Music in (around, near, and far from) our Schools Month

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SPARK’s Music in (around, near, and far from) our Schools Month

By Brianne Turgeon, Music/Chorus teacher at Springdale Park Elementary

“Music In Our Schools Month® or “MIOSM®” is the National Association for Music Education’s annual celebration during March which engages music educators, students, and communities from around the country in promoting the benefits of high quality music education programs in schools.” 

As the Music and Chorus teacher at Springdale Park Elementary, I take the task of promoting Music Education very seriously. My personal goal as SPARK’s Music teacher is to make music an integral part of our school’s fabric that includes the students & teachers, our parents, the local community, and our community at large.

Throughout the month of March the students at Springdale Park have been extremely busy and involved in raising awareness of the deep importance that our school community places on Music. Students on every grade level have had opportunities to perform and create music, as well as be audience members for some amazing musical performances!

Here’s what we have been up to, just in March!

Scroll down and explore the blog to see what we've been up to all year!

Representing SPARK: March 3 Large Group Performance Evaluation at Mays High School sponsored by the Georgia Music Educators’ Association—Advanced Chorus sang “The Journey”, based on Dvorak’s New World Symphony Largo theme and “Two Bartok Songs”. These selections were chosen because of the repertoire Fourth and Fifth Graders saw the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra play on their ASO field trips. AC earned a Superior rating in sight-singing (reading/singing music at sight) at LGPE!

Applying Music Skills: March 1-4 Write, Read, Sing, Play  Students in Third, Fourth, and Fifth Grades completed their Second Quarter Music Project, for which they applied their Music class skills and knowledge.

       

Performing for a school event: March 11 Singing the National Anthem at the 5^th Grade Basketball Challenge

Attending a concert in the community: March 16 Kindergarten and First Graders attend Music for a Purpose at the Atlanta Symphony

        

Photos courtesy of Ms. Corrie Madlem, first grade teacher

Performing at an Arts Fundraiser for our School: March 17 SPARK Arts Night Art Show Solo/Group performances

  

Representing SPARK in our community with one of our sister schools: March 19 Gazoyks Family Show at the Plaza Theatre

Singing and Acting in a play within our Grady Cluster: March 24-26 several SPARK students were Newsboys in the Grady High School production of Gypsy

March 29-April 1 
March Music Madness: Kahoot Music Vocabulary Showdown ( some 2015 winners pictured)

 Our Music@SPARK ensembles are also deep in preparation for these upcoming events:

·         Music@SPARK Band concert May 5  and Grady Cluster Honor Band at MES May 12

·         Grady Cluster String Fling May 5 and Music@SPARK and Mary Lin’s Orchestra Concert May 11

·         Music@SPARK Chorus and AC concert Somewhere in Time May 17