April 8, 2011 3 pm 4th Grade recorder concert – Miller Cafeteria
All 4th grade parents and families welcome!
May 6, 2011 10:00-10:30 Clean-Up Parade
WBPE Drummers
May 10, 2011 Tuesday Mother’s Day Concert Miller Cafeteria
K/1 9-9:30 am
2/3 9:45-10:15 am
4/5 10:30-11:00 am
All Mother’s and Grandmother’s welcome
June 9, 2011 10:00 am 5th Grade Promotion Ceremony Miller Cafeteria
All 5th grade students will sing the song “Reach”.
This song can be found on harden blog
We had a great time at the Ford Community and Performing Arts Center when we had the opportunity to hear the Dearborn Symphony Orchestra play a special concert just for us! Every 4th grade student from the DPS was invited to attend and in our performance there were close to 1000 students! Wow! Each Elementary School Music Teacher was asked to choose one student who was dedicated to practicing very hard on the recorder. They had to learn and memorize Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy” from his Ninth Symphony. Congratulations to Ahmad Chammout who did a fine job of representing Miller Elementary in a concert!!
Our students enjoyed the orchestra very much. If you would like more information about upcoming Dearborn Symphony concert please visit the Dearborn Symphony website at:
www.dearbornsymphony.org
See if you can come up with your own drumming patterns and play them for me in class! We will use student ideas in our drumming pieces so get creative!
Here are a few new drumming patterns to start working on. Happy practicing!
Click to hear: The Wedding with derbeke
Click to hear: Kazam with derbeke
Here are some basic patterns to get started with. Work on memorizing them so you can play them without thinking.
Click to hear: AliBaz with the Djembe
Click to hear: Ali Baz with derbeke
Here is the practice sheet to get started on. Practice each line until you can do it without thinking. Then play all lines 2-3 times each without stopping. Happy practicing!
Get ready drummers, we are going on a Field Trip! On Tuesday February 15 we will be spending the day at Oakland University and have some wonderful activities planned! Our itinerary includes:
Tour of the University
Lunch/Games at the Student Center
Arts at Noon Concert featuring the University World Music Drumming Ensemble
A Hand drumming Workshop with Professor Mark Stone
1. Students should bring warm clothing as we will do some walking outside.
2. Please keep in mind that the food available at the food court is not Halal, but they will have some vegetarian food choices. Students may bring their own packed lunch and snacks. Students may bring money to purchase food and to play in the game room if time allows.
3. All students who have their own drums should bring them along.
4. Permission slips are due on Monday February 14, 2011.
If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me at 313-827-6850.
We had a GREAT day!!! Here are some of the pictures from our Field Trip.
We are so excited to be one of the groups to be featured at the Ethnic Dinner on January 13!
Drummers:
Rehearsal 3:35-4:15
Return to school 5:45
Finish playing 6:30
Dress: Ethnic wear if you have it, or a “little bit” dressy.
