Welcome to the Music Room 2010!
For the First Term of the Year all the Year 7 students are working in the Music Room for one and a half hours every 6 days as part of their school work.
The sessions are very busy. Each one consists of
Music History
Listening to music
Singing
Theory
Keyboard playing
This term so far for music history students have been learning about and listening to Split Enz, Mozart, Queen and Rossini. Quite a mixture! Good old Youtube provides us with clips to watch via the data projector.
In the Theory part of music which is basically how music works, we have learnt the names of the notes on the Treble Clef (FACE and Every Good Boy Deserves Fruit)- so students are beginning to be able to read music. Very Exciting! We have also learnt about the names of the notes and their different time values.
At the moment we are beginning to learn a few notes from the Bass Clef and have reached the dizzy heights of being able to play the keyboard with two hands.
The progress has been amazing. As well as being able to read printed music, students need to be able to find the notes on the keyboard and these keyboards are not marked in any way.
For most Year 7s this is the very first taste of reading and playing music on a keyboard. I am so impressed with their hard work and successes.
INSTRUMENTAL LESSONS
There are lots of other happenings on the Music front. Every week appoximately 140 students have Instrumental lessons from our Tutors. These lessons are during the school day. Because we run a 6 day programme students do not always miss the same class work which is a bonus Instruments being learned plus tutors and days are as follows:
Monday - Brass with Mr Darcy Christiansen
Flute with Mrs Marshall
Violin with Mrs Marshall
Tuesday - Drums with Mr Dave Heath
Saxophone with Mrs Ruth Eckford
Clarinet with Mrs Ruth Eckford
Wednesday- Brass with Mr Ian Hodge
Thursday- Guitar with Mr Elton Halford
Friday - Piano with Mr Peter Caldwell
Piano with Mrs Ruth Eckford
Our School Orchestra, ably led by Mrs Ruth Eckford, practise on Friday mornings after assembly.Students who learn an instrument are encouraged to play in the Orchestra.
A couple of weeks ago Auditions were held for the 2010 Rock Band.
These students made it
DRUMS Logan Telford Room 4
GUITAR Josh Lucas Room1
GUITAR Julian Fawcett Room 2
BASS GUITAR Emma Kruszona Room 4
SINGER Louise Matoka Room 9
SINGER Shylo Davis Room
SINGER Ethan Broughton Room 3
The Rock Band under the tuition of Elton Halford assisted by Maggie Jeffries on a Thursday from 3.15- 5.00pm in the School Hall.They are working towards the "Battle of the Bands" Competition later in the year. Watch this space!
Other Music happening at MIS at the moment include a fantastic Recorder group from Syndicate One. This is part of the Extension Programme. These 12 children will perform at Assembly before the end of the Term.
The Choir practice on Day 6 for OptionsTwo. In Term 3 they will travel to Wellington to be part of the 10,000 strong ArtSplash Concerts. This is always a big highlight.
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The 50th Jublilee was a big success. A huge thank you to all those who visited and contributed to make it such a great week-end. You can view the 50th Jubilee magazine online here.
Visit Syndicate One's collaborative wiki created by the Year 8 students while studying the Wonders of the World
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Follow this link to look at the Wiki sites that some of the students have created as part of their learning programmes.
Upcoming Events
- Shijonawate Gakuen Junior High School arrive(3 days)
- Mathletics (4 days)
- Chess Tournament(7 days)
- Super Sport Netball(12 days)
- Shijonawate Gakuen Junior High School depart(14 days)
- Talent Quest heats begin(17 days)
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