2014 Costume Recitals

What a fun week it was!  Thanks to everyone for your fine performances and for your participation in the group discussion about "What Makes Music Sound Scary?"

A special thanks to the Sands family for providing the yummy treats on Wednesday.

I hope you will enjoy the following video performances.  

Tuesday's Recital (featuring Katelyn, Celine, Eva, Alex, Amanda and Liam)

Tuesday

 

Wednesday's Recital (featuring Amanda, Anna, Maren, Eva, Liam, Avery and Jamie)

Wednesday

 Thursday's Recital (featuring Samantha, Autumn, Katie, Zoe, Madison, Kyle, Gwen, and Maddy)

Thursday

VIDEO: Why Music Matters

This 6 minute clip demonstrates why music education is so important. It is geared more toward band, and keeping music in the schools... but it still makes some very good points.
  
Is 95% good enough?  Watch and see (hear!) what happens when musicians strive for a 95% success rate in their music. 

VIDEO: Music and Math

Watch this short video to learn how Beethoven used math to write his most beloved songs, while going deaf.

http://ed.ted.com/lessons/music-and-math-the-genius-of-beethoven-natalya-st-clair