Hello Northside Parents,
Welcome back! I hope you all enjoyed a great summer. Events for this year are already underway. We are again using the Spotlight on Music series in all grades as a basis for all music lessons. We also incorporate a variety of other resources on a daily basis to create a fuller Music Education experience.
3rd grade students have received recorders and have begun Recorder Karate. Using this system, students receive belts for each song they are able to play. The belts start simple with the white belt’s “Hot Cross Buns” and make their way up to the black belt’s more advanced “Ode to Joy.” Students may come in for extra practice during specified morning and lunch recess periods.
4th and 5th grade students will also spend time this year revisiting Recorder Karate and will also have the opportunity to test for belts.
Check back soon for updates regarding our Christmas Programs.
Please feel free to contact me with any questions. My email address is meckwall@geneseoschools.org, and the phone number at Northside is (309) 945-0625. Please also check often for updates outside the music room and here on my district blog. Pages for each grade are listed at the top of this page.
Thank you, and I look forward to another great year!
Sincerely in Music,
Mike Eckwall
 
Remaining Northside Fine Arts Dates 2016-17
Harvest Festival (4th and 5th grades):
Sunday, September 18, 2016 Geneseo City Park (rain location HS Gym)
- Talent Show 3:00 p.m.
- Finale Choir Concert 4:45 p.m.
Northside Halloween Talent Show (4th and 5th grade acts perform)- Monday, October 31, 2016, 12:30 p.m., Northside Gym
Geneseo Christmas Walk (4th and 5th grades)– Saturday, December 10, 2016, Location TBA, Southwest 3:30 p.m., Millikin 4:00 p.m., Northside 4:30 p.m.
Northside Christmas Programs- Tuesday, December 20, 2016, MS Gym (Grades K-1 5:45 p.m.), (Grades 2-3 6:45 p.m.), (Grades 4-5 7:30 p.m.)
Quad City Symphony Day-(4th grade) –TBA, 2017
Music in Our Schools Concert (4th and 5th grades)– Tuesday, March 7, 2017, 7:00 p.m., HS Gym
Northside Fine Arts Day– Friday, April 7, 2017
All-Unit Concert (4th and 5th grade)- Monday, May 1, 2017, 7:00 p.m., HS Gym
5th grade Recorder Concert Monday, May 8, 2017
Practice– 1:00 p.m., location TBA
Concert-  7:00 p.m., HS Gym
Northside Spring Programs– Wednesday, May 17th, 2017, Northside Gym (Grades 4-5 9:00 a.m.), (Grades 2-3 10:15 a.m.), (Grades K-1 2:00 p.m.)