Spring Project Options

Projects may be turned in any time before April 30th. Ms. Turgeon suggests that students should plan to turn in projects the week of April 23rd, if possible.


Please note, these projects do not need to be fancy or involved--this is just an opportunity for students to apply what they've learned in Music class.

As listed on the Music Binder form, students may choose any of the following options for their Spring Music Projects:

Music@SPARK Spring Project Options:
1. Research the history of Appalachian music and tell about its roots.
2. Make an Appalachian instrument (washtub bass, dulcimer, washboard, spoon set….) and play or accompany an entire song on it.
3. Create a project (or projects) that demonstrate that demonstrates your mastery of at least 3 of the MUSIC GPS.
4. Create a lesson connecting another subject to music (ELA, Social Studies, Math, Science, PE Art, Spanish, Reading…).
5. Learn an Appalachian song from scratch (you read the notes, and rhythms, practice it, and perform it with little or no help from a coach or adult)—Ms. Turgeon has some sheet music.
6. Create a current events folder about music (collect news stories about musicians, songs, or musical performances and write a paragraph about each item).
7. TWO (reduced from 6) Weeks’ Music Journal—writing about your musical ideas, favorite music or musicians, thoughts about what you’d like to be able to do as a musician, how you think professional musicians learned their skills….
8. Spring concert project--choose from the options below (you may not repeat a project you’ve done before).
--write and memorize an intro for TWO of our songs. Include 5 facts about the song or the composer.
--Be a stage hand (non-performers only), and write a tech plan (what things need to be on stage or moved off stage during the concert) according to the program order
--Audition for a solo (from a list of possibilities) after school
--conduct a song: requires 2-3 rehearsals with Chorus
--choreograph a dance to a song and teach it to the Chorus
--Write a song or a new verse to a song we are learning
--accompany the Chorus on an instrument or play a short solo on your instrument
--Design our Appalachian Spring Concert program cover
--create 2 poster and a 1 page press release or “commercial” with the concert information—you are responsible for posting items and taking them down after the concert
--write a news article about the music that will be performed on the concert

Appalachian Spring Concert

Monday, May 7^th 
Orchestra 
Call time at 5:30pm, 
Perform at 6:00pm 


Band 
Call time 5:45pm
Perform time 6:30pm


Chorus & AC 
Appalachian Spring Concert 
Call time-->5:00pm (students may stay after school with parent note)
Perform after the Band & set change (around 7:15pm or so) in the SPARK Cafeteria! 


Click HERE for lyrics sheet Our spring concert this year will focus on folk music, dancing, and instruments from the Appalachian mountains. The students will be learning about the geology and human history of the Appalachian region (Native Americans and settlers), including how the mountain range was formed and how the mountain range played part in the pattern of settlers in America. The music of Appalachia has diverse and unique pockets of development, based on the people who settled in different areas, including people from Ireland, Scotland, Wales, England, Germany, and various African nations.

The website linked HERE is a clearinghouse of sheet music and tunes for lots of music. You can find Appalachian, Old Timey, Carter Family, and mountain music, notes, and tab for guitar and mandolin. These tunes can be played on any instrument. Check them out! http://www.traditionalmusic.co.uk/

The video playlist below has different versions of the songs we'll be performing, but because it is folk music our versions will not be exactly like any of these--we'll make it our own!

PRESS THE FORWARD BUTTON TO GO TO THE NEXT VIDEO




Other Appalachian dances, how to play spoons, hambone, and juba:

Chorus and Third Graders sing the National Anthem for the 5th Grade BB Challenge

Please pardon the buzzing sound from the lights--there's no way of getting rid of it!

Composer Project Festival!

You are invited to

The First Annual

Music@SPARK

Composer Project Festival

Friday, March 30^th

4:00-6:00pm

In the

Springdale Park Elementary Cafeteria

Featuring creative and informative projects designed by Springdale Park’s Music students, student performances, and special guests from the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra!

ALL Entry forms are DUE BY Friday, March 23rd! 
No exceptions!

Students who wish to enter their project in the Festival should fill out THIS FORM 

and submit it by Friday, March 23rd! 


Students who wish to perform at the Festival should fill out THIS FORM 
and submit it by Friday, MARCH 23rd! 

Georgia Student Media Festival

NEW! GSMF forms!

Media Release
Copyright Compliance
Envelope Label
Entry Form for Music projects


In order for the projects to be evaluated for the GSMF please submit the following to
Media Services:

1. Copy of the project on DVD or CD-ROM, or website URL (for websites only)
2. Entry Form (Attached)
3. Entry Label (Attached): Affixed to the outside of the envelope the submission
(CD/DVD) is packaged in
4. Signed Media Release Form (Attached)
5. Copyright Compliance Form (Attached)

Students in grades K-12 whose projects score 96 – 100 in the Georgia Student Media
Festival will be automatically entered into the International Student Media Festival

Thank you and Good Luck




Students who created websites, videos, CDs, and PowerPoint presentations may be eligible to enter the Georgia Student Media Festival. The APS deadlines are coming very soon, so please check back for particular information!  


DEADLINE IS THIS WEDNESDAY!! March 14th!

Please check out the GSMF website for requirements, tips, and suggestions! Below are some Tips for Great Projects:

Tips for Great Projects!

• Test your project on a variety of machines before submitting to GSMF (PC and Mac, if possible)
• Save your project in a format that doesn't require specialized software to view
• Be sure to embed your audio with the project - listen to your project on several different machines before sending
• Include your Fair Use Statements, Credits, Bibliography near the beginning of your project (judges view the first 7 minutes of your project)
• Use the best quality Audio and Video possible
• Check for spelling and grammatical errors
• Follow Digital Safety Guidelines by not including full names in the project
• Include Media Release form for each student in the project packet
• Follow copyright guidelines and include permission from copyright holder

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Follow Digital Safety Guidelines

Your project may be selected as a sample for the web. Do not include the last names of students on the project itself, unless there is a media release form signed by an authorized parent or legal guardian of the minor student..

Project Registration and contact information must be submitted by (date coming soon) using the navigational links to Student and Judges Registration.

All of the FORMS listed under Project Packaging must be filled out by each registrant.

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Also, if you're not sure how to embed audio check out these tips!

http://www.wikihow.com/Embed-Music-in-a-PowerPoint-Presentation

If you want to embed audio effectively you must convert MP3s and other formats to .wav files.  There is a free converter called winff that you can download here.

Once you've converted your sound file you can edit your sound file to a shorter version (or fade in or out) using the free audio editor called Audacity. You can download Audacity  here. Sound clips of songs that are longer than 30 seconds are not allowed in the GSMF submissions, according to the "Fair Use" policy. 

Awesome Projects 2012

Check out these websites!

3^rd Grader Nikhel K’s Reinhold Gliere website (this website is not from a template—Nikhel did all of the design himself):

https://sites.google.com/site/gliere9/

4^th Grader John C’s Manuel de Falla’s website:

http://johncentner.com/manuel-de-falla/

4^th Grader Lauren L’s Bright Sheng website:

http://brightsheng.wordpress.com/

OTHER PROJECTS

First Graders working on Instrument Projects:

Second Graders working on Composer projects:

4th Grader Sadie M's sculpture of Aram Khachaturian:

3rd Grader Nicholas D's poster:

4th Grader Zach E's sabre with info about Khachaturian's Sabre Dance:

5th Grader Lauren S's PowerPoint and portrait of Scott Joplin:

4th Grader Ali's powerpoint about Manuel de Falla:

4th Grader Amelia reading her illustrated book about Aaron Copland:

4th Grader Hannah-Rose's James Price Johnson keyboard presentation:

The facts are listed under the keys!

4th Grader JT's old-school record sleeve and disc about James Price Johnson:

3rd Grader Diego's "Brain Pop" PowerPoint:

5th Grader Remy's Bright Sheng poster:

3rd Grader Julie's Khachaturian Poster:

3rd Grader Sophia's Bright Sheng PowerPoint:

3rd Grader Hannah H's Johnson Jacks cereal box:

4th Grader Emiko's Scott Joplin composer-in-a-box:

Composers in clay (from left) 4th Grade Cate's "Scott Joplin", 4th Grade Sadie's "Khachaturian",
and 5th Grade Kate's "Bright Sheng and the Dragon (because he is from China)"

3rd Graders Aiden and Allen's Bright Sheng/Aram Khachaturian interview:

4th Grader Harper's Aaron Copland video:

4th Grader Amir's James Price Johnson video:

5th Grader Franklin's Montoya, um, Moncayo video:

5th Grader Alec's "The Bright Sheng Project"

Tye's interview with composer John Williams:

More coming soon!

Great Projects from previous years

Lucas did a standard poster with facts and pictures, but also covered the poster 

with sheet music to make it more visually interesting.

  Lucy did a tri-fold project about Charles Ives. Not only did she learn about Ives, she learned about EIGHT other composers from the US or from his time, and compared/contrasted their music with Ives's music!

Maddy did a very colorful and detailed poster. Your project can be hand-written or typed, and you can draw the composer or other visuals rather than printing pictures. 

Tyler created a fantastic comic book about the premiere of "The Rite of Spring" by Igor Stravinsky. He used humor, facts, details, and had a great story line!

Alyssa did a powerpoint presentation about Antonin Dvorak, but she also sculpted the composer out of fimo clay. She included details in her sculpture, like the instruments that he liked to play, his composition activities, and he is on a podium, because Dvorak was a conductor as well as a composer.

Emiko did a lovely scrapbook about Dvorak. Each page had interesting facts and images describing his life and was beautifully arranged. 

ASO World of Music Repertoire

Below are videos of each piece the ASO will play during the February 8th Field Trip, and they represent the composers that students may choose from for the Composer Project. The videos play one after another, and you can advance to the next video by pressing the forward button. Parental Guidance is advised when going to YouTube independently.




(click the "forward" > button to advance to the next video)


Second, Third, and Fifth Grade (Fourth Grade attended in November): Wednesday, February 8th at 11:40 am revised time!
Russia: KHACHATURIAN: Sabre Dance from Gayane
Spain: FALLA: Dance of the Miller’s Wife from Three Cornered Hat
Mexico: MONCAYO: Huapango
China: GLIERE: Chinese Dance from The Red Poppy
SHENG: From the Mountains from Postcards
America: COPLAND: Hoedown from Rodeo

JOPLIN: The Entertainer

TRADITIONAL NEW ORLEANS JAZZ: When the Saints Go Marching In
(FORTHCOMING): Touch of Jazz
JOHNSON: Drums, a Symphonic Poem (I couldn't find videos of this one, so I included some others by James P. Johnson)

EXTRA CREDIT

If you have missed any assignments OR if you have not earned great in-class grades you always have the option to turn in extra credit. Go to:

Extra Credit Assignments for information.

For Advanced Chorus

This video features the Georgia Regional Girls Chorus, conducted by Ms. Turgeon's friend (who she's known since she was 7!) Donna Weaver. =)

Music@SPARK December Concert Details

Monday, December 12th: 6:00pm Orchestra concert at Mary Lin
Featuring the Orchestras from Mary Lin and Springdale Park Elementary
Conducted by Totka Valkova

Wednesday, December 14th: 6:00pm Winter Band and Chorus Concert in the Cafeteria
Featuring the Music@SPARK Band conducted by Mr. Rick Rodriguez, and Chorus conducted by Ms. Brianne Turgeon with Special Guest accompanists
Unfortunately, the Inman Middle School Chorus will be unable to perform due to scheduling issues.


Click HERE for the December Lyrics and Project Sheet!

Practice videos have been archived so this page will load faster!

A La Nanita Nana


Aeyaya Balano Sakkad


Bonse Aba


Mimo, Mimo, Oluwa no video available

Ocho Kandelikas



S'vivon Sov


Gong Xi Fa Cai (um, we're not doing this exactly this way)


Christmastime is Here


What You Gonna Call Your Pretty Little Baby?


Winter Wonderland

Jason Mraz


Dean Martin


Silent Night


Peace Round
Go to this LINK an skip to 2:30 in the video.

Music & Chorus Handbook

Musical Concept Videos

Other cute videos to check out: At MooTubeMusic

OYE Full Concert video

CINS Performance Video

CINS Oye video

Oye Concert info, videos, and links

Select Chorus members will perform at the CINS Grant Showcase at Grady High School Auditorium
Wednesday, May 4th at 7:00pm

Why? Ms. Turgeon wrote a grant for funding for the music and instruments to be used on our spring concert called ¡Oye!


SPRING CONCERT: Monday, May 16th at SPARK

Orchestra concert 5:30pm in the Cafeteria

Set change (move chairs/stands/risers)--we need volunteers!

Chorus concert 6:00pm in the Cafeteria

Ribbon Cutting 6:45pm by the Playground

Band Concert 7:00pm beside the Hirsch House




How to play the CAJON

Videos for our songs:

OYE

El Pambiche Lento

Pala Pala (dance)

De Colores

Guantanamera

Oye Como Va

Click HERE for the link to lyrics.

Compsers and Pieces for ASO's Discover Concerts

2010-2011 Repertoire


Edward Elgar – Military March No. 1 in D major, Op. 39, “Pomp and Circumstance”

George Frideric Handel – “Overture Allegro” from Water Music, Suite #2

Antonin Dvořák – Slavonic Dance No. 1 in C major, Op. 46

Charles Ives – Country Band March

Georges Bizet – “Dance Boheme” from Carmen

Johann Strauss II – Emperor Waltz

Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony No. 6, 4th Movement

Igor Stravinsky – Berceuse and Finale from Firebird Suite

Music@SPARK December Concert Details

The Music@SPARK Concert on Monday, December 13th begins at 6:00pm

There will be a short intermission between each ensemble to re-arrange the performance space.

Chorus & Advanced Chorus Concert
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Orchestra Concert
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Band Concert

Performance Uniform: green Music@SPARK shirt, black pants/skirt/shorts, black shoes

Call Time: Arrive in performance uniform (please plan ahead for traffic and parking)
Chorus—Call time 4:45pm to the Cafeteria (Chorus students may choose to stay after school to help setup if you prefer—please send your child with their uniform and dinner)
Orchestra— Call time 5:45pm (students who are not in Chorus) to the Science Lab
Band—call time 6:20pm (students who are not in Chorus) to the Music Room

Practice Videos for December

A La Nanita Nana


Aeyaya Balano Sakkad


Shalom Chaverim


Let There Be Peace


Rise Up, Shepherd and Follow


Singabahambayo


Ocho Kandelikas


Hine Ma Tov


Angels We Have Heard on High


Christmastime is Here


Winter Wonderland

Jason Mraz


Dean Martin

SPARK@GaTech

SPARK Chorus sings at Georgia Tech

Thanks to all the kids and parents who came out to represent SPARK at the Georgia Tech Women's Volleyball game on Friday, November 12th! The kids sounded great!

Class Song Projects

Third, Fourth, and Fifth Graders will learn a song with their class and create a plan for performing their song with everyone in their class. This includes: singers, rappers, dancers, and instrumentalists.

3rd Graders will create a game and a way to memorize the words to "Billy". (Cross down, when Billy was one, he learned to jump and run...."

4th Graders will sing, dance, rap, and play instruments to "Something for Me, Something for You". Click title for a link to the texts.

5th Graders will sing "Big Yellow Taxi"
Joni Mitchell



Counting Crows (lyrics only)

Agenda Answer for Week of 8/23

Describe the meaning of 4/4, 3/4, and 6/8 time signatures.

The top number tells us what the meter in the piece is, and the bottom number tells us what the note value for each pulse is.

For example, in the picture below the time signature is ¾.

The 3 tells us that the piece is in triple meter (there are three pulses per measure), and the 4 tells us that the quarter note gets the beat.




Example:

2--duple meter
8--eighth-note pulse

examples from Munchkins and Music

You could also go to SFSKids for a GREAT lesson on the basics of music!

Chorus Auditions in Our Community

Click below for more information!

Atlanta Boy Choir with Fletcher Wolfe, founder


Atlanta Young Singers of Callanwolde with Paige Mathis, Music Director


Schola Cantorum at Rock Spring Presbyterian with Wanda Yang Temko

Advanced Chorus begins August 27th!

Students who are interested in participating in 4th and 5th Grade Chorus are encouraged to submit the Chorus info form (linked here) to Ms. Turgeon (asap, but no later than August 31st).

Advanced Chorus rehearsals will begin on August 27th. Rehearsals will be every Friday from dismissal until 4:00pm unless otherwise indicated. Students who wish to stay for rehearsal must bring a note for permission to stay each Friday for rehearsal and give it to their homeroom teacher.

For more information, please contact Ms. Turgeon at bturgeon@atlanta.k12.ga.us.

Agenda Answer for Week of 8/16

Music Trivia: Elvis Presley died on August 16, 1977. How long ago was that?

The tempo is the speed of the music.
The beat is the steady pulse, like your heartbeat.
The rhythm is the pattern of long and short sounds in the music.

Thanks for Visiting the Music @ Spark website 2010-2011

Hi there!

Thanks for coming to visit our Music class website! This site will be a great way for you and your child to stay current on Music happenings at our awesome school.

Please visit the links on the lower right for games, information, and fun sites that will help your child learn a lot about music and musical instruments. Also, if you're interested in seeing what types of activities Ms. Turgeon has done in recent years at MES please visit the Musical Morningside blog link.

I'm excited about this year! Let's have a great one!
Ms. Turgeon

Spring Concert Information

Click here for a printable schedule of Spring Dates for Music@SPARK

Saturday, April 24th (optional) Parade at 2:00pm
SPARK on the March in the Inman Park Parade
“Make-it, Take-it” session on Friday, April 23rd from dismissal until 4pm to make musical instruments
and/or costumes out of recycled materials, decorate the SPARKY the Dragon truck,
and practice our Green Theme songs.
Meet at the corner of Krog and Edgewood at 1:00pm, dressed in a green-themed outfit or costume. Be prepared to sing, jump rope, march, and represent our awesome green school! See SPARK’s school website or www.springdaleparkmusic.blogspot.com for more information.
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Wednesday, May 12, 2010
(Rain date May 19th)
SPARK Spring Concerts
5:30pm~Orchestra Concert
CALL TIME: 5:15pm (Cafeteria)

6:00pm~Chorus and PE Classes present “The Rhythm of Life”
CALL TIME: 4:00pm (Music Room) for Chorus/Advanced Chorus (students may stay after school with Ms. Turgeon, if necessary, but please be sure they have their uniform and a snack)

6:45~ Band on the Lawn
Please plan to bring lawn chairs and even a picnic dinner!
CALL TIME: 6:15pm (Band Room)

*CALL TIME: Performers should be ON TIME dressed in their ensemble uniform
(Chorus/Band/Orchestra shirt, black pants, black socks, black shoes, tidy hair).
PLEASE arrange for your child to have dinner or a snack BEFORE the Call Times.
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Thursday, May 13, 2010
Orchestra “String Fling” at Grady High School
CALL TIME: 6:15pm at the Grady High School Auditorium

Spring Concert Songs

I did not post videos for every song on the list, but here is a good start. I tried to include a variety of versions from solo singers and choruses. =)


"Dance of the Nations" --They say "our love is strong" in the video, but we will say, "the time is gone, the dance goes on."



"Alouette"


All Through The Night
in Welsh: Ar Hyd Y Nos


Rhythm of Life--we're not doing the middle section, "you will make a new sensation..."



Wind on the Hill


Wind on the Hill solo


We Got the Beat


De Colores (with Arlo Guthrie and Pete Seeger)


Old Joe Clark


Kookaburra


Twist and Shout