Tuesday, November 26, 2013

Happy Thanksgiving!

I hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving Break!!!  

Next week in music...

6th Grade:
The students are learning about Musical Theater.  First, they will learn about what a musical is and who makes a musical possible (composer, librettist, director, choreographer, etc.), then they will study one musical in depth. We will finish the week by watching the classic Rodgers and Hammerstein musical, The King and I, in class. There will be a short quiz on the movie in class on Friday. 

7th Grade:
The students are learning about Musical Theater.  First, they will learn about what a musical is and who makes a musical possible (composer, librettist, director, choreographer, etc.), then they will study one musical in depth. We will finish the week by watching the Disney musical, Newsies, in class. There will be a short quiz on the movie in class on Friday. 


The Musician Projects (100 point project) are due the week of Dec. 9.  The directions and rubric are on the file cabinet.  Please feel free to email me with any specific questions: jrickert@ccsd66.org

8th Grade:
This week, the students have started their Famous Duo Project.  The Famous Duo project includes researching famous Composer-Director teams or Composer-Lyricist teams and putting together a multimedia presentation using PhotoStory.  Some examples of the Famous duo's our students are learning about are: John Williams and Steven Spielberg, Tim Burton and Danny Elfman, Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein.  


Looking to hear some wonderful holiday music??? 
Mark your calendars:  Lakeview Choir, Concert Band, and Jazz Lab Band Concert- Monday, December 9 @ 7:00pm

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