Winnipeg Music Festival

Congratulations to the Grade 3-5 Choir on their Gold award winning performance at the Winnipeg Music Festival. Last week they were invited to sing at the Choral Excellence Program at Westminster United Church with other amazing choirs in the city and they did so well! Mrs. Dueck would like to thank each and every choir student for coming to choir rehearsals even if there was intramurals or a sunny day outside. Your hard work showed in your performance!!

Grade 5 Artwork

In preparation for our field trip to the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra we listened to all of the music that will be performed. For one of the pieces, "Contented House" by Jean Coulthard, we used watercolour pencil crayons and water to create artwork to go with the music. Some drew concrete objects and some used colour and line to show what they felt and saw in their mind when listening to the music. I just loved watching them listen while drawing and their finished projects are beautiful. First video is 5AG, second is 5G and third is 5N.

HATS!

This week we started working on the Grade 1/2 and 2/3MN Musical "HATS"!!!!! The kids are very excited to sing, dance, act, dress up and perform for their parents on Wednesday April 26th at 2:45. Mark your calendars and we will see you in the big gym.

SING!!

The Grade Four students have been learning about the A Capella group "Pentatonix". Some things we have learned are what A Capella means, how their group became famous, what a Basso Profundo is, a cover song, and what beatboxing is. We have been learning the song "SING", an original composition by the four members of the group. Here is the choreography video to practice at home!

Linden Meadows Choirs

The Linden Meadows Choirs have been working very hard in January! The Grade 3-5 Choir is preparing to perform at the Winnipeg Music Festival on March 1st in the morning. They are singing two pieces "Mother Earth", a North American Indigenous Song and "Four White Horses", a folk song from the Caribbean. Two very different and contrasting pieces of music. The newly formed Grade 5 Symphony Choir made up of 20 students from Linden Meadows and 200 students from our division will be performing with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra on March 15th in the morning. They are part of the Canadian Mosaic concert celebrating Canada 150!! Finally the Grade 2 choir is gaining experience singing choral music to prepare them for next years Grade 3-5 choir. There will be performance opportunities for them coming soon! Stay Tuned!

Congratulations LM!!

Wow!! What a concert LM!! You worked hard and learned your song, dance moves, lyrics, and lines. Some of the songs were really difficult and you rose to the challenge to learn them and not one person gave up! What an amazing group of students we have here. You should all be very proud and have made some pretty awesome memories along the way! I would like to personally wish you all a very happy holiday. Rest up and be safe!!

Videos for Practice!!

You Tube is the best!! The kids have always wanted the music to practice at home but it was impossible to make a copy for everyone. Now with You tube everyone is able to do that as long as there is a video for it. In most cases now, there is!! So Grade 3-5, here they are!!!