ACDA Children's Choir Festival

The ACDA sponsors an annual Children's Choir Festival for students in grades 4 to 6. This year the festival will take place at Naugatuck Valley Community College on Saturday, October 23rd. The conductor is Henry Leck. If you have a child in 5th grade who is interested in auditioning, please return the information sheet that was sent out this week.

Minstrels

Calling all Royle musicians! The first rehearsal of the Royle Minstrels will be on Thursday, September 10th at 7:30 a.m. in the music portable. By participating in Minstrels, students will learn musicianship skills, sight-reading, proper vocal techniques, and much more. The Royle Minstrels is a great way for students to become involved in music and to explore their talents. Minstrels is open to all students in 4th and 5th grades and meets every Thursday morning. For more information, please read the information letter that went home this week.

Minstrels In-School Concert

The Minstrels performed at an in-school concert on Wednesday, June 2nd. Click here to listen to "Songs of a Starry Night" and "Fireflies."

Sound Tigers Game

The Royle Minstrels performed the National Anthem at the Sound Tiger game on Sunday, March 21st. Click below to hear their performance.
Minstrels Performance 1
Minstrels Performance 2

Question and Answer Compositions

Students in fourth grade have been learning about question and answer form in music. A question is a phrase (musical sentence) that does not end on "do". An answer is a phrase that ends on "do". The question and answer are usually related in some way. The students paired up to create their own written notation using question and answer form. They practiced playing their compositions on xylophones. Check out your student's work by clicking on the links below.

Mr. Betts' Class:
Chase and Carr
Luke and Nick
Cameron and Nick
Will and Dylan
Patrick
Emma and Megan
Laura and Emily
Aislinn and Victoria
Chris and Tommy
Sheena and Katelyn
Catherine, Coco, and Elizabeth
Austin and Brett

Ms. Martin's Class:
Hailey and Samantha
Timmy and Barak
Caroline and Caroline
Jennifer and Emilia
Julia and Sophia
Lilah and Alexandra
Henry and Kayin
Will, Christian, and Brendan
Jack and Connor
Maguire and Alex
Henry and John Paul

Mr. McCully's Class:
Alexander and Jamie
Sam and Ben
Olivia, Grace, and Eva
Neil and Nick
Grace and Cheyenne
Charlotte and Lauren
Henry and Cody
Zoe, Christina, and Sara
Nick and Kenneth
Griffin and Tyler
Alex

Colonial Raps

Mr. Satter's class has been learning about Colonial times. Check out their great research by clicking on the link below to hear their raps:

Samantha and Diana
Quentin and Matt
Will and Alex
Helena and Lindsey
Julia and Kendall
Stina and Maddie
Emma and Laura
Charlie, Liam, and Nick
Brooks and Ryan
Tommy and John
Michael and Charlie
Katherine and Grace

Composer Raps

Students in Mr. Bigham's and Mr. Squeo's classes researched famous composers and created raps based on facts about their lives. Find out more by clicking on the links below.

Mr. Bigham's Class:
Bach
Beethoven
Debussy
Handel
Haydn
Liszt
Mozart
Verdi
Wagner

Mr. Squeo's Class:
Bach
Brahams
Debussy
Grieg
Handel
Haydn
Liszt
Mozart
Tchaikovsky
Verdi
Wagner