Category Archives: Instruments

Here are some great videos of instruments that are offered at Miller Elementary School for 5th Grade students.

Band: Flute, Clarinet, Oboe, Saxophone, Trumpet, Trombone
Strings: Violin, Viola, Cello

CENTER-BASED SPECIAL EDUCATION FUN MUSICAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE WEEK OF MAY 4-8

CENTER-BASED SPECIAL EDUCATION FUN MUSICAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE WEEK OF MAY 4-8
CENTER-BASED SPECIAL EDUCATION FUN MUSICAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE WEEK OF MAY 4-8
Play along with each instrument
Learning to take turns – Call and Response
Over in the Meadow – Singing and Listening to Music
Basic Life Skills Song
Color Recognition Song
Beethoven – Fur Elise: Music Listening

Detroit Symphony Orchestra Concert LIVESTREAM this Thursday April 23, 2020 @7pm

Detroit Symphony Orchestra Concert LIVESTREAM this Thursday April 23, 2020 @7pm
Sibelius and Elgar

CLASSICAL SERIES

SIBELIUS AND ELGAR 

FACEBOOK LIVE WEBCASTTHURSDAY, APRIL 23 AT 7:00 PM ET

Featuring

SIBELIUS
POHJOLA’S DAUGHTER
Conducted by Jukka-Pekka Saraste

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ELGAR
CELLO CONCERTO
Conducted by Leonard Slatkin and featuring cellist Wei Yu

Enjoy two archived DSO performances streamed on Facebook Live tomorrow at 7 PM ET! Jukka-Pekka Saraste conducts a colorful tone poem from fellow Finn Jean Sibelius: Pohjola’s Daughter, inspired by Scandinavian folklore. Then, DSO Principal Cello Wei Yu and Music Director Laureate Leonard Slatkin take on Elgar’s spellbinding Cello Concerto, one of the most famous pieces in the cello repertoire. Wei will even introduce the piece and chat with viewers in the comment section!

Watch Parties are easy to join: just look for the Facebook Live event to show up on our Facebook page at the advertised time and click on the event to join.

MONTESSSORI: FUN ACTIVITIES FOR THE WEEK OF APRIL 20

MONTESSSORI: FUN ACTIVITIES FOR THE WEEK OF APRIL 20
MONTESSSORI:  FUN ACTIVITIES FOR THE WEEK OF APRIL 20

CLICK HERE TO ATTEND A DETROIT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA CONCERT: https://livefromorchestrahall.vhx.tv/classroom-edition/season:7/videos/dvorak-s-new-world-symphony-1

CLICK HERE FOR A FUN MOVEMENT ACTIVITY:

HERE IS A SONG YOU KNOW!

HERE IS A SONG YOU KNOW! READING IS FOR ME:

FIFTH GRADE MATH RAP SONG

4th Grade Recorder Video

4th Grade Recorder Video

Calling all 4th grade recorder students! Check out the new video posted in the Recorder Google Classroom on “Tonguing”. As you practice your music practice using the technique. The more you practice it the easier it gets! Let me know that you watched the video by commenting on Google Classroom. Once you have practiced it with your songs, push submit. Happy practicing!

ST. PATRICK’S DAY ACTIVITIES

ST. PATRICK’S DAY ACTIVITIES
Happy Saint Patrick's Day greeting poster. Vector Illustration

Click on the video links to learn about Irish Instruments and Irish Jig and take a field trip to an Irish Dance Academy!

IRISH JIG: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VankytmKzTU

IRISH INSTRUMENTS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ta-sWn3oAQY

FIELD TRIP TO AN IRISH DANCE ACADEMY: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UklnEUrfW7w&t=440s

Hello Howe and Nowlin Music Students!

Hello Howe and Nowlin Music Students!

I am sending all of you a BIG HELLO through my computer! Since you will all be spending a bit more time at home I would like to give you some resources to keep you engaged with music and learning. Your first assignment is to login in to Music play online. You do not need to create an account because I already am already a subscriber so my students can use the following information which will be good until April 1:

musicplayonline.com with the username: snow and the password: 2020

This is the same program that I use with many of our classes and you can now use it from home! take a look around the site and have some fun! I will be posting activities, info and great resources weekly so stay tuned (music joke)! You can also check out Denise Gagnon’s site for online learning:  https://denisegagne.com/e-learning-music-lessons-with-musicplayonline/?fbclid=IwAR0_IGLd3QrYt2meCLJqITfriWQ6QnnKCa7oNkh4NOamhVu4F6ZAQXLFRuE

If you are a 4th grader, in Honors Choir or in Drumming, you can use this time to practice the music on our google classroom. I would love to hear you sing and play your songs so if you want to send me a video, send it to: hardens@dearbornschools.org

Please make sure to subscribe to my blog as this will be our primary mode of communication. Have a great day and happy music making!

Check out this concert on March 13, 8pm in Ann Arbor!

Check out this concert on March 13, 8pm in Ann Arbor!
Born and raised in Beirut and now living in Harlem, Tarek Yamani taught himself jazz at the age of 19 and has dedicated himself to exploring relationships between African-American jazz and classical Arabic music.
His album Lisan Al Tarab takes audiences on a journey from Egypt in the early 1900s to present-day New York. This concert will include reinterpretations of classical Arab muwashahat, traditional music from Mesopotamia, and original compositions based on edgy rhythms and modes from the Levant. “Shimmering spidery piano godliness…” (TimeOut)
Yamani makes his UMS debut with his trio.
Co-presented with the Arab American National Museum.

HOWE MONTESSORI INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC CONCERT

HOWE MONTESSORI INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC CONCERT

Howe Montessori Instrumental Music Concert

May 20, 2019

4th Grade Recorders – Led by Ms. Harden, Vocal Music Teacher

5th Grade Strings – Led by Mrs. Voelkner, Instrumental Music Teacher

5th Grade Band – Led by Mrs. Voelkner, Instrumental Music Teacher

Howe Drumming Club – Led by Ms. Harden, Vocal Music Teacher