Caroling at Atria

Mr. McCully and Mrs. Russel's classes again traveled to Atria to bring the residents there some holiday joy through song. Click here to watch their great performance.

Toys!

Oh, my goodness, look at all these toys! It's the time of year for girls and boys. Click to watch Mrs. McNamee's Class holiday wish list.

The Magic of Hanukkah

Click here to watch Mr. Squeo's Class perform movements, play instruments, and sing "The Magic of Hanukkah."

Royle Winter Concert

4th and 5th Grade Orchestra
Advanced Band
Minstrels

Snowflakes

Improvisation is the practice of creating music in response to one's environment, or composing music "on the fly." The third grade students have been creating improvised music on xylophones to explore different combinations of notes in the pentatonic scale. You can view each class performance of "Snowflakes" below. The music after each phrase is the result of improvisation - each student chose which notes to play given a specific rhythmic pattern to follow.
Mrs. Dragotta's Class
Ms. Mailhot's Class
Mrs. Nigri's Class

Great Big House

The second grade students have been working on sight singing phrases using the notes of the pentatonic scale: do, re, mi, sol, la. Each student learned "Great Big House" and was able to perform the song for the class to build solo singing skills. Check out the class performances below:
Ms. Psichopaidas' Class
Mrs. Russel's Class

A Turkey Named Bert

What would Bert's fate be on Thanksgiving Day? Find out by watching these great performances by the third grade students. Each class learned Bert's rhythmic speech story and used classroom percussion instruments to accompany the poem. And Bert's awesome dance moves are not to be missed!
Mrs. Dragotta's Class
Ms. Mailhot's Class
Mrs. Nigri's Class