Day of the Arts with SPARK and Hope-Hill

703 students plus a couple hundred students from Hope-Hill made for an exciting, inspiring, delightful day! 

Little Rodolfo was moved by the music in 1st Grade

Rodolfo is still aspiring to be a conductor in 4th grade! Here he is with Conductor Stephen Mulligan.

Young Conductors meet Maestro Stephen Mulligan and our SPARK friend, composer, and bass player Michael Kurth

The ASO featured art by audience members during Christopher Theofanidis's Rainbow Body

Cute SPARKies in the Galleria of the Woodruff Arts Center 

We were grateful that our outgoing APS Board Member, Matt Westmoreland, and our incoming APS Board Member, Michelle Olympiadis attended
L-R Ms. Brianne Turgeon, Mr. Matt Westmoreland, Ms. Kim Muhlheim, Ms.Colleen Kingston (Hope-Hill Music teacher and DASHH logo designer), Ms. Tiffany Jones our ASO representative, Dr. Jennifer Toney, and Ms. Michelle Olympiadis

Twelve buses, 29 classes, 703 students and about 60 adults. Phew!

Listening Quiz Link

Hello!

Any students who wish to keep trying the ASO Listening Quiz (instead of doing part 3 of the project) may use the link below.  Be sure your Project Sheets are finished and ready to turn in during your class this week!


Listening Quiz  Please complete by Wednesday, if possible

Tips: 

Be sure to study which composer goes with each piece.

Listen carefully to the beginning and ends of The Fairy Garden (strings/happily ever after) vs. Rainbow Body (bass clarinet/rainbow jubilation)  and Storm vs. Firebird. Those are the ones kids mix up with each other.

The following students have passed as of Wednesday at 4pm:

Falyn	Butler
sullivan	clark
McCall	Clark
Ottmah	Clark
theo	english
Aaliyah	English
Sam	English
Margot	Fellows
jacob	fellows
mason	fellows
marcus	hutto
Alison	Hutto
Alison	Hutto
miles	hutto3
brendan	hutto3
Rowan	Mcafferty
Vedanth	McCafferty
Abby	McCafferty
Dane	McCafferty
Link	Naman
Padraig	Rhee
Dylan	Rhee

Ezra    Rhee

A Special Message from (3/4 of) our ASO Bassoon Section

Laura Najarian (bassoon), Anthony Georgeson (bassoon), and Juan deGomar (contrabassoon) talk about their favorite pieces for the upcoming Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Concerts for Young People concert: The Colors of Music


TCoMLT

D.A.S.H.H. & Q2 ASO Composer Project

D.A.S.H.H.

On Friday, December 15 ALL SPARK and Hope-Hill Elementary students will D.A.S.H.H. to the Woodruff Arts Center to experience a day of the arts!

Our $25 admission price includes

• The Color of Music concert with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
• a docent-guided tour at the High Museum of Art
• AND a T-shirt with our D.A.S.H.H. logo.  
• plus transportation costs

Permission/payment deadline is Tuesday, November 28

PLEASE pay online if at all possible!

Most students received info about the 

Q2 ASO Composer Project 

last week (week of Nov. 6)

This project will be based on the composers whose music we'll hear on our

D.A.S.H.H. field trip. Please see the tab at the top of the blog for all ASO Composer Project info.

Each image below represents one of the pieces we'll hear. 

See the project tab for more info!

GMEA5DHC

Six of our 4th and 5th graders spent many hours at the GMEA Fifth District Elementary Honor Chorus which was held at Grace United Methodist Church, just down the street! The students had an an opportunity to work with Ms. Emily Floyd to prepare some really complex repertoire. 

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL repertoire

Art Thou Troubled?  Handel/arr. Bartle   
I Never Ate A Cloud by Wayne Bisbee
On Silver Tipped Wings by Mark Patterson 
The Tailor of Gloucester Arr. Cyndee Giebler 
Why We Sing by Greg Gilpin 

rehearsal of The Tailor of Gloucester

We also had a chance to run into some former SPARK & Mary Lin singers who are now singing at Inman and Grady. It's always great to see kids who are still working to develop their musicianship as singers!  

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This is the Sound of All of Us

Tonight was the Grady Cluster Fall Friendship Festival, featuring singers from Hope-Hill, Mary Lin, Morningside, SPARK, Inman, and Grady. My heart is full! Thank you so much to the singers for their hard work, and to the teachers who pour themselves into the work of helping pave a path for our musicians.

Friendship Festival 🎶 with the #gradybunch! @APSGradyKnights @APSInman @APSLinRockets @APSMorningside @HopeHillElem @APS_SPARK #apsarts pic.twitter.com/bon15GaSDh

— Sara Womack (@sara_womack) September 29, 2017

@HopeHillElem rocking out at the Friendship Festival. 🎤 Great fun @hopehillmusic! #apsarts pic.twitter.com/8KKBiSbvcq

— Sara Womack (@sara_womack) September 29, 2017

Full Grady Cluster Fall Friendship Festival concert playlist:

Project info now in TABS at the top of the blog

In order to help 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students find our Quarterly Project Info more easily I've created Project Tabs that will always be accessible at the top of the blog. Each Project Sheet will have a QR code that links to the tab for easy tablet and phone navigation, but computer-based kids can just come to the home page and check the top of the blog.

MUSIC PROJECT POLICIES:

Music Projects are always accepted any time up until the deadline on the day you come to Music. Early projects are always appreciated and earn extra points. Late projects lose 3 points for every school day (not just the Music day) the work is late. Music project grades ALWAYS include the project itself AND the completed Project Sheet.

Students will officially have 4-5 weeks to complete this work. Students should plan to work on quarterly Music projects for about 30 minutes a week. Students may work with other students in their grade level.

Music Class days:

Mondays: 

Hutto, Steigerwalt, & Pruett

Tuesdays: 

Clark, Neal, & Thurman

Wednesdays: 

McCafferty

Thursdays: 

Lockwood, Fellows, & Rhee

Fridays: 

English, Naman, and Butler

Music class grading: Students can earn 10 points each week for their daily grade (Binder info/activity and Check Yourself) for 8 weeks (80 points), plus the Music Projects are worth 15 points.  Extra credit can be earned by going above and beyond for participation, turning in early projects, or other special reasons. 

Each Quarter	My Scores
Daily Total 80 pts.
Project 15 pts.	+
Bonus points or extra credit	+
My quarterly grade	=

Music Class Grading

Prepared (+5) & Participating (+5) every week

 + Quarterly Project (+15)= A

Prepared (+5) & Participating (+5) every week,

 but NO Quarterly Project = B

Unprepared and/or Not Participating, 

but turned in a Quarterly Project = B or C

                  Unprepared and/or Not Participating, and                                                                               NO Quarterly Project completed = C or lower

A basic grade in Music is a 95 (80 daily points + 15 project points) Students can get up to 100 through extra credit and extra effort.

4th and 5th Grade Families, please fill out the info sheet below!

CHORUS/AC/GC*MC Calendar DRAFT

Happy New Year 2017-2018

ALL SPARK STUDENTS K-5

On December 15

ALL SPARK Students and ALL Hope-Hill Students will head to the Woodruff Arts Center to go to the

 

 

Music@SPARK Ensemble info

4th grade students will sign up very soon!
Students are expected to stay in their chosen instrumental and singing ensemble throughout 4th and 5th grade.

4th and 5th Grade Instrumental Ensembles

Band and Orchestra have a concert each semester.

Every performer is important for our team!

BAND

Choose from Flute, Clarinet, Saxophone, Trumpet, Trombone, and Percussion

ORCHESTRA

Choose from Violin, Viola, or Cello

  

4th and 5th Grade Singing Ensembles

Students MAY do both an instrumental ensemble AND singing ensembles

AC 
Rehearsals begin Aug. 4 
No auditions necessary!

The group that represents SPARK singing the most. Attends ALL Chorus rehearsals AND after school rehearsals on Fridays until 4:30pm. These students are automatically part of Chorus, and AC has a lot of performance opportunities in the community! Rehearsals begin right away, so be sure to send transportation info to your child's teacher so they know your singer will stay on Fridays all year!

Chorus

During-school rehearsals. Performances in December and May and other performances by choice/invitation

Chorus Non-Performer

Attends Chorus rehearsals and is welcome to perform, but is not required to perform.

NEW This year Grady Cluster Music Club (GCMC) click for registration form—Open to all 4th and 5th grade students from Hope-Hill, Lin, Morningside, and SPARK who want to make music and make new friends. We will sing, dance, play bucket drums and other percussion!