Sunday, May 22, 2016

The Inside Music Project


Creative music composition is currently happening in the music classroom with the fourth grade classes! We are using a music composing website called, Music First to write our own music for our recorders for the first time with iPads. This is not only a great way to incorporate new technology into music classes, but a fun way for students to create their own music compositions themselves at school and at home. With their own usernames and passwords to access the Music First website, students are able to compose music with iPads, or small hand-held devices or even on computers. They can even hear their music played back for them after they compose. 

This is exciting technology for the music room here at Meadow View, and as you can see, the students are having so much fun with it! :)
  






Friday, May 20, 2016

Dancing Fun Outside

Today was such a beautiful day, that we decided to take our music classroom outside! We thought it would be fun to do our dancing out on the freshly cut green grass...and it really was fun, as you can see! :-) 

Here are some pictures of the second graders dancing up a storm outside!!







Thursday, May 19, 2016

Recorder Music Compositions Video

The end of the school year is just around the corner, and the fourth graders have just finished up their Recorder Karate unit and promptly moved into creating and writing their very own music! Using the music composition software on the website Music Comp, which stands for composition, the fourth graders have learned how to compose music for the first time. They spend time during music class composing, and they are also able to go home and login to the site and compose there as well. The most exciting part of their compositions is that they are now able to read and play their very own recorder music!  

Take a listen to a few of the songs that students created and played themselves on their recorders! :-)


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Spring Concerts for 5K & 3rd Grades


The Meadow View Spring Music Concerts were held last week for the Kindergartners, and Third grade classes. The students and I worked so hard to learn all of our songs, dances and instrument parts for the performance. I thought everyone did such a wonderful job at the concerts, and we hope that all the parents and family members did as well! :)

A few pictures from our performances last week...






Tuesday, May 10, 2016

5K Bluebirds Fly Through Windows

The Kindergarten classes had a large concert rehearsal at Meadow View today. We've been practicing our songs, dancing and instrument parts for our upcoming Spring Concert, this Friday, May 13th at 10:00 a.m. These are a few pictures of the students doing their Bluebird dance in circles. They did such a great job, that I had to take some pictures! :)

We hope to see all of you at our Spring Concert on Friday!!





Wednesday, May 4, 2016

Music First Composition


The fourth graders are learning how to compose music for their recorders for the very first time! :) This is the website for the Music First website where you can compose your very own music. Please click on the link below to access the Login page.


Have fun composing, fourth graders! :)

Tuesday, May 3, 2016

Mr. Beethoven is a Cool Dude

The Second Graders thought they could make Mr. Beethoven look even cooler than he already is. He sits up on Ms. Clark's piano and watches the students in music class everyday. Now, with sunglasses he looks so cool, and he's ready for summer vacation too!! :-)