Spring Surprise- April 8, 2020

Spring Surprise #3: Pete the Cat Big Easter Adventure. Read along with Pete’s adventure while you listen to music in the background.

Spring Surprise- April 7, 2020

Spring Surprise #2: Appalachian Spring Ballet. Watch as the dancers move to the music by Aaron Copland in this short selection from the ballet.

Spring Surprise- April 6, 2020

Spring Surprise #1: Creepy Crawly Calypso- The bugs we love remind us that spring is here! Sing along with this book we use in class.

Friday, April 3, 2020

Musical groups can be used to make the kind of music that helps people move. There is music for dancing, music for theater, music for parties, and music for school. One kind of music that developed to help people move is the march. When llarge groups of people needed to move together without getting in

UPDATE: SPECIAL ONLINE EVENT NOTICE- April 1-7, 2020

Many musicians in New York City are unable to work right now due to shelter in place restrictions. Some musicians have worked together to produce a series of benefit concerts to help those musicians. These concerts will take place in each artist’s home and be streamed live. At 11:30 AM each day, one musician or

Thursday, April 2, 2020

Now that we’ve seen and heard the instruments of the orchestra, we know how the different families of instruments make their sounds. Woodwinds: Most have a reed that vibrates, although some are instruments you blow into directly, like the flute or recorder. Brass: These instruments get their sound from a player buzzing their lips into

Wednesday, April 1, 2020

In order for a large group of people to play music at the same time, you need to have one person who tells the others what to do. In an orchestra, we call that person the conductor. The conductor uses hand gestures, arm motions, and facial expressions to set the tempo of the piece and

Tuesday, March 31, 2020

Yesterday we watched and listened to music played by two orchestras. We saw a lot of different instruments in these orchestras. You may have recognized some of them, and others might be new to you. Instruments are divided into groups called families. The way an instrument is played tells you which family it belongs to.

Monday, March 30, 2020

Ever since people started making music, they have looked for ways to sing or play together. When people perform in a group, they can produce harmony, have different rhythm patterns going on, and even use multiple melodies at the same time. Musical groups come in many kinds and many sizes. One kind of musical group

Friday, March 27, 2020

We’ve talked about the importance of drumming in African music. Drums are also a vital part of the music of many other cultures. While there are drums that look the same even though they have different names, some drums do look and sound different in other parts of the world. In the video, I will