Ford Middle School

MUSIC

 

A painter paints pictures on canvas but musicians paint their pictures on silence. 

~Leopold Stokowski

 

 

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NEWS & EVENTS:

+ No more after-school choir rehearsals

      Great job at the Arts Festival!

 

+ Information on ACE summer program is HERE

 

+ Spring Band Concert 5/20, 7pm

      Rehearsals after school until 3:45

              Gr. 5:     Monday, 5/17

              Gr. 6:     Tuesday, 5/18

              Gr. 7/8:  Wednesday, 5/19

     

+ MICCA Festival

        The FMS 7th and 8th grade band received a MERIT award at the 2010 MICCA Band Festival

 

+ Seeking Donations

      See the article here. Pass it along to your friends and family.

 

+ Great Opportunity!!!

Sunday Jazz Jams at the Symphony Shop

        Go see students jam with pros OR bring your voice/horn and play along!

        Experience is the best teacher…

 

 

Performances:

5/20     Spring Concert, 7pm (bands only)

6/4       FMS concert at AES, 1:30 - 2:30pm

6/18     Graduation, 5:30 – 7pm (all 5th, 6th, and 7th graders perform)

 

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National Standards for Music Education

1. Singing, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music.
2. Performing on instruments, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music.
3. Improvising melodies, variations, and accompaniments.
4. Composing and arranging music within specified guidelines.
5. Reading and notating music.
6. Listening to, analyzing, and describing music.
7. Evaluating music and music performances.
8. Understanding relationships between music, the other arts, and disciplines outside the arts.
9. Understanding music in relation to history and culture.

 

 

Parents: If you have a great picture from a Music event this year (trip, concert, etc.), please email it to Mr. Shanbrun.

              We’ll add it to the end-of-year slideshow and to the FMS Music archives. Thank you!

 

 

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