Parents

Dear Parents,

We are very excited about our new Music Room at Liberty!  We will be  a very hands-on Music Class, using all of our beautiful instruments, including our new electronic Yamaha Clavichord piano, a large instrumentarium of Orff instruments (xylophone-type instruments played with mallets) and lots of percussion instruments.  We will be doing a lot of singing, playing party games, dancing and moving.  Every child will learn how to read and write music.  For more information, go to Core Content.

Any child in Grade 4 may join Orchestra, taught by our Orchestra specialist.  Any Grade 5 student may continue in Orchestra  or they may join Band, taught by the Band specialist.

We will have lots of performances at Liberty Elementary School this year.  The drama teacher "Drama Mama" and I will combine classes to prepare for these performances, which will incorporate core content from both Music and Drama.  The Grade 1 and Grade 2 classes will perform Appalachian Folk Tales in late October or November.  Grade 3 students will perform a program of traditional folk tales, also in the late fall.  Grade 4 and Grade 5 students will be performing in the Veterans Day program on November 11.  We will have a Winter Music Program in December which will involve every student.

Mrs. Elliott is available for private piano lessons after school on Mondays and Wednesdays.  These lessons are for beginner students from Grade 2 up.  If interested, please send an email to Mrs. Elliott and we will send you a brochure. 

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