McDonald Madrigal Choir Rehearsal Dates

May 11 NO REHEARSAL

May 18

May 25

June 1 LAST rehearsal/ end of year party!
-Mrs. Duncanson

Congratulations to McDonald Elementary 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students for a fabulous concert. You all worked so hard memorizing and practicing your concert music, and your hard work paid off! I am so proud of each and everyone of you and I am blessed by your musical talents!

Below are pictures and videos from the concert:

Madrigal Choir: Frog Went A Courtin’

https://youtu.be/rD9BZaGZC6M

5th Grade: Hello Song

https://youtu.be/BOZUmy1tlKA

3rd Grade: Little Wheel A Turnin’

https://youtu.be/Mk8WoqM2WfY

4th Grade: Canon

https://youtu.be/EEEwmfM5kqQ

Thank you for all of your hard work!

Peace & Love,

-Mrs. Duncanson

Madrigal Students and Parents,

Our dress rehearsal will be on TUESDAY April 19 from 3:30-3:55! YOUR CHILD MUST BE PICKED UP AT 3:55.

NO REHEARSAL on Wednesday April 20^th!!!!

Thank you,

-Mrs. Duncanson

3rd-5th Grades: Our concert is next week Friday! Below are songs that each grade level request to practice:

3rd Grade: 

Chan Mali Chan (spoken words)

Chan Mali Chan (with words)

Chan Mali Chan (instruments only)

4th Grade: 

Grandma’s Feather Bed (with words)

Grandma’s Feather Bed (instruments only)

5th Grade: 

Fifty Nifty (with words)

Fifty Nifty (instruments only)

Honey Muffin

Please continue to practice! You are all doing a fabulous Job!

Peace & Love,

-Mrs. Duncanson

Awesome job to the McDonald runners!

April Happenings:

• Kindergarten/ 1^st Grade: composing and playing rhythms using ta, ti ti, and rest.
• 2^nd Grades: Norwegian Sunrise, what is a round? Barred Instrument families.
• Ford’s Class: on April 14^th, has been invited to a field trip to WSU to work with music education college students.
• 3^rd/4^th/5^th Grades: Memorize concert repertoire, all captains and co-captains have been assigned.
• 4^th/5^th Grades: continue with recorders and earning belts!
• Madrigal Choir: rehearsals and dress rehearsal on TUESDAY April 19^th from 3:30-4:00. NO REHEARSAL April 20^th.
• MCDONALD SCHOOL SPRING CONCERT: April 22^nd at 4:30 p.m.

Peace & Love,

-Mrs. Duncanson

Congratulations to the 3rd Grade Little Wheel A ‘Turnin’ Captains and Co-Captains

Hope everyone is enjoying their spring break! Can’t wait to be BACH with you all in a week!

Peace and Love,

-Mrs. Duncanson

Our district has received a 2016 Best Communities for Music Education designation from the NAMM Foundation!

Way to Go Dearborn!

Today we had an ALL SCHOOL sing-a-long to celebrate March is reading month and March is music in our schools month!

Madrigal Choir started us off with a silly camp song called “Frog Went A Courtin'”

Reading is for Me!

Click ‘play’ to hear Reading is for me!

Hope you all have a wonderful Spring Break! Be sure to continue to check out the blog during break for fun music activities to do at home!

Peace & Love,

-Mrs. Duncanson

Today McDonald Madrigal Choir visited the Village of Harmony Manor Nursing home.

We sang, asked questions, and visited with the residents who lived there. All choir members represented McDonald in a musical and respectful way. Thank you all for being such amazing musicians and students.

Below are pictures from our trip.

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it was a beautiful day.

warming up.

We sang and told the Story “Love You Forever”

After we performed we spoke with residents of the nursing home and got to know them.

At rehearsal on Wednesday we will have cookies and talk about our trip!

Peace & Love,

-Mrs.Duncanson