Music Teachers at Professional Development
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A few of our Dearborn Music Teachers had the great opportunity to participate in the AOSA (American Orff Schulwerk Association) National Conference Professional Development.  Our days were filled with sessions which trained us for improved teaching strategies.  Here is a photo of a group of music teachers, many of whom are from Dearborn.  We are all members of the Detroit Orff Schulwerk Association and we meet 5 times a year for Saturday Professional Development.

Detroit Orff Schulwerk Members pose for a photo under the AOSA 2018 National Conference Banner.

Detroit Orff Schulwerk Members pose for a photo under the AOSA 2018 National Conference Banner.

Band and Violin Classes
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We are back on schedule for our Band and Violin Classes this week.  I am looking forward to seeing you all.  Just as a reminder, here is the schedule:

  • Maples 5th graders meet on Wednesday
    • Band 1:00-1:45
    • Violin 1:50-2:35
  • Becker 5th graders meet on Thursday
    • Violin 8:50-9:35
    • Band 9:40-10:25
  • Howard 5th graders meet on Thursday
    • Albertson Band 11:50-12:35
    • Szalai & Dearth Band 1:50-2:35
    • All Violin 2:40-3:25

 

Mrs. Reed in Concert with RCSO
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Experience all the fall colors with the Redford Civic Symphony Orchestra and Music Director Andrew Neer, at our Fall Concert! Come and hear the works of Brahms, John Williams and Mozart!
Brahms: Tragic Overture
Williams: Three Pieces from Schindler’s List
Mozart: Symphony No.40

Mrs. Reed is one of the 4 flutists in the symphony.  She will be playing on all selections and also soloing on Mozart: Symphony No. 40, movement #2.

Facebook Concert information link.

More Information here.

 

‘Remind’ communications
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My apologies to the parents at Howard Elementary School. When setting the students up with Remind communications app I neglected to switch to the Howard Violin Group so all of my violin students signed their parents up in the Howard Band Group.

To easily fix the situation please remove yourself from the Howard Band group and click this link to request to be added to the Howard Violin Remind Group.

Listen, Think, Write
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We are so excited to be using our new Music Dry Erase books in the music classroom.  Today we were listening, singing, and thinking about what word we were singing on each beat of the song.  We use the Heart icon to represent one beat in the song.  Can you cound the white squares under each heart and tell us how many beats our song has in total?

Listen, think, write

Listen, think, write. Which word are we singing on each beat of the song?

5th Grade Instrumental Music
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All of the students who have expressed an interested in Instrumental Music (Band or violin class) have been tested on mouthpieces and sized up for a violin.  Paperwork for use of a school instrument should be turned in by this week.  If you are still interested in your child participating in Instrumental Music please plan to turn your forms in by Friday.  You are welcome to email me if you need a new copy of the forms.

 

5th Grade Instrumental Music
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My future musicians have all seen the Intro to Instruments presentation.  We are now waiting for the updated and translated Instrument Application forms to be sent out to the Dearborn Music Staff.  Once I have the forms we will send them home with all 5th grade students interested in playing in band or violin class this year.  We will begin Instrument Fittings next week.

If you would like to review the instruments and see what they look like and what they sound like you can watch this video with your child:

Intro to Instruments Video

Welcome back to a New School Year!
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All are welcome here!  We are beginning a new school year and I have a slight change in my building assignments.  I am happy to say that I am remaining at Maples Elementary School teaching 5th grade Band and Violin as well as Lower Elementary General Music.  I will also continue to teach 5th Grade Band and Violin at Becker Elemenatry.  My new assignment will be 5th Grade Band and Violin at Howard Elementary School.  I am looking forward to meeting all of my new instrumental music students and incoming Kindergarten and young 5’s this year.

To all of my favorite McCollough students, I wish you a year of great success!  I will miss teaching you this year but am confident you are going to have a fantastic year!  Please keep in touch with me.

I Love Music heart and notation image

I Love all of my Music Students