Grady Cluster Sings the National Anthem at GSU

Ms. Kingston, Mr. Marvel, Ms. Relyea, and I are SO proud of our great singers from Hope-Hill, Mary Lin, Morningside, & SPARK!  Our Georgia State performance was lovely, and we can't wait for you to hear the US AND Canadian National Anthems next week at the Atlanta Gladiators game!




Also, if you didn't get a chance to see our Grady Cluster December Concert it's here:

GSU Game is ON, and don't forget to buy Gladiators tickets!

Phew. What a weird week! I spoke to the ticket rep at GSU, and the games are ON as scheduled. No need to send regrets if you didn't buy tickets, but we may be able to get extras if you just decided your kid wants to sing and you want to get out of the house!

Park in the G Deck (#1 in the photo--you'll see the signs from Decatur Street), and parking is FREE! Yay! I'll arrive early to pay for your pre-ordered tickets--seating is General Admission, so it won't be complicated--and you can go to Will-Call at the Box Office (2 in the photo) at 11am to get your tickets. You can drop your child with me, and we'll take the singers in to line up and warm up!

Game time is noon, and your ticket is good for both the Women's game and the Men's game. Kids can wear jeans or dark bottoms & the Music@SPARK shirt.  We can sit down low for the Women's game, but will have to relocate up to Gen Admission for the Men's Game.

 There will be kids from Hope-Hill and Mary Lin, so we hope y'all have a great time at the game. Go Panthers!

Also, we've only sold ~40 tickets for the Gladiators, so please don't forget to get your tickets and bring some friends! Call time 1pm, game time 2:05pm

Gladiators tickets please go ASAP  to Groups.atlantagladiators.com<http://Groups.atlantagladiators.com><http://groups.atlantagladiators.com/> (no www. In front)
Music@SPARKChorus/AC Enter Code: SPARK18
GCMC (only) members Enter Code: GRADY18

Websites to explore and learn about rock and folk music, and websites to create and arrange music~

Fourth and Fifth Grade SPARK students have been learning a bit about some very exciting websites that you should check out!

1) TeachRock.org  This website ROCKS! Students and parents will find tons of fascinating information that includes actual rockstars and clips of musicians, producers, and legends who have shaped the music industry. Beware! You will want to watch and learn for hours. Search for lessons, musicians, or topics you'd like to know more about! 

Stevie Van Zandt’s TeachRock project brings rich educational materials to teachers and students everywhere – at no cost. The lesson plans and resources at teachrock.org allow a one-of-a-kind, multimedia experience that helps young people connect the history of popular music to classroom work across the disciplines. From social studies and language arts to geography, media studies, science, general music, and more: TeachRock has engaging and meaningful material for every classroom.

2) Smithsonian Folkways Recordings and videos of folk music and roots music from America in history and modern times. Smithsonian Folkways Recordings is the nonprofit record label of the Smithsonian Institution, the national museum of the United States. We are dedicated to supporting cultural diversity and increased understanding among peoples through the documentation, preservation, and dissemination of sound.

You can create free accounts on the sites below to play around with. Please do not create a for-pay account, unless you want it solely for home use.

SPARK SONG created with Flat and Soundtrap

3) Flat.io  Whether you're a beginner or a professional composer, our user-friendly music composition software gives you all the tools that you need to make your own sheet music. You can write, listen, share and discover music scores right in your web browser on any device.You can also plug MIDI enabled keyboards into your computer to compose direct to score!

Flat has free accounts, and paid subscriptions. We will use team accounts in Music class for 4th and 5th graders. Flat has a very cool function that will allow you to export compositions from Flat into creations on Soundtrap.

4) Soundtrap is like a multi-platform, multi-device web version of GarageBand. 

Music Making Your very own online music studio where you can record your creations with your device microphone. 

Multi Device Soundtrap works on Mac, Windows, iPad, iPhone, Android phones and tablets, Linux and ChromeBooks. All your projects are stored online so you can access them wherever you are. The cloud is the limit.

Hockey (and Basketball) New Year! and an Invitation to join GCMC!

Welcome back, and I hope you had a fantastic break! We have several gigs coming up very quickly, and I'm hoping you're all on board for your kids to sing! 

1) If your child is at GSU's double header basketball game on Saturday, 1/20, please don't forget to purchase your tickets by Friday--they're giving us an amazing $5 deal for singers and all of our folks. Cash/check in an envelope with your child's name and how many tickets you'd like (form attached).

2) for your Gladiators tickets please go ASAP  to Groups.atlantagladiators.com (no www. In front)

Music@SPARKChorus/AC Enter Code: SPARK18

GCMC (only) members Enter Code: GRADY18

3) Students who signed up for Statewide Honor Chorus (AH, CD, HA, JB, CML), the music is in, and we'll schedule times to meet and go through it. If you have not paid the $50 fee please do so asap.

GCMC is accepting new members!

Come join the fun!