January 3rd, 2023

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Happy New Year! We have had a wonderful first four months of this school year in the music room. We've danced, played, sung, created, explored, and learned so many new things. In case you missed the first-trimester newsletter, you can read it here. There's a few sneak peaks at the amazing things happening as well as an outline of concepts we've focused on this grading period. 

   

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Our fifth-grade orchestra continues to astound me with their progress in only 3 short months. From not even knowing how to hold their instruments at the beginning of October, they're now confidently reading sight music within the D major scale with bowing technique and will dive into multi-part repertoire shortly. We look forward to sharing our music with you at the Extravaganza concert in May.

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Several people have asked about performances. They are coming back this year, finally! There are four music events planned for this spring ranging from a prehistoric dino adventure, a hoe-down on the farm, to a trip around the world with folk dancing. More information will be released as we get further into the spring term.

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Musically,

Ms. McKinnon

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