Listening Homework - Week 4

Dear Middle Schoolers,
Your listening homework this week is based on the following track.

You can listen as many times as you want.

5th Grade - due Wednesday
6th Grade - due Monday
7th Grade - due Thursday
8th Grade - due Tuesday

Please note, that if it isn't handed in by this date I will have to send a letter home.

Good luck!
- Mr. Tubb

Open House - 2012

from the Visitation Academy Website...


Our family is having an OPEN HOUSE on Friday, January 27.  Prospective students and their parents are invited to tour the Lower School from 9:00 am to 10:30 am for grades Nursery (3 yrs old) to 4th grade. Middle School parents and students (5th to 8th grades) may tour from 11:30 am to 12:30 pm.

Please come and support our school!

Listening Test Questions

Just in case you're forgotten them, or want to do it on the computer and print it out, here are the listening test questions for the middle school.

#______     Title: ______________    Performer: _________________________

Composer/Song Writer: ______________    Year/Era: ______________

• Timbre: “What” or “Who” in music making:

o   What kind of instruments/voices do you hear?

• Dynamics: The intensity of the volume:  

            pp            p            mp            mf            f            ff

o   Does the intensity ever change (how often)?

• Meter: How many beats per measure.

• Does it stay the same for the entire piece?

• Tempo: How fast is the music moving   Lento    Adagio    Andante    Moderato    Allegro    Presto

• Does it stay the same for the entire piece?           

• Genre: What category(s) does this piece best fit into?  What other style does it make you think of?

• Opinion:

• What did you find most interesting about the performance of the song? (Be Specific)

• What didn't you like about the song? (Be Specific)

Listening Homework - Week 3

Dear Middle Schoolers,
Your listening homework this week is based on the following track.

You can listen as many times as you want.

5th Grade - due Wednesday
6th Grade - due Monday
7th Grade - due Thursday
8th Grade - due Tuesday

Please note, that if it isn't handed in by this date I will have to send a letter home.

Good luck!
- Mr. Tubb

Listening Homework - Week 2

Dear Middle Schoolers,
Your listening homework this week is based on the following track.

You can listen as many times as you want.

5th Grade - due Wednesday
6th Grade - due Monday
7th Grade - due Thursday
8th Grade - due Tuesday

Please note, that if it isn't handed in by this date I will have to send a letter home.

Good luck!
- Mr. Tubb

Listening Homework Week 1

Dear Middle Schoolers,
Your listening homework this week is based on the following track.

You can listen as many times as you want.

5th Grade - due Weds Jan 18th
6th Grade - due Tues Jan 17th
7th Grade - due Thur Jan 19th** editted
8th Grade - due Weds Jan 18th

Please note, that if it isn't handed in by this date I will have to send a letter home.

Good luck!
- Mr. Tubb

Welcome Back - Jan 2012

Welcome back, I hope you all had an absolutely lovely Christmas break. It was definitely too short, wasn't it!

Lower school: we'll be continuing with all of our topics of studies.
Middle school: we'll be re-starting our brass band program. We'll also be introducing weekly listening tests and regular composition tasks.

8th grade: I simply cannot wait to see your reactions to the cast list on Monday. Hope you aren't too worried over the weekend!

- Mr. Tubb