We are making progress! Many more students have earned their Cadet, First Class or Intermediate pins. Great work! Now to get your hands on that Master Pin!!
Author Archives: Celeste Reed
Parent-Teacher Conferences this Week
Mrs. Reed will be available to meet for Parent-Teacher Conferences Wednesday, April 10, at Maples Elementary School. If you are a parent of a student from one of my other building assignments you are welcome to email me to set up a phone conference if driving to Maples is not possible.
Literacy Night at Maples
Mrs. Meyers and I had so much fun hosting a classroom for Literacy Night at Maples School last night. Our theme was Super Ostinato (with an A B music form). Students were divided into teams: 2 rhythm teams and 2 movement teams. Each team had material to help them create their ostinato pattern. The rhythm team had Super Hero rhythm cards they used to arranged and create their Ostinato which they performed on a non-pitched percussion instrument. The movement teams had a set of vocabulary cards which gave them 4 different types of movement to perform in a pattern. After about 10 minutes of practice we went around the teams and performed the Ostinato patterns; Rhythm, Movement, Rhythm, Movement. We had a great time together.
Mrs. Meyers and Mrs. Reed are modeling the rhythm activity to the new group of students.
Mrs. Meyers and Mrs. Reed are modeling the movement activity to the new group of students.
Mrs. Meyers and Mrs. Reed are getting ready to fly like Super Heros.
Mr. H. assisting with grouping of students.
Music Pins Earned
More pins are being awarded this week. Congratulations to you for your hard work. It takes time and dedication to learn to play an instrument.
A Becker student poses with her violin while proudly wearing her newly awarded Intermediate Pin.
Four students who have earned theie Master Pin. They have said they want to create a 5th pin and create their own song list. 😀
These three have earned their Intermediate Pin and proudly wear it.
This aspiring flutist has earned her Intermediate Pin and is well on her way to earning the First Class pin.
This aspiring saxophonist has earned his Intermediate Pin and has just 2 songs to go to earn his First Class pin.
these four violinists have earned their Intermediate Pin and have already begun work on the First Class Pin songs.
This young musician will not be losing pins. They are all stored in a very safe place – in the case and ready to wear for our Spring Concert. 😀
More Pins Have Been Awarded!
All of the brass players at Becker have been awarded the Cadet Pin.
Three more Becker violinists have been awarded with the Cadet Pin.
This young violinist is proudly wearing her newly awarded Intermediate Pin.
A young flutist is proudly wearing her newly awarded Intermediate Pin.
These two girls are proud to have earned their Cadet Pin.
A visitor in the classroom
We were so fortunate to have had the very talenteLuis performs for the 5th grade students at Becker. Luis Marquez visit our buildings on Wednesday and Thursday. Our students were in awe and very inspired by his demonstration of the bassoon.
Luis has won the concerto competition at the Interlochen Academy (twice) and summer Camp (once) and has passed the pre-screening auditions at Juilliard, Curtis, Cleveland Institute and Manhattan School of Music. He was featured on NPR with FROM THE TOP twice, has won several scholarships and played Carnegie Hall twice in the last year. Luis is an amazing young talent that will be graduating this year from Interlochen.
Luis is performing bassoon for the 5th grade violin class.
Luis plays the “grandfather theme” from Peter and the Wolf for a first grade class.
Luis performs for the 5th grade students at Becker.
Howard School Has Talent!
Congratulations to our 3 band students who did a great job performing for as a trio at the school Talent Show! Bravo – you three are ‘going places’! We can’t wait to hear how much you’ve improved when you perform for the Spring Instrumental Music Concert.
Three very talended band students perform for their school talent show.
Students are making steady progress
Congratulations to the following students for making steady progress and earning their next pin in Band class.
Cadet Pin earned
Cadet Pin earned
First Class Pin earned
Cadet Pin earned
A proud student displays the earned cadet pin on his or her instrument case.
Mrs. Reed performs with Redford Symphony
Come on out to Redford, MI, Sunday afternoon at 3:00, to hear the Redford Civic Symphony Orchestra in concert. Mrs. Reed plays in the flute section. We have a special guest pianist from Texas joining us for this concert for the Mozart Piano Concerto. If you can join us for this free concert please make sure to come say hello to me after the concert. I would love to see you and meet your parents.
Band and Violin Students Visiting Preschool Classroom
Our band and violin students were invited into the Preschool Classroom to demonstrate our instruments. The children listened for the Bowing (arco) sound and walked with large sliding steps. When we heard the pizzicato sound we tiptoed around the room. The brass students taught the preschoolers to ‘buzz the lips’ which is the foundation to our brass sound. Then we listened for high and low sounds and reached up high and down low for the appropriate sounds. Our 5th grade students did a great job teaching the oreschoolers. We also helped the little ones find the similarities and differences between the guitar and violin and between the trumpet and trombone.
