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So, Seventh Grade...

As we start on our journey for Ring Day, here is a YouTube link showing you the song!

Please, please, please, PLEASE have a look at this and sing-a-long! Ring day is coming up soon, April 4th!

- Mr. Tubb

What a year it's been so far...

Well, what a year it's been so far. It's been crazy few months of exciting performances, interesting listening assignments and intensely rewarding rehearsals!

DECEMBER

DEAR SANTA
So, we had three amazing performances of 'Dear Santa!', our annual Christmas show. Every grade effortlessly performed with absolute panache and class. The Eighth grade gave fun, exciting accounts and the Seventh Grade did a stella job or ensuring that everyone knew where to sit, where to go and when to sing!

You can see more pictures of this show by clicking below:

Gallery 2013/2014

LIGHTS, CAMERA, CHRISTMAS!
The Cabaret Troupe rose, once again, to the occasion and performed 'Lights, Camera, Christmas!', Cabaret Troupe's annual Christmas present to their parents. Grades 6 and 7 sounded and looked both amazing and classy as they explored the idea of different film genres, from Adventure and Western, to Film Noir and Musical Theater!

You can see more pictures of this show by clicking below:

Gallery 2013/2014

JANUARY
January starts our Spring season of Musical Theater, with the 8th Grade Graduating class performing Aladdin Jr. and the Cabaret Troupe performing Xanadu Jr. We are so pleased to have the 5th Grade join the Cabaret Troupe as the Greek Chorus. It is going to be a show of epic proportions - how apt for a Ancient Greek stylized musical! Mr Tubb has been extremely busy behind the scenes creating new lighting and sets for these shows!

The dates for these performances will be:
Aladdin Jr. --- May 14 & 15 both at 7pm
Xanadu Jr. --- June 4 & 5, again at 7pm.

Tickets will be available shortly, and will be available online. A note will be go in the Tuesday Folder.

As for the lower school we have also been extremely busy...
Kindergarten have been learning songs from the classic - Free to Be You And Me - learning how songs can coincide with actions. 1st Grade have been looking at Music and Emotion/Colors. 2nd Grade have started the difficult task of reading music. 3rd Grade have been writing their own stories based upon Prokovief's Peter and the Wolf. 4th Grade have just finished a really fun and interactive unit on African Drumming, and are now going onto Brazilian Samba!

- Mr. Tubb

Welcome 2013

Hi Girls & Parents,

Welcome to Music 2013/2014, I hope you're as excited to be back as I am!
This year will mark my third year - I can't believe it's been three years already! I hope you're ready to learn some brand new things this year! 

This trimester we will focus on our individual topics, as well as gearing towards the Christmas Show (don't ask me about it - I haven't even CHOSEN it yet!). This trimester's homework will focus upon Listening Tasks. During classes we will be talking about these tasks - how to answer them, how to format them and how to ensure you're getting the best grades available. 

Middle School - make sure that you bring your instruments back to school with you if you took it home over the Summer and make sure you bring your music textbooks with you too!

Cannot wait to see you all!

- Mr. Tubb

What's going on in February?

So, in one of our shortest months of the school year - what's going on in the Music Department?

Lower School
Well, the lower school are working on each of their individual topics through singing, theory, games and performance!

Pre K & Kindergarten are both working on Music with Movement. Pre-K are experimenting with tempo and dynamics by playing fun rhythm and movement games, whereas Kindergarten are doing selections from 'Free to be you and me' with really fun actions to go alongside!

1st Grade are continuing with their Music and Color project. They've just finished creating their masterpieces and this month we will be 'translating' them into music with classroom instruments. Super fun!

2nd Grade are hurtling head first into musical theory. Through a variety of ways we're learning the treble and bass clefs, creating our own rhymes and we'll continue with our partner songs, instilling the idea of two-part singing!

Brazilian Samba!

3rd Grade are continuing with the Carnival of the Animals. They're doing a super fun composition project based upon fantasy animals that they created. They will also continue their listening of Saint-Saëns' masterpiece!

4th Grade have just been to Africa. They're now visiting NYC with a little taster of Broadway music, and the next stop on our whirlwind journey is China followed by Brazil (which is really exciting as we actually have a student with Brazilian heritage in our class) and Samba!


The lower school are all working towards a performance in June, where we show what we've learned to all the parents!

Middle School

Grades 5, 6 & 7 are getting on really well with their instrument. Especially the 5th, who have only been learning for a few months. They're sounding great, and we can't wait to play for the parents in June!

In addition to brass banding - we are also learning all about key signatures, time signatures as well as improving our listening week after week!

8th grade have started rehearsals for 'The Little Mermaid Jr.' and they are doing swimmingly well (I apologize for the pun!) and it is shaping up to be an amazing performance! The dates are May 8th and 9th (7.30pm) if you need to write that in your diary.

Extracurricularly we are doing amazing things. A brand new JUNIOR CABARET TROUPE has just been created for the 5th grade, and we are learning some really hard music which will be great. Cabaret Troupe is doing a great job on Honk Jr. and chapel choir are simply stunning - the best we've had in the last few years!

Have a lovely rest of February!

- Mr. Tubb

Listening homework 2013.1

Hi Guys,

 Here's this week's video.
 It's not due until next Monday at the earliest.

Remember, answer your opinion questions FULLY and with as much detail as possible to get the full points.

- Mr. Tubb

Listening Homework w/c Dec 17th, Dec 24th and 31st

This should be good news for you.
There is NO homework this week. Have an absolutely lovely Christmas!

- Mr. Tubb

Listening Homework w/c Dec 10th

Listening Homework

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 Wednesday
7th Grade - due Thursday
8th Grade - due Thursday

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 w/c Dec 3rd

Listening Homework

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 Wednesday
7th Grade - due Thursday
8th Grade - due Thursday

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 w/c Nov 26

Listening Homework

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 TUESDAY
6th Grade - due TUESDAY
7th Grade - due MONDAY
8th Grade - due THURSDAY


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 w/c Nov 19th

Listening Homework

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 TUESDAY
6th Grade - due TUESDAY
7th Grade - due MONDAY
8th Grade - due THURSDAY


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 w/c Nov 12th

Listening Homework

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 TUESDAY
6th Grade - due TUESDAY
7th Grade - due MONDAY
8th Grade - due THURSDAY


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 w/c Nov 5th

Listening Homework

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 TUESDAY
6th Grade - due TUESDAY
7th Grade - due MONDAY
8th Grade - due THURSDAY


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 w/c Oct 29th

Listening Homework

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 TUESDAY
6th Grade - due TUESDAY
7th Grade - due MONDAY
8th Grade - due THURSDAY


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

Good luck!
- Mr. Tubb

Reposting of Listening Template

Because you all keep moaning about how you can't find the answer sheet template... Here is the template re-posted for you.

You can't say I'm not nice to you.

- Mr. Tubb

#______     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 w/c Oct 22nd

Listening Homework

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 TUESDAY
6th Grade - due TUESDAY
7th Grade - due MONDAY
8th Grade - due THURSDAY


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

Good luck!
- Mr. Tubb

LINK TO ALL BACKING TRACKS FOR EXERCISES

Dear 5th, 6th, 7th & 8th Grade,

Here is the link for ALL the backing tracks from class!
Just click 'play' or 'right click' to save the tracks to your desktop!

http://www.kjos.com/detail.php?division=1&table=product&prod_id=W21CD&showaudio=135

- Mr. Tubb

Listening Homework w/c Oct 15th

Listening Homework

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 TUESDAY
6th Grade - due TUESDAY
7th Grade - due MONDAY
8th Grade - due THURSDAY


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 w/c Oct 8th

Listening Homework

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 TUESDAY
6th Grade - due TUESDAY
7th Grade - due MONDAY
8th Grade - due THURSDAY


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 w/c Oct 1st

Listening Homework

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 TUESDAY
6th Grade - due TUESDAY
7th Grade - due MONDAY
8th Grade - due THURSDAY

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 w/c Sept 24th

Listening Homework

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

You can listen as many times as you want. Please note - this is a 10 minute track: just listen to the first two minutes for the homework, but listen to the whole thing - it'll be good for you!

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

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

Good luck!
- Mr. Tubb