Future Drummers?

Check out these excited Kindergarten Students discovering the Trap Set!

Playing the Mountain Dulcimer!

Look at a slide show of 3rd Grade students playing the Mountain Dulcimer.

Classical Music Changes Young Lives

Watch this CBS video clip about how young children's lives are being changed by learning to connect with classical music at a very young age.  The new conductor of Los Angeles Symphony Orchestra, Gustavo Dudamel, has a plan!



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Exploring Strings

The 3rd grade students have been exploring the String family.

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Lori Line and her "Fab Five" Perform at the BARC!

Last night, Lori Line and her "Fab 5" performed here, in Windom, at the BARC auditorium.  WOW!  What a program!!  For all who were able to attend, it was a musical rainbow of Styles and all of their amazing talent that inspired all.  One of her "Fab 5" performers, Robby Nordstrum, is a senior in high School and a most talented violin player!  This is Lori Line's 21st year of touring.

Composing A Musical Round (4th - 6th grade)

This is a great activity that reviews note values, introduces chords and harmony and has students learn how to write notation correctly and neatly.  I like to walk thought writing a few class rounds together before asking them to try it on their own.  It will take a couple of weeks to develop the concepts and have the students feel comfortable with writing their own rounds.

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Composing A Piece Using Sequence

Here is a VERY simple way to to compose a nice sounding piece of music using the basic idea of sequence.  I use it with my 2nd and 3rd grade classes. Second grade students are introduced to the concept of sequence and we compose a couple "Class" pieces.  After reviewing the idea of sequential patterns, 3rd grade students can make one of their own sequence pieces. FUN!

Click here to see the directions to compose your own sequential piece.
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Click here to listen to some of our 3rd grade class sequence pieces.

Abby and Shelby Sing!

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Abby and Shelby sing a duet together at the Terrific Kid program in April, 2010. They did a VERY nice job at singing two part harmony for second and third grade students!

"Treat Others How You Want to Be Treated!"

Here is a great new song that Mrs. Malakowsky's 3rd grade class composed.  If you want to listen to them sing it, just click here.
"Treat Others How You Want to Be Treated!"