Month: March 2020

• Tuesday Assessment submission due (1. Rhythm, 2. Melodies 3. Let the River Run m.12-35)
• DANCE your day away! Attached you will find Baily McKean, and her choreography to New York m1-m35. Learn the motions/steps. It’s forecast to be a 70’s degree day. Get outside. Dance in your driveway for all of your neighbors to enjoy.
• Thanks to Bailey for putting this together for us!!!
• 1. Choreography m1-35 EXPLAINED
• 2. Choreography m1-35 FULL RUN

• Song Assignment “New York, New York.” Learn (well) beginning to m.35 (This is your next assessment song assignment, so your work on this will be graded during your second Assessment submission.) The recording of NEW YORK is below…just scroll down to it.
• Monday Assessment submission due (1. Rhythm, 2. Melodies 3. Let the River Run m.12-35)
• FRESHMEN/SOPHOMORE – COVID19 ‘go to’ SONG PLAYLIST – Choose and listen to 3 songs from the COVID19 ‘go to’ playlist that you don’t already know. Everyone has different tastes in music, hence the songs are all varied in style. BRIEFLY comment on 3 songs as to how you can apply them to you. (No, don’t tell me if you like or dislike the song or the artist…instead focus on the ‘good’ that you find in the songs you select.) email Mr. LaCroix with this assignment slacroix@geneseoschools.org SUBJECT: PLAYLIST – Due Monday, April 6.
• JR/SR – Continue learning the Senior Song and Junior Song

• Hey everybody! Check out the great playlist you have created.

                                    Pages – COVID19 ‘go to’ song playlist.

• SENIORS – get at that senior song today. Recordings are in your e-mail inbox.
• JUNIORS – Junior song recording are in your e-mail inbox. Get crackin’ on learning it.
• FRESHMAN & SOPHOMORES – Choose and listen to 3 songs from the COVID19 ‘go to’ playlist that you don’t already know. Everyone has different tastes in music, hence the songs are all varied in style. BRIEFLY comment on 3 songs as to how you can apply them to you. (No, don’t tell me if you like or dislike the song or the artist…instead focus on the ‘good’ that you find in the songs you select.) email Mr. LaCroix with this assignment slacroix@geneseoschools.org SUBJECT: PLAYLIST – Due Monday, April 6.
• Friday Assessment submission due.
• READ & RESPOND email submission due.

• No new assignment. Have you checked out the song playlist yet? It’s really coming together well.
• Thursday Assessment submission due.
• Bell Song/COVID19 ‘go to’ song submission due.

Wednesday, April 1 –

• Wednesday Assessment submission due today
• READ AND RESPOND the following…due Friday, April 3rd.
• https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/03/coronavirus-music-covid-19-community (I also printed it in the first assignment email.
• Respond by email to slacroix@geneseoschools.org
• Subject line in email…Respond
• In short essay form write your thoughts regarding the article.
  • How are you using music to cope?
  • How can you apply the use music in your life to cope?
  • What ideas popped into your head while/after reading the article?
  • etc…
• Mr. LaCroix will compile all responses and then group share them by email.
• If you don’t want Mr. LaCroix to share your response with the choir, your subject line in the email should be…DO NOT SHARE.
• Remember to find fun today with April Fools Day.

Bell Song assignment

Music can be our remedy (or sanity)! The power of song.

Due Thursday, April 2, 3:30pm

Directions:

Submit three songs:

• 2 songs to create a new minute-bell song playlist.
• 1 song that is your ‘go-to’ song to get you through the emotions of COVID19…(posted to be shared on my website…)
  • Find the songs in the PAGES list (to your left)
    • COVID19 ‘go to’ SONG PLAYLIST

NOTE:

• All songs must be school appropriate.
• LaCroix will listen to each song before posting it.
• Passing bell playlist songs are best ‘upbeat’.
• Your ‘go-to’ song will NOT be played for GHS student body, but be posted on my website with your full first name and last name initial only. (ie. Stephen L.)
• Email the recording in mp3 or m4a format if possible. slacroix@geneseoschools.org
• If you cannot email the actual song, paste a link so I can find it OR list the exact title, artist and album of the song.

I need:

Your name______________________________________________Grade______

                                    First & Last

GHS bell schedule song playlist:

1.

2.

Your “go-to” song to get you through…

1.

Anything you want to say about this song?

The assignment for Monday, March 30 was to prepare your assessment materials.

Review for assessment assignment : 1. Rhythm, 2. Melodies 3. Let the River Run m.12-35

Let the River Run – part description

JR/SR  – All SATB divisi  – as written 

Assessments begin THIS WEEK WEDNESDAY.

• Record your assessment (video preferred, audio accepted)
• Rhythm, 2. Melodies 3. Let the River Run m.12-35
• Send assessment recording to your scheduled teachers email.
• Miss Edwards singplay53@gmail.com Charlie Romero, Megan Plumley, Anna Snyder, Hannah Vondra, Zach Nelson, Hope Wiyrick, Natalya Schmidt, Megan Soria, Anna Poel, Hannah Moreno, Kara Wolfe, Jack Snyder, Caroline Burmahl, Faith Holtzen, Rose Bealer, Malakai Schaad, Alex McVay, Neo Colter, Emma Kass, Jacob Martin, Justin Ford, Hannah Griffin, Jordan VanHoutte, Jon Crews
• Miss Johnson hjohnson@geneseoschools.org MJ Harr, Montgomery Matlick, Gabe Marxen, JD Widger, Rose Henderson, Emma Olson, Evan Lesthaeghe, Abigale Gentry, Nicholas Koustas, Olivia Egert, Tirzah Leachman, Jack DeBord, Abby Krebs, Audrey Lamb, Kyleigh Kespohl, Emma McKusker, Taya Fouts, Gabbi Elmer, Keira Schehl, Avery Dowll
• Mr. LaCroix slacroix@geneseoschools.org all students not named above.
• Recordings are due ON the date (and time if possible) of your weekly scheduled assessment. They may be sent early.
• Assessment will be graded.
• Un-received assessment submissions will be graded as Incomplete. Make up date TBA.
• Assessment schedule is attached.

2019-20-voice assessment QUARTER 4