Come Follow Me”  with a violin introduction played by Katja  and “Dona Nobis Pacem”.  Then they sang “Count On Me” by Bruno Mars, with instrumental accompaniment by Merit  playing piano, Gabriela and Lexi  playing shakers, Katja on the drum and Jason playing the tambourine! Earlier in the day they had performed this repertoire for the opening of KUKS International Exhibition, at the Copenhagen City Hall.

Concert for the KUKS International Event

Listen here to the performance!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztyw-KKgWN0

UN Cultures Day: Grade 5 Solo Performances!

Today has been a wonderful day of celebrating cultures, enjoying a delicious international lunch, learning about peace, climate change and emergency responses and... 

a music assembly to end our school's UN Cultures Day.

The assembly featured solo performances by 2 of our grade 5 students...

CIS Choir:Grade 4-5

CIS Grade 4-5 Choir 2014-15

Students meet for a 30 minute rehearsal time a cycle usually during Lunch.

Extra rehearsals may be added before a concert.

Repertoire selections will be a collaborative effort and include both traditional Choral music and arranged Pop music.

Vocal warm up exercises and tone production practices will be used for each class.

The Choir program will follow the guide lines set out by the Wisconsin State Music Standards for singing and choir practice.

The Choir can perform in various school events such as UN day, Festival of Lights, the Spring concert and the Spring Fair and other events upon a timely request.

Grade 1: Community-each member of a music group has responsibilities!

Grade 1 Music-

Grade 1 students explored patterns of colors in relation to rhythmic sound.  The pulse or beat in music pieces such as “Who is the Captain now?” with its circle game of towing and passing a rope as a group and “Bow wow wow” with a circle dance and changing partners on the beat, were song based activities which centered on group work and responsibility to a  musical community.  Patterns in movement through dance were practiced and allowed students to internalize the music’s beat while mind mapping the choreography collectively. Collaboration in these activities transferred ensemble skills. Students played a different instrument for each song section. The song form, with the words, and proper musical notation was introduced in the rhythmic puzzle of “Bow wow wow”. Students worked in small groups on classroom instruments and then performed the song. Students were able to use their written work to connect to the musical sections.