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Mrs. Grasso
Chorus
Third, fourth and fifth grade students are welcome to join chorus. Rehearsals are one a week during recess. Third grade section will rehearse on Mondays. Attendance is mandatory.
Fourth and fifth grade section is being scheduled. I will post when information is available.
There are 3 after school rehearsals - Tuesday, 11/24; Tuesday, December 1 and Tuesday, December 8. The concert is on Tuesday, December 15 at 6 pm. Concert dress is white top and black bottom. Permission slips will be sent out shortly.
Check out our virtual chorus videos!
2020-2021 was quite a time... COVID, quarantine - the whole world shut down for months and we were on virtual schooling. Classrooms were empty and we were teaching and learning from home. That didn't stop us from singing together! We made a virtual chorus with videos being sent to me and I pieced it all together. Our virtual choir has recorded "Fireflies" by Owl City.
Students who take lessons on an instrument share their love and talent for music.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1KWbewLJKk59CS2poGVkzR2_ChDUS7hSC/view?usp=sharing
Here is a medley of some songs from the musical "Annie".
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1djc_mduSNW1suqZuLfMZ_c0WU6ZdUMaO/view?usp=sharing
Check It Out!
Here is the theme to "Super Mario". Enjoy! https://youtu.be/2od-dc5Zo6Q
Why is music important?
Music is physical education.
It requires coordination of fingers, hands, arms, lips, facial muscles, breath, torso, spine, shoulders, legs and is, therefore, a full-body experience. In addition, it develops extraordinary control of the diaphragm, back, stomach and chest muscles. The brain responds instantly to the sound the ears hear and the mind interprets. Music activates all parts of the brain which in turn creates a response in the body.
Music is reading.
Music provides practice in reading and tracking horizontally and vertically, though use of scores and lyric scheets. It is verbally engaging, using words for singing, learning rhythm and discussing aesthetics. It is visual and verbal.
Music is all of these things, but most of all, Music is Art.
It allows a human being to take all of these technical concepts and techniques and use them to create powerful emotion visually, auditorally and physically. Music is an expression of our perception and meaning of life: purpose, feeling, choice, struggle and triumph!