Our Fourth Graders are going to the Dearborn Symphony Orchestra Concert on February 28, 2012! The concert will be held at the Ford Community and Performing Arts Center at 10 am. Students will leave from Miller Elementary via school bus at 9 am and return by 11am. This concert is open to all fourth grade students from each Elementary School in the Dearborn Public Schools and we are very excited! The Music that will be played is as follows:

Hoedown (From Rodeo) – Aaron Copland

Symphony #5 (First Movement) – Ludwig von Beethoven

Stars and Stripes Forever – John Phillip Sousa

Gallop from the “Comedians” – Kabalevsky

Dance of the Comedians – Smetana

Harry Potter Order of the Phoenix

American Salute – Morton Gould

01 Gidi wa Hamar track 1

Here are the lyrics (pronunciations) for Gidi wa Hamar

Kullun Undun

Say ir ad wa (du)

Gidi unda Hamar

Bira Kibna

Ghel foo

Byair-khud na mish war

Wil bolic e sou fer lou

Bi I du I esh er lu

Say are ad dit Zamer lou

Ba Ba Ba!!

Please feel free to listen to these musical pieces on Youtube so you know them very well when we get to the concert.

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What a great time we had at the Dearborn Symphony Orchestra Concert! We took nearly 100 4th grade students to the Ford Community and Performing Arts Center experienced a wonderful morning of Classical Music. It was great fun! A special Congratulations goes out to Yousef Chammout who represented Miller school onstage as a recorder soloist. Great job! It just goes to show that hard work really pays off! Thank you to Mrs. Traicoff, Mrs. Alsabahi, Mrs. Grigorian and Mrs. Moukalled for going with us and for helping to prepare our students for the experience.

Feb4

Grade 2 Plays Xylophones and Boomwhackers

Posted on February 4, 2012 by Susan Harden

2011-2012

Students in Grade 2 are having a great time learning to play songs on the xylophones and boomwhackers!

Jan27

WBPE Drumming Students to perform at the Ethnic Dinner February 2, 2012!

Posted on January 27, 2012 by Susan Harden

WBPE Drumming Students to perform at the Ethnic Dinner February 2, 2012!

WBPE Ethnic Dinner Performance February 2, 2012 (CLICK LINK FOR VIDEO)

Great news! The WBPE Drumners have been invited to play at the annual Ethnic Dinner to be held at Miller Elementary School from 6:00pm-7:30pm on February 2, 2012. All WBPE drummers should meet Ms. Harden in the Music room at 5:30pm for practice. Drummers are invited to attend the dinner or may be picked up at 6:30pm.

Uniform: Ethnic clothing (Example: Sash, Outfit, hat, scarves, etc.) that shows what other cultures would wear at a festival/celebration in that country. Student may wear an outfit that represents any country. T-shirts with a flag are fine if students do not have an outfit.

Alternate uniform: Red or White Top, Black Bottoms, Black Shoes/Socks.

Jan27

Grade 2 Shines!

Posted on January 27, 2012 by Susan Harden

Grade 2 Shines!

Students in Grade 2 are learning to play the xylophones and pre-read music notation. Our students are getting so good at it that they are memorizing phrases and patterns and some are able to conduct/lead the class! It takes listening skills and patience to know when to move to the next note. The conductor must listen for each student to play each note and move just at the right pace while they are learning the piece. Next, they begin to keep a slow, steady tempo that the others must follow. Great job students!

Jan24

Kindergarteners play the Orff Xylophones!

Posted on January 24, 2012 by Susan Harden

Kindergarteners play the Orff Xylophones!

Our Kindergarteners are doing a great job and having lots of fun playing the Orff Xylophones! They are reading early music notation, getting ready to be great readers of music and books! There is a strong connection between reading music and reading words and the more they read music the better they will get at reading words and sentences. Keep up the good work!

Jan20

WBPE and S.O.U.L. Perform on the same stage!

Posted on January 20, 2012 by Susan Harden

WBPE and S.O.U.L. Perform on the same stage!

What a great time we had on January 19, 2012 performing with the Singer Of United Lands! Members of the WBPE had a welcomed suprise when they were asked to perform onstage with the Members of S.O.U.L. They played a piece that we had just learned called “Afrogroove” and learned a new piece that Virgil (India) taught them. The members of S.O.U.L. 2012 are: Virgil (India), Zuzanna (Poland) Paola (Bolivia) and Engelhardt (Namibia). You can learn more about S.O.U.L. by visiting their website: www.singersofunitedlands.org.

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Jan20

Grade 1 Boomwhacker Experience

Posted on January 20, 2012 by Susan Harden

Grade 1 Boomwhacker Experience

Our First Grade students have started learning to play the song “Mary Had A Little Lamb” on the Boom whackers! Each students gets one Boom whacker while one student points to the letters (notes) that correspond with the Boom whackers. They work together as a team to practice and perform their first “ensemble” piece. The students rotate so they get to play each note part, and be the conductor (pointer).

. Success!

May13

Clean Up Parade May 6, 2011

Posted on May 13, 2011 by Susan Harden

Clean Up Parade May 6, 2011

Congratulations to everyone who was involved in the 2011 Miller School Clean Up Parade! We are now a GREEN school! Our very own Mayor came to speak as well as the Superintendant of the Dearborn Public Schools. And…..the WBPE did a GREAT job to open and close the ceremony! I am proud of you!~ Here are some pictures of the event.