Hello and welcome to the Dare music page! I am looking forward to an exciting year of music. During class students will enjoy playing, singing, and dancing to fun music that will support concepts being taught in their homerooms. I hope to see all of you at the concerts. Please feel free to contact me at any time: email: rwinfree@ycsd.york.va.us phone: 757-890-5091

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Recital Week

          Everyone prepare for Recital Week in early spring. Recital week is “show and tell” for the music classroom. During recital week, students are encouraged to perform a musical selection of their choice that they have learned outside of the music classroom. Piano, instrumental, and vocal selections are all welcome. Vocal selections may be performed with an accompanying CD only if the lead vocals are not on the CD. The performances will happen during each class’s regularly scheduled music time.  Family members are invited to attend. Practice hard Dare!

 Recorders

          All 4^th and 5^th grade students will play the recorder. We will begin with the Recorder Karate program, which allows students to earn a karate belt for each level of recorder playing. I am sure every student will earn their black belt! The cost for the recorder is $5.00. Please have your child turn in their money during music class. As soon as everyone has turned in their $5.00 the recorders will be ordered. If you are in the 5^th grade and still have your recorder from last year you do not need to order another one.

http://www.musick8.com/rkdojo/rkdojo.tpl

          Practice your recorder online! Just click on the Recorder Karate link, enter your username and password, and practice away. There are three tempos for each online recorder piece. Start by practicing the slowest tempo and slowly work up to the fastest tempo. The recorder piece must be memorized to test for the karate belt.

 Materials

Fourth and fifth grade students are asked to bring a folder to music class everyday.

Dolphin Chorus

          All fourth and fifth grade students have the opportunity to participate in the Dolphin Chorus this year. The Dolphin Chorus will have performances throughout the year, which will include choral singing, instrumental ensembles, and dancing. Instrumentation includes recorders, orff, boom whackers, hand chimes, and a wide range of percussion instruments.

          Traditionally weekly chorus rehearsals were held during the school day. This year rehearsals will be held before school on Wednesdays from 8:00 – 8:45 AM. This will prevent your child from missing valuable homeroom instruction and avoid having to make up missed work. An information letter and permission slip will be sent home during September. Your child must have their signed permission turn in to me in order to participate.