T.V. Turn-Off Week

I'm taking that to mean computer screens, as well, so...

No computers or TVs or Smartboards will be used this week!

Lights, Camera, Action!

Good luck to all of the students participating in tonight's

JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY TALENT SHOW!!!

Getting ready...

Oldest Choir!

This choir was once directed by Johann Sebastian Bach!

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2012/mar/21/oldest-choir-800-year-anniversary

DT Day!

So happy to see everyone at Davis Thayer today!


Peter, Paul & Mary's "Day Is Done" is a favorite,
and one that we enjoyed singing in music this week!

(Mary, Paul & Peter)

Welcome back!!!

Peter & Me

I was able to meet Peter Yarrow at his Circle of Friends performance in town,

and I even got to go up and sing "Puff, the Magic Dragon" with him!

It was a great night!

Peter Yarrow...

Peter Yarrow (of Peter, Paul & Mary fame)

will be performing tomorrow night at the

Circle of Friends coffeehouse

8:00 p.m. in Franklin, MA

http://www.circlefolk.org/

http://www.peterpaulandmary.com/ 

Peter has written classic songs, such as "Puff, The Magic Dragon."

And introduced the world to important songs, such as "Don't Laugh At Me."

Scale of the Universe

Although it's not a musical scale, it's something I did enjoy sharing 

with my 3rd grade students who just finished a unit on The Planets.

Click on the link below to be able to control it yourself:

http://htwins.net/scale2/scale2.swf?bordercolor=white

Or check out the "Scale of the Universe" video below:

Mars...

3rd graders enjoyed watching this video of the Mars Rover
after wrapping up a unit on Gustav Holst's "The Planets."

Spring Fling!

Students have enjoyed using the parachute for "Spring!"

They all get to hide underneath at the end of the piece!

Vivaldi's "Spring" from his four concertos "Four Seasons."

Happiness...



Opening Day...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Take_Me_Out_to_the_Ball_Game

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centerfield_%28song%29

John Fogerty composed this song and released it in 1985,
and he sings and performs all of the instruments on it, as well.

Here is a live version featuring his famous "baseball bat" guitar!

I Got Rhythm...

Such a wonderful and original song for its time!

 

Love sharing this song with the students!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Got_Rhythm

Here's George Gershwin performing his song:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Gershwin 

Here are The Muppets with a silly version of the song:



SUCCESS!!!

Because, honestly, who doesn't want to be a success?!



Virtual Choir

Eric Whitacre's new a cappella across the world will be featured this evening

(and I will post it here on this website later when it becomes available).

Here is another similar piece of his from last year, "Sleep 2.0:"

Here is the new virtual choir of nearly 4000 singers from 73 countries: