Ms. Petergal’s Class

6th Grade: Green Belt – Swan Lake
                  Purple Belt – Can Can

5th Grade: Green Belt – I Know Where I’m Going
                 Purple Belt – Shortnin’ Bread

4th Grade: Orange Belt – Merrily We Roll Along
                 Winter Troika Bells
                 Green Belt – It’s Raining
                 Purple Belt – Old MacDonald

Practice hard, make beautiful music, and good luck!

Pennoyer students are busy preparing for our annual Winter Concert on December 17th. Songs are being sung and recorders are being played. Third graders are learning to kick like the Rockettes while the First graders do their very best penguin imitations. Chorus is working on three-part harmony and the band is preparing a selection of winter favorites.

We hope to see you there with us to celebrate the season.

All Yellow Belt recorder tests for 4th through 6th grades are due by October 17. Practice regularly and keep your eyes on the music!

4th Grade: Gently Sleep

5th Grade: Happy New Year

6th Grade: New World Theme

Good luck and good music!

 To help produce a clear, resonating singing voice hold your head erect, keeping it in line with your shoulders and hips. This will keep your throat relaxed and your breath moving freely through your vocal chords. Holding your music at chest level, as these students are doing, helps.

 

 

Recorder white belt tests are due by Sept. 26th for all Fourth through Sixth Graders.

Fourth Grade: Hot Cross Buns
Fifth Grade: Au Claire de la Lune
Sixth Grade: Ode to Joy

Practice hard, make beautiful music, have fun, and good luck!

Great singing takes good technique. These students have a good start with their great singing posture.

The Recorder Karate White Belt song is “Hot Cross Buns.” Listen to, and watch, these experienced recorder students as they play the song. Notice the excellent hand position, the breathing and tonguing, and the correct fingering.

Click on this link. hot-cross-buns1

Click on this link to see a close-up of the fingering. hot-cross-buns-fingering2

Mark your calendars!

The Kindergarten through 4th Grades will be performing a winter concert on December 17, 7:00, in the gym. Our traditional Pennoyer Winter Concert will include holiday music, winter songs, and many old favorites. You’ll also be hearing our terrific Band, Chorus, and Recorder Club.

Our 5th through 8th Grades will get their chance to perform on April 29th when they take part in No Strings Attached, a musical adaptation of the story of Pinocchio. Watch our talented upper grade students!

Welcom to Music 2008! I hope you’re all ready for lots of singing, dancing, listening to great music, and playing instruments.