Spring Concert 2015 Pictures

Our Spring Concert "Movies and the Imagination" was a great success. Congratulations 4/5 chorus, 5 band, and 4th grade ukuleles on your performances! Click here to view pictures of the concert on the DBS Facebook page.

Movies and the Imagination

Spring Concert

Grade 5 band, grade 4 ukuleles, and grades 4/5 chorus.

Date:  Thursday, May 21^st, 2015                                                    
Time: 6:30 PM      (Doors open at 6:10 PM)
Place: DBS Gymnasium                                                                          
4/5 Attire for PM Concert Only: Black bottoms and colored top with no writing or pictures.

Procedure

5^th grade chorus members who are not in band and all 4^th graders:

·       Arrive between 6:10 and 6:25 PM.

·       Students will leave belongings with their parents/guardians for safe keeping. 4/5 chorus members will go right to their places on the risers and non-chorus 4^th graders will go to the 4^th grade ukulele seating.

5^th grade band students:

·       Arrive at 6:10 PM.

·       Students will go to the music room to store cases and belongings, place their instruments/music at their band spot, and go to their riser spot if in chorus.

All concert students:

·       We will begin our performance promptly at 6:30 PM. Please note that the doors to the school will not be opened until 6:10 PM.

·       After the performance band will be dismissed first to the music room and meet parents back in the gym, followed by non-band students dismissed to meet parents in the gymnasium.

·       Please remind your child to use the restroom before they arrive or right when they arrive as there will be no time to go once the concert starts.

Save the date! Spring Concert May 21st

SAVE THE DATE!

Our Spring Concert this year will be on
Thursday, May 21^st, at 6:30 PM.

The theme is “Movies and the Imagination.”

The concert will include Grade 4/5 Chorus, Grade 5 Band, 
and all Grade 4 students on the ukuleles.

See you there!

Hartford Performing Arts Camp this August for Students entering Grades 6-9 (Current 5th graders)

Registration is now open for this FUN summer performing arts camp on August 3rd-7th. It is for students entering grades 6-9, so 5th graders this camp is for you! This will be my second summer as a teacher there and I know you will love it! Sign up through the Hartford Rec. Dept.

Bands Learns a New Warm-up

This video is from about a month ago when the 5th grade band members learned a 5-note scale warm-up that includes half notes, quarter notes, and eighth notes.

Ancient Hunters band play-along

Once 5th grade band students are comfortable playing "Ancient Hunters" by Sean O'Loughlin quickly, they can try playing along to the recording found at this link. (It might not seem that fast to them anymore either!)

Photo Credit: TPSDave

Hungry to Learn Spring Concert Pics!

Our Spring Concert "Hungry to Learn" was a wonderful event! The 4th grade ukulele players plucked their hearts out, the 4/5 chorus danced the night away, and the 5th grade band wowed us with their pieces about garden gnome attacks and superheros flying through the sky! Here are some pictures of the concert:

4/5 Chorus

Grade 5 Band

4th graders on the ukuleles

'Attack of the Garden Gnomes' with gnome hats!

Thank you to everyone in the audience who supported the arts at DBS and to all the wonderful staff that helped make this concert possible. See you next year for some more fun music-making!

Fanfare on Ode to Joy for 5th grade band

This link will lead you to a recording of "Fanfare on Ode to Joy", which the 5th grade band is performing in the spring concert on May 21st, 2014.

Simple Gifts link for Band Students

Below is a link to the mp3 for "Simple Gifts", which we are playing in 5th grade band. Students should note that this recording is a faster tempo than what we have been practicing together. They may try to play along, or just listen to get a better idea of the overall sound and how their part fits into the piece.

Enjoy!

http://listeninglab.stantons.com/title/simple-gifts/259002/?s=1