Blogs

Challenge #3 is posted! Please click your grade level tab above (K-2 Challenge and 3-5 Challenge) to see the instructions. I can’t wait to see the instruments you find laying around your house! Remember to ask your parents if you can use them as an instrument.

Challenge 2 is posted! Check out your grade level tab to see your new challenge. Please send your submissions to my email farynie@dearbornschools.org. I loved seeing your hand washing videos. What a great way to time our hand scrubbing by using our singing voices! Here are some of the submissions: I’ve posted a new challenge … Continue reading »

I am missing seeing all of you in the music room! However, we will sing, dance and play at home with these challenges. Young 5s, Kindergarten, 1st and 2nd grade will complete the Lower Elementary Challenges and 3rd, 4th and 5th grade will complete the Upper Elementary Challenges. I invite parents and teachers to participate … Continue reading »

Students can listen to previously recorded concerts by one of the world’s most renowned orchestras, the Berlin Philharmonic! https://www.berliner-philharmoniker.de/en/titelgeschichten/20192020/digital-concert-hall/ This is a free link for 30 days! Students can listen to previously recorded operas nightly by the Metropolitan Opera. https://www.metopera.org/about/press-releases/met-to-launch-nightly-met-opera-streams-a-free-series-of-encore-live-in-hd-presentations-streamed-on-the-company-website-during-the-coronavirus-closure/ These performances will be available via the Met Opera on Demand app. Explore the Google … Continue reading »

Oakman 2nd and 3rd graders will be performing for the school and Oakman friends and family Thursday, February 27 at 2:30 in the Oakman gymnasium. All are welcome to attend! 2nd graders will be performing songs about different colors in connection with the story, “The Day the Crayons Quit.” 3rd Graders will be performing songs … Continue reading »

There will be no Music Club Monday, Jan. 6. We will resume our normal rehearsal schedule on Monday, Jan. 13 7:45-8:30 a.m. See you then!

All grades in the music room are currently working on learning several holiday songs to prepare for the all-school holiday sing-a-long on Friday, Dec. 20. Kindergarten is currently learning about opposites in the music room including fast and slow tempos. Ask your child to demonstrate fast and slow singing and movement! 1st graders are learning … Continue reading »

Recorder order forms were sent home with Ms. Hespen’s class on Monday, Dec. 2. In order to purchase a recorder, these order forms, along with the $5 cost of the recorders, are due Monday, Dec. 9. Please turn them in on time to ensure our order of recorders will be shipped before the holiday break! … Continue reading »

4th graders will be learning how to play the recorder after our holiday break. This is a great way for students to learn how to read music, coordination to play the notes and learn how to sight-read. The recorder is also a great pre-band or pre-strings instrument as it teaches the students many of the … Continue reading »

We will be having a holiday sing along the last Friday before our Winter Break, Dec. 20. All students will be singing traditional songs in the gymnasium. It’s a great way to send everyone off into the holiday season. Below is a link to a YouTube playlist of some of the songs that we will … Continue reading »