Tony Vacca

The Jefferson students and staff are very excited for the arrival of
Tony Vacca next week and the opportunity to play with him!


Here are the Jefferson teachers performing live onstage with Tony
the last time he was here as our Artist-In-Residence in 2007:

Here is Tony talking about his latest project, "Things Gotta Change."

Here's the link to Tony Vacca's website:

http://www.tonyvacca.com/

Family Concert

If you're looking for something to do before the game on Sunday,

stop by FPAC/FSPA in downtown Franklin, MA for a

FREE Family Concert with Mr. Barrett!

Sunday, February 3, 1:00 p.m.!

Hope to see you there!

Here are a couple of clips from last year's FPAC concert:

For more information, check out these links:

http://www.fpaconline.com/

www.facebook.com/pages/Jamie-Barretts-Music/114373538628650

http://music.broadwayworld.com/article/JAMIE-BARRETT-PRESENTS-FAMILY-FAVORITES-Concert-Set-for-FPAC-23-20130128

Musical Monday!

Looking forward to hearing all of my choruses today!

NNCW

Here is the official NNCW song, "Don't Laugh At Me."

Brrr...

Walked into the Music Room this morning to discover that
the heat had shut off overnight and it was FREEZING!!!

Thankfully, our awesome custodian John Dacey came to the

rescue and was able to fix it before our first music class!

A Day At The Zoo

The Jefferson staff enjoyed presenting a Reading Assembly this morning

that was based (loosely) on the classic story, "Good Night, Gorilla!"

Hope everyone has a great Wednesday today!

TuNesday!

Hope you have a great TuNesday today!

MLK, jr.

Have a great Martin Luther King, jr. day today!
 

Martin Luther King, jr.'s "I Have A Dream" speech!

 

 

Peter, Paul & Mary performing on the very same day

that Martin Luther King, Jr. gave his famous speech!

 

 

Last year's Jefferson staff singing their version of

the Pete Seeger classic, "If I Had A Hammer!"

FRIDAY!!!

 Check out this cool link called Incredibox:

http://www.incredibox.com/en/#/application

It's a fun way to create your own a cappella group!

Thursday!

Snowy Wednesday!

Marvellous Monday!

Beethoven!

Students were asking me about the painting of Beethoven 

on the Jefferson Music Room's wall recently. This led to

showing them a video of the Hero Artist, Rob Surette,

who created the painting for the school a while back:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYSACSKO-Ho

This, in turn, inspired a few kindergarten students to go
and create some "Beethoven" paintings of their own:

Here is the painting in the Music Room that started it all:

Have A Rockin' Friday!

Happy Thursday!

We've been rockin' a Russian balalaika in class lately!

Black Belt!

Jefferson's Liam Marr is the very first 4th grade student

to earn his Black Belt in Recorder Karate this year!

Way to go, Liam! (Performing for a 2nd Grade class)

Happy Wednesday!

I've been greeting my classes with my musical tie this week!

Terrific Tuesday!

I hope that everyone has a Terrific Tuesday today!

Happy Birthday to the King of Rock 'n' Roll!!!

 

Magnificent Monday!

I hope that everyone has a Magnificent Monday today!

I am really looking forward to (FINALLY!!!) seeing all FOUR 

of my 4th and 5th Grade choruses at both schools today!!!

Not to mention my guitar students this afternoon/evening!

Welcome Back!

Happy New Year!