Welcome to 1st Grade Music!  This year we will be learning a lot of music, singing a lot of songs and listening to many different types of music.  We will also be preparing for our performance at the Cochon, our presentation for Grandparents Day and learning songs for Mass.  1st Grade Music  Classes are on Monday and Wednesday. .Lots of work and lots of fun!!

Welcome to 2nd Grade Music!  This year we will be learning a lot of music, singing a lot of songs and listening to many different types of music. We will also be preparing for our performance at the Cochon and Grandparents Day along with learning songs for 1st Reconcilliation and 1st Communion. 2nd Grade Music Class is on Wednesday and Thursday afternoons. Lots of work and lots of fun!

Welcome to 3rd Grade Music!  This year we will be learning a lot of music, singing a lot of songs and listening to many different types of music.  We will also be preparing for our performance at the Cochon and our presentation for Grandparents Day.  Also this year, we'll be learning to play the recorder!! We will present a Recorder Concert at the end of the year and 3rd Grade students are eligible to join band and to audition for Chorale. 3rd Grade Music Classes are on Tuesday afternoons and Thursday mornings. Lots of work and lots of fun!!

Welcome to 4th Grade Music!  This year we will be learning a lot of music, singing a lot of songs and listening to many different types of music.  We will also be preparing for our performance at the Cochon,  our presentation for Grandparents Day and our vocal concert in the Spring. We will also be playing our Recorders for at least the first semester so dig those Recorders out and get them ready!! 4th Grade Music Classes meet on Monday and Tuesday mornings. Lots of work and lots of fun!!

Welcome to 5th Grade Music!  This year we will be learning a lot of music, singing a lot of songs and listening to many different types of music.  We will also be preparing for our Grandparents Day performance. We will be learning about all of the different types of music and studying several Broadway and movie musicals.  5th Grade Music Class meets on Friday. Lots of work and lots of fun!!

Welcome to 6th Grade Music!  This year we will be learning a lot of music, singing a lot of songs and listening to many different types of music.  This year we will also be studying the three basic elements of music-melody, rhythm and harmony as well as all of the families of instruments.  We will also be studying about music from other countries. The 4th nine weeks we will be studying the musical play "The Sound of Music".  6th Grade Music class meets on Friday. Lots of work and lots of fun!!

Welcome to 7th Grade Music!  This year we will be learning a lot of music, singing a lot of songs and listening to many different types of music.  In 7th grade, we study Music History.  We will learn about great composers like Mozart, Beethoven and Bach all the way up to the Beatles!!  Learning what these great composers did several hundred years ago will help us better understand why the music we listen to today sounds like it does.  The last nine weeks we will study the musical "West Side Story", which is an updated version of Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet". 7th Grade Music Class meets on Friday. Lots of work and lots of fun!!

Please contact Mr. Weaver if you are interested in joing band or Chorale. Information about joining band and auditioning for Chorale can be found on their respective pages under the Clubs tab at the top of this page. Band will begin the week of September 3 and registration forms are due by August 26. Those forms will be distributed the first week of school. Chorale auditions will be held the week of September 3 during Music Class for grades 3-4 and at recess for Middle School. The first full rehearsal will be on Monday, September 16. Join band and Chorale for lots of fun!!

Music Trivia!

Did you know that........................................The popular Christmas song "Do They Know It's Christmas" was recorded as a fund raiser to stop hunger in Africa?

Did you know that........................................The most recorded Christmas carol is "Silent Night" with 137,315 diffrerent recordings?