MUSIC DEPARTMENT
December 2008

Merry Christmas to Everyone from the Music Department!!

 

          We've been very busy getting ready for the Christmas Show.  This year we are celebrating "Christmas Music".

          Performers for his program include ALL 2^nd and 6^th Graders, Chorus, some 4^th Grade dancers, Junior Orchestra and Senior Orchestra.

          Morning and afternoon performances are on Tuesday, December 16.  The evening performance is on December 17 at 7:00PM in Buckley Hall

          Our Composer of the month also has a Christmas connection, none other than the composer of the Nutcracker...Peter Tchaikovsky.  Many of the students recognized the music.   We also included some music from two other famous ballets..." Swan Lake" and "Sleeping Beauty".

          The Broadway musical featured in our current Music Express Magazine is the Rock Musical, "Rent", the song chosen matches our feeling during Christmastime…"Season of Love."

          We also learned some history about "Good King Wenceslas."

          Broadway musicals were also covered by the Junior High.

          The 7^th Grade textbook has a script and music from the show, "Oliver".

          For the 8^th Grade, Music Alive Magazine has an article on Broadway Musical Revivals.  It featured a synopsis of the story and music from "Gypsy" and "South Pacific".

          We’ll be spending some time simply singing Christmas Carols and Christmas Pop Tunes.  One of the most popular of these is, of course, "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer".

 

          See you at the Christmas Show!!