4th & 5th Band and Orchestra in Music

Band1 Furcussion Compositions

We discussed that notes that are next to each other (Do and Re) create dissonance, a combination of musical pitches that creates a harsh, unstable, or tense sound.

This is because the sound waves interfere with each other. 

Pitches that are farther apart create harmony (Do and Mi, Do and So, etc), a pleasing sound, so some of our composers made choices to play in harmony, while others played solo (one person at a time) or in unison (the same notes at the same time).

 

4th and 5th grade Band 2 practices buzzing their lips for as long as the paper plane flies. 

Our STEAM goal is to design longer-flying paper planes!

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2024-2025

5th grade attended the Atlanta Symphony's Midnight with the Mockingbird concert

Using technology to create new music for focused practice with Band and Orchestra instruments. 

STEAM Week with Michael Kurth and Larry Nittler

Dr. Larry Nittler talked to the students about his jobs. He is also an amazing pianist in pretty much every genre.

Cosmochemist Larry Nittler studies the origin and evolution of stars, the galaxy, and the solar system, both through laboratory analysis of extraterrestrial materials like meteorites and returned comet and asteroid samples and through planetary remote sensing via spacecraft.  He has played leading roles in the analysis of comet and solar wind samples returned by NASA’s Stardust and Genesis missions, respectively, and served as deputy principal investigator on NASA’s MESSENGER mission to Mercury. He is currently a NASA Participating Scientist on the Japanese asteroid sample-return mission, Hayabusa2 and a member of the ESA/JAXA BepiColombo Mercury mission team. He received the Alfred O. Nier prize of the Meteoritical Society in 2001 and was named a fellow of the same society in 2010. Asteroid 5992 Nittler is named in his honor.

My friend ASO bass player and composer Michael Kurth spoke to 3rd and 4th graders during Music class and talked to the kids about how he uses technology in composition and showed some instruments he's invented.

SPRING 2024 Kick Push by Lupe Fiasco Christmas in Hollis