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I hope that you and your family have stayed warm and safe during this Midwest weather. First of all, Christmas program DVD\u2019s have been sent home! Please let me know if you have any issues with your order. I also wanted to outline a few upcoming opportunities for your child. Many of the resources mentioned below are also available here on my district blog.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
All Students <\/strong>are currently working with Unit 2 in our\nSpotlight on Music<\/em> series. We are addressing numerous musical concepts\nthrough singing, playing, and studying a variety of folk and other music. In all classes, we are also using Mr. Everybody\u2019s Musical Apartment. <\/em>Using this system, students are able to\nlearn the names of the line and space notes in the treble clef. We will also briefly study the bass clef\nusing an extension of this system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 3rd<\/sup>-5th<\/sup>-Recorders-<\/strong>In addition to Spotlight on\nMusic and Mr. Everybody\u2019s Musical Apartment, <\/em>3rd<\/sup>-5th<\/sup>\ngraders are currently working on several songs on recorder. 3rd<\/sup> and 4th<\/sup> grades are\nusing the Recorder Karate <\/em>system,\nwhere they earn one of nine belts upon mastery of each song. 5th<\/sup> graders are learning songs\nwhich they will perform at their Recorder-Band\nConcert <\/em>on Monday, May 13th<\/sup> at the High School. Students may come in for extra practice or to\ntest for belts during most morning recess and specified lunch and lunch recess\ntimes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n On Thursday, February 28th<\/sup>, all 4th<\/sup> graders <\/strong>in Geneseo schools will be traveling to the Symphony Day<\/em> at the Adler Theater in Davenport. The theme this year is \u201cImmigrant Stories.\u201d We will be doing activities during music class to help familiarize students with some of the music that will be performed. Students will load buses about 9:45 a.m. for the 11:00 concert. We will eat lunch when returning to school about 12:30. Please have your child bring a sack lunch<\/em>, or request a sack lunch from school. Please also have your child wear nice school clothes the day of the concert. Below I have attached the resource guide I received which helps to introduce these musical pieces and performers to students. Please feel free to look through it and do some of the activities if you wish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Also on February 28th<\/sup>, 4th<\/sup> and 5th<\/sup> grade students<\/strong> will be performing at the 45th<\/sup> Annual Music In Our Schools Concert <\/em>on Thursday, February 28th at 7 p.m. at the High School. Please plan to arrive by 6:45 p.m. A perfect attendance award will again be given students who have performed all concerts this year.<\/em> Students who attend this concert will be invited to attend a pizza party at Happy Joe\u2019s! <\/em>Practice tracks and music notation are posted under “4th+5th” at the top of the page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 4th<\/sup> Graders-<\/strong> Our 4th Grade Musical this year will be Bones! <\/em>We will perform it on Tuesday, March 19th<\/sup> at 6:30 p.m., and again two days later during our annual Fine Arts Day.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/em>In this musical by Sally Albrecht, Sam, the custodian, has accidentally knocked over the famous Charles Cartilage skeleton! All of the disconnected bones have amnesia from the fall and have no clue what they are – or where they belong!\u00a0 We will begin rehearsing for this performance during class next week.\u00a0 Auditions will take place on Thursday 2\/21 and Friday 2\/22. Please see this packet for audition materials:<\/p>\n\n\n\n All-<\/strong>Our Southwest Fine Arts Day will take\nplace on Thursday, March 21st<\/sup>. \nWe will have a variety of artists presenting their craft to students\nthroughout the day. Also as before, the\nMiddle School Jazz Band and Swing Choir will perform for us, and we will\nconclude the day with a final performance of our 4th<\/sup> Grade Musical. Please\nhelp! <\/em>We will be looking for a\nvariety of volunteers to help the day go smoothly. Stay tuned for a communication from our PTA\nregarding opportunities where you may become involved in this great event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 3rd<\/sup>-6th<\/sup> Graders-<\/strong> Please consider joining the Geneseo Children\u2019s Choir this summer from July 3-10! This choir workshop will include a variety of fun musical activities in addition to preparing concert music. Here is the form:<\/p>\n\n\n\n As always, please let me know if you have\nquestions at meckwall@geneseoschools.org<\/a>\nor (309) 945-0699. Thank you for your\nsupport!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sincerely,<\/p>\n\n\n\n Mike Eckwall<\/p>\n\n\n\n General Music Teacher<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Remaining Southwest Fine Arts Dates 2018-19<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Quad City Symphony Day-(4th<\/sup> grade<\/em>) <\/strong>\u2013Thursday, February 28,\n2019, 11:00 a.m. concert<\/p>\n\n\n\n Music in Our Schools\nConcert (4th<\/sup> and 5th<\/sup>\ngrades)<\/em><\/strong>– Thursday, February 28,\n2019, 7:00 p.m., HS Concert Hall<\/p>\n\n\n\n 4th<\/sup> Grade\nMusical <\/strong>– Tuesday, March 19, 2019,\n6:30 p.m. at Southwest<\/p>\n\n\n\n Southwest Fine Arts Day<\/strong>– Thursday, March 21, 2019 at Southwest<\/p>\n\n\n\n All-Unit Concert (4th and 5th grades)- <\/em><\/strong>Monday, May 6, 2019, 7:00 p.m., HS Concert Hall<\/p>\n\n\n\n 5th<\/sup> grade\nRecorder Concert <\/strong>Monday, May 13, 2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n Practice<\/strong>– TBA<\/p>\n\n\n\n Concert<\/strong>– 7:00 p.m., HS Concert Hall<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Southwest\nSpring Programs<\/strong>– Thursday, May 23, 2019, Southwest Gymnasium <\/p>\n\n\n\n Hello! I hope that you and your family have stayed warm and safe during this Midwest weather. First of all, Christmas program DVD\u2019s have been sent home! Please let me know if you have any issues with your order. I … Continue reading