UBER REWARD WEEK #27

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UBER REWARD WEEK #26

For more information watch this:  http://www.ted.com/talks/eric_whitacre_a_virtual_choir_2_000_voices_strong?language=en#t-680421

UBER REWARD WEEK 25

And for anyone still interested:

UBER REWARD WEEK #24

UBER REWARD WEEK 23

And for those classes with extra time we threw in this fun piece from Singing In the Rain:

UBER REWARD WEEK 22

Last day of our hand percussion unit and we watched this polished performance as our Uber Reward.

UBER REWARD WEEK 21

We continued our hand percussion unit this week and as an uber reward we watched this group perform.

UBER REWARD WEEK 19 AND 20

▶ Fantasia 2000 - Rhapsody in Blue - Vídeo Dailymotion

After studying the great Gershwin this week we doubled up our uber reward time by combing two weeks so we could watch this version and listen to Rhapsody in Blue.  

UBER REWARD WEEK 17 and 18

No more Boom-whackers!

We are moving on to hand percussion. 

This and next week we are learning the cup game. 

For fun, here are several different versions.

UBER REWARD WEEK 16

Moving away from Boom whackers we are going to start hand percussion next.

And for our Middle School students who have been studying the history of Rock and Roll, we enjoyed this history of music in four minutes.

 

UBER REWARD WEEK 15

We've been using the Boom whackers January and February and today we watched several Boom whacker performances proving it's much harder than it looks.

Youtube BoomWhackers for yourself!

UBERREWARD WEEK 14

BEASTLY BEAUTY

This Uber reward has to be watched straight from the internet (no downloading)

It's beautifully done and if you haven't explored HitRecord yet, it's quite a great concept!

UBER REWARD WEEK 13

We've been working with the Boom-whackers so this fit in well.

UBER REWARD WEEK 12

 

Mr. Yo Yo Ma and Lil Buck

a really awesome combination.

UBER REWARD 8-11

We ran out of time each day the Middle School presented their operas to us, so we automatically had 3 catch up rewards and 1 new one just for today.

and this counts as 2 since it was so long,

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MIDDLE SCHOOL CURRICULUM

2013 Middle School Curriculum
links will be added as the lessons progress

OCTOBER
Religious Music (to correspond with World Religion course)

• Judaism  (Some of what we listened to: Modern group, Klezmer, Niggun) 
• Buddhism (Some of what we listened to: bowls, chanting)
• Gospel (Some of what we watched:  American Roots1-5)
• Christianity (Some of what we listened to: Gregorian, Cantatas)
• Hinduism (Some of what we listened to: Carnatic, Mridangam, Shankar)
• Sikhism (Some of what we listened to: Bhangra, Modern)
• Islamic (Some of what we listened to: Sufi, Call to prayer)
• Baha'i (Some of what we listened to: Modern & Rap,  Persian)

Discussions:
What are the pros/cons of modernizing religious music for a younger audience?
What is the appropriate use of sacred music in education or schools?
How does music promote worship?
Why is sacred music vital to the worship experience?
What can you learn about a culture thru their religious music?

NOVEMBER & DECEMBER
Opera

• Tristan & Isolde - Wagner
• Madame Butterfly - Puccini
• La Traviata - Verdi
• Carmen - Bizet
• Magic Flute - Mozart
• Marriage of Figaro - Mozart
• Rigoletto - Verdi
• Barber of Seville - Rossini
• Little Prince - Portman
• Hansel and Gretal - Humperdink 

JANUARY
Rock & Roll

1940's
How to analyze a song
R&B into Rock & Roll
Technology and the electric guitar

1950's
Elvis
Do Wop
Teenage Culture

1960's
TV&Dance
Surf Music
Girl Groups

1960's
Beatles
Rolling Stones
The Who

FEBRUARY
1960's/70's
Bob Dylan
Folk

MARCH
1960's-1970's
Hard Rock development
Soul
Roots of Heavy Metal
Glam Rock

1970's
Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
Art/Progressive (Jethro Tull; Emerson, Lake and Palmer; Pink Floyd; Genesis)

1970's
Rise of Disco
New York

APRIL
1980's

MAY
1990's
Grunge
Hip-Hop
Punk

2013 ELEMENTARY CURRICULUM

Appreciation 
OCTOBER
Genres:
(links to just some of what we listen to)
Latin - Salsa, Mambo
Jazz and Blues
Country and Western
Rock and Rap

NOVEMBER
Classical Month:
Kodaly's Viennese Musical Clock
Bach's Little Fugue
Bach's Minuet in G (The Supremes)
Bach's Brandenburg Concerto

DECEMBER
Opera: (taught by Middle School)
Hansel and Gretal - Humperdink
Magic Flute - Mozart
Rigoletto - Verdi
Barber of Seville - Rossini
Little Prince - Portman
Madame Butterfly - Puccini
Carmen - Bizet
Aida - Verdi

JANUARY - FEBRUARY
Opera review

American History:
Native American music
Revolutionary War: Star Spangled Banner
Music for the Underground Railroad
Civil War: North vs. South music/lyics
Frontier Music: gold rush, homesteaders, railroad, cowboysBlue Grass music

MARCH-APRIL
A month of American composers:
Sousa (El Capitan is the perfect tempo for students learning the cup song)
Gershwin
Copland
Jopland
 
APRIL-MAY
Music from Asia
India
Korea
Japan
China
Middle East/Arabia
Philippenes
 

Theory
We follow the Music Mind Games curriculum

Play
Fall Unit - voice

Winter Unit - Boomwhackers

Spring Unit - Hand percussion

PRESCHOOL AND KINDERGARTEN

2013 Preschool and Kindergarten curriculum
links are added as lessons progress

OCTOBER
Theory: the musical alphabet and the Grand Staff

Singing Songs:
Farmer Browns Apples
I Have 10 Toes
Hinges
Pile of Tin

Appreciation:
Idlewood - They Might Be Giants
Big Rock Candy Mountain - book (family friendly version)
Chelsea Morning -book
Farkle McBride - book

NOVEMBER
Theory: the Grand Staff, introducing rhythm

Singing Songs:
Autumn Time
Zoom Zoom
My Hands
Hi Yo Witzi

Appreciation
Viennese Music Clock - Kodaly
Symphony No. 5 - Beethoven

DECEMBER
Theory: introducing rhythm and dictation

Singing Songs:
Hear the Wind Blow
Roll Your Hands
Sarasponda
Snowman Song

Appreciation:
The Animal Boogie
Shake your Sillies Out
Vivaldi's Winter 

JANUARY
Theory:

Singing Songs:
Ring Those Bells
Playful Little Jackfrost
Kye Kye Kula
Snowflake, Snowflake,
The Mitten Song
Let's Wave

Appreciation:
What do you hear trays
Sicilienne
The Loud Book

FEBRUARY
Theory:

Singing Songs:
Like to Play in the Snow
Gung Hey Fat Choy
The Shaker Hop
Skinnamarink
There's a Little Wheel Turnin'
I Wiggle

Appreciation:
Clap a familiar song
Going on a Bear Hunt

UBER REWARD WEEK 7

Beatbox Brilliance: Tom Thum at TedX Sydney.

Parents, you will enjoy the whole clip, but for class we started at 6:30 and watched thru to the end.

UBER REWARD WEEK 6

 

The Fun Power of Music:

Virgin Airlines uses music to get people to listen to something they usually ignore.