Trimester 2 has finished!

I have seen so much growth in the musicianship with our Lincoln kids this trimester it is just amazing!

Report Cards will be coming out next week and the rubrics listed on the "Resources for Everyone" correspond with the music grades listed on you child's report card.

Thank-you for you encouragement and challeges you give to your children to give their best effort in music at Lincoln School.  More of their fine work will be video posted in the up-coming weeks.

Creating Music during the midwinter blahs!

With so much inside recess these past weeks, we've all had a case of the mid-winter blahs.  In the music room we spending time composing music as part of our Trimester learning targets.

Grade 1 and 3 are composing and performing rhythmic instrument parts for folk tales

Grade 2 is composing and performing 16 beat rhythmic songs in abac form
 
Grade 4 is working in composition groups creating an original composition which includes melody, accompaniment and improvisation on the mallet instruments.

Grade 5 had composed new winter/holiday lyrics to known folk songs (they were on the blog during December/January)

New videos of grade 1 and grade 5 performing musical games has been added to the "Pictures and Video" page.

 

I rhetorically asked "When is it ever going to be warm again?"

and a 3rd grader answered "May, Mrs. Bowcock!"

I was hoping for "tomorrow"!

New Beginnings

The last two weeks we have had some new beginnings with the New Year.
Lincoln Choir has begun rehearsing on Tuesday afternoons and All City Choir has begun rehearsing for the next 9 weeks on Thursday afternoons at OHS with students from the other schools in our district and St. Mary's school as well.   We have 15 new membeers of the Lincoln Choir and they have made a great choir even better!  

Schedules for both of these groups can be found on respective pages in this blog.

Grade 3 created rhythmic and movement patterns to a Navajo game.  You will find pictures of some of these on the "Pictures and Video" page.  They were quite creative and turned out well.

Thank- you all who attended the Music Booster Concert!   Here are a few excerpts of the Lincoln Music teacher's performances.  Pretty fun!

Elemementary Music Teacher's singing "Stop In the Name Of Love"  Mrs. Bowcock is on the far left.

 

 

Instrumental Teachers Mrs. Revier and Mrs. Hodapp

 

 

Concert Fun on January 12!

Looking for family fun that will help with an artistic cause? 

 

 The Music Boosters of Owatonna is having it's fundraising concert on January 12th in the OHS Auditorium at 7:00 p.m. 

It is a great time to watch your MUSIC TEACHERS perform as well as others perform!  All the proceeds go to the music program (including the elementary classrooms)

See "Music Booster Concert Page" for details!

Or click on this link

Music Booster Concert Details

Hope to see you there! 

Hi Lincoln Families,

I hope you take time to 'sharpen your saws' with music making over this winter break.  You will find a Holiday Sing-a-long slide presentation on the "Resources for Everyone" page.  On the fifth grade page you will find some new holiday/winter words to songs we sing in the classroom in a slide show called "Student Holiday Songs 2012"

Lincoln Choir resumes on Tuesday, January 15th. New members are welcome from 4th and 5th grade at that time.

Thanks for a Great Concert

 

Thanks everybody for a GREAT concert.  I was so proud of our Lincoln musicians! They sang well and showed so much poise and discipline during our performance.  I am one lucky teacher to have such great kids.

 

If you have cable and missed the concert or would like just view it for fun, it will be broadcast on Channel 20 December 14 – 18 at 1:30 & 6:30 p.m.