Lesson #14

Parents come next week!
Recital coming up! Practice, practice!

On Tuesday, May 9th at Flint Hill Baptist Church in Fort Mill (269 Flint Hill Rd, Fort Mill, SC 29715) we will be having our Year End Recital. The recital starts promptly at 5:45 pm. I am asking that the students arrive a few minutes early and join me in the sanctuary for some important last minute instructions. This will also give me a chance to assure them that we're all there to have fun and celebrate them!

Recital Assignments (and this is how their name will appear in the program, so please let me know if there's a mistake!) - Here is a playlist of a video of each song to show how we will play them:

Red Balloons: Emily Beauchamp

El Gallo: SallyAnne Snyder

Boom Boom, Ain't it...: Daniel Longley

Old Paint: Naomi Whitmore (on bells - DO MI SOL) and Kingston Lewis (on autoharp)

Dinosaur Song: Sean Smith

Are You Sleeping?: Eleanore Long & Annie Ko

Do Re Mi: Ricky Gibson

3 Blind Mice: Sanaya Mani

Primary Chord Song

A new exciting activity today was singing a broken primary chord on command. The children sang the correct chord a cappella for me when I held up a color. They did fantastic! This shows us that their aural brain is internalizing pitches and their ability to sing in tune is developing. These concepts may seem unimportant, but they are crucial to developing a complete musician. Laying this solid aural foundation now will help your student take dictation in 3rd year and write their own composition.

Let's Play steps and skips on our bells! If you open your Homework Booklet you'll find some bell music at the back. Encourage your child to play it. Even better, encourage them to start writing their own bell music and notate it if they'd like.

Singing in tune is one of the main objectives in Let's Play Music. A great way to reinforce this skill at home is to play a 3-4 note melody for your child and have them sing it back to you. As they get better and better, add more notes. You will be amazed at the quick progress your child will make. Their little brains are like sponges which allows them to be fast learners.