Dear Families,
I want to thank you and your students for making the concert possible, for the practice and lessons, the transportation of instruments, the acquiring of clothes (students looked like an ensemble when I watched the choir), and for enduring the weather. Students impressed me with their effort and achievements.
It seems organic to have a class of games and movement after a concert. Because classes have a lot of other intense activities right now, this means the following for the various grades:
4th grade will have outdoor play time with me this Friday. No instruments needed. Next week they'll be at Potlatch during Tuesday's strings class and off from school next Friday. We will dive back into playing on Tuesday, May 24. Some students have expressed enthusiasm about other fiddle tunes in Basic Fiddler's Philharmonic, and we will try a a number of these to see which one or ones seem to work best for the ensemble as a whole.
5th grade. Although 5th grade has had lots of chance for movement with their additional Olympiad training and will be off from school next Monday, it still seems to make sense for me to hold a games class with them next Wednesday, May 18. I feel this will increase enthusiasm and focus when we return to instrumental practice on Monday, May 23. I am still considering what will be the best piece of pieces to work on in the final weeks.
6th to 8th grade will play volleyball with me tomorrow, Thursday. No instruments needed. Even though 7th grade will be away next week, 6th and 8th graders should bring instruments and be prepared to play--I am working with Ms. Kenney and Mrs. Pfeiffer to see if there are vocal songs that would work well with a strings ensemble (8th graders could sing and play; 6th and 7th--when they return--can be the orchestra).
Thanks,
William Geoffrey Dolde
I want to thank you and your students for making the concert possible, for the practice and lessons, the transportation of instruments, the acquiring of clothes (students looked like an ensemble when I watched the choir), and for enduring the weather. Students impressed me with their effort and achievements.
It seems organic to have a class of games and movement after a concert. Because classes have a lot of other intense activities right now, this means the following for the various grades:
4th grade will have outdoor play time with me this Friday. No instruments needed. Next week they'll be at Potlatch during Tuesday's strings class and off from school next Friday. We will dive back into playing on Tuesday, May 24. Some students have expressed enthusiasm about other fiddle tunes in Basic Fiddler's Philharmonic, and we will try a a number of these to see which one or ones seem to work best for the ensemble as a whole.
5th grade. Although 5th grade has had lots of chance for movement with their additional Olympiad training and will be off from school next Monday, it still seems to make sense for me to hold a games class with them next Wednesday, May 18. I feel this will increase enthusiasm and focus when we return to instrumental practice on Monday, May 23. I am still considering what will be the best piece of pieces to work on in the final weeks.
6th to 8th grade will play volleyball with me tomorrow, Thursday. No instruments needed. Even though 7th grade will be away next week, 6th and 8th graders should bring instruments and be prepared to play--I am working with Ms. Kenney and Mrs. Pfeiffer to see if there are vocal songs that would work well with a strings ensemble (8th graders could sing and play; 6th and 7th--when they return--can be the orchestra).
Thanks,
William Geoffrey Dolde
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