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.

Kindergarten:Playing my musical part has responsibilities!

Kindergarten Music-

The music classroom routines have been ones that get the students ready to sing and move. Kindergarten students focus on learning a variety of songs, exploring music through movement, reflecting on music in their own words and exploring ways to organize sound through graphic notation. Musical games with songs like “Bingo was his name”, “Happy and you know it” and “Row row, row, your boat” engage students in group work and responsibility by singing together and knowing the words. Body percussion and classroom instruments are used to expand sound awareness and form of the pieces.  Add on songs like “Bought me a cat” gives students opportunities to work with musical form and to add their own ideas by substituting body percussion, instrumental playing, or word suggestions to create a new version of the song. Introduction to following a sound scape complimented these activities because students could make connections to the visual aspect of sound production. 

Grade 3: Musical Co-operation!

Grade 3 music students have just completed their first unit exploring the central idea that 'musicians co-operate in order to perform well together.'

Each class worked together to compose, learn, rehearse and perform a 4-bar xylophone composition. I look forward to showing parents the compositions at Parent / Teacher Conferences this week!