Music Notes

December brings the 4th and 5th grade Winter Concert!  New this year will be the fifth grade band performing with the 4/5 chorus. This will all take place on Wednesday evening, December 17 in our school gym at 7:00 p.m. The chorus students are working on a fun, educational concert with the theme, "Americans All" which is a celebration of America's multicultural heritage.  The students will be singing eleven songs in the concert featuring some home-grown music including "The Winding Trail" (Native American), "Der Volkstanz" (German), "Siyahamba" (South African), "Come Dance a Jig" (Irish), "Zum Gali Gali" (Israeli), "Bell Song" (Korean) and much, much more including a toe-stomping finale. This concert will also feature some young, confident narrators who have finished auditioning for the right to represent their class at the concert. The young band will also perform favorites including "Good King Wenceslas," "In a Minor Mood," "Stepping Stones" and other fun songs. 

Our annual Winter Band Concert, featuring all the instrumentalists from our 6th, 7th and 8th grade bands, will take place on Monday, December 15th over at Woodside High School's Performing Arts Centre. The sixth graders will perform pieces including the "1812 Overture" and "William Tell" while the 7th and 8th grade Symphonic Band will perform "Sabre Dance," "Chant and Jubilo" and accompaniment to a silent movie featuring Charlie Chaplin entitled, "Masters of the Silent Screen." Our Jazz Band will perform a swing classic, "Moon Dance," a funk standard, "Superstition" and a rock classic, "25 or 6 to 4."