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Algonquin Ridge – Week 8
Posted on May 21, 2012 by Angelik
We had a great class today and everyone worked really hard on their lessons. Sorry for the late post, I was away! I hope that everyone had a wonderful long weekend. Please practice your songs for the recital, which will take place in room 150 on Wednesday, May 31st at 10:50 pm. Beginner Level 1 [...]
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Group lessons using Children’s Music Journey by Adventus
Posted on May 18, 2012 by somiller58
Week 6 @ Portage View
Posted on May 10, 2012 by Rhonda Kent
Hello again! We had another busy week. We reviewed grown up notes, note values, and the parts of the grand staff. We completed our lessons. And we worked in Concertmaster, doing letter name callbacks and true callbacks, and playing our solos for each other. We were just about to improvise when the bell rang. We’ll [...]
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Springvale Elementary, P-2, Monday May 7
Posted on May 9, 2012 by acmullen
Great class today boys and girls! Level 1A – Ryan and Emily Today in class you completed Lesson 5 with Mr. Beethoven and Lesson 6 with Mr. Bach. You practiced playing songs using high notes, low notes and middle C. You learned a new kind of note today: Holding notes. You learned how to hold [...]
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MusIQ Studio, Saturday, 10:00-11:00 (May 5)
Posted on May 6, 2012 by Adele Merritt
Hi Everyone! It was a small class on Saturday, with only Madeline and Craig this week! I hope Parker had fun at cub camp, and that Ryan is enjoying his vacation in Ottawa! We’ll see you both soon! Craig – Piano Suite 8, week 4 You began the class with some scale work. You found [...]
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Algonquin Ridge – Week 5
Posted on April 28, 2012 by Angelik
We had a great class today where we began in Concertmaster! First, we all took turns improvising on the black keys to “Blues on Black”. Just to remember to use your right hand on the higher notes of the piano keyboard and play one note at a time. I was really impressed with some of the melodies that [...]
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Week 5 @ Portage View
Posted on April 28, 2012 by Rhonda Kent
Hello Portage View families! This week we continued to work on our ensemble and solo pieces for the open house, as well as working through our individual lessons. Thank you so much for continuing the learning at home! The children are all diligently working through their workbooks and practicing repertoire songs, and it makes such [...]
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Algonquin Ridge – Week 4
Posted on April 22, 2012 by Angelik
What a great class today! We started off with some rhythms and sight-singing in treble clef on the floor, before heading to the keyboards where we did some note playbacks in Concertmaster and talked about the patterns of the black keys. Good work everyone. I would like to remind everyone to bring their notenooks with them [...]
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Week 4 @ Portage View
Posted on April 19, 2012 by Rhonda Kent
Hello Portage View families! Week 4 was great… we are really enjoying having the piano in the multipurpose room. Today we introduced the ensemble piece for the Open House – Ode To Joy. The student’s sight reading is coming along so well. I brought the music, on the grand staff, and James asked if he [...]
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Springvale, 3-6, Monday, 3:45-4:45 (April 16)
Posted on April 16, 2012 by apothier
Hello everyone! I stepped in to sub today, as Aleysha was unavailable. However, she’ll be back next week and will resume the term with Tye, Luca, Patrick, Will and Michael. We started today with the game “face off,” reviewing some Treble and Bass Clef notes, as well as a little review of quarter, eighth, whole, [...]
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Springvale, P-2, Monday, 2:45 – 3:45 (April 16)
Posted on April 16, 2012 by apothier
Hello parents! As Aleysha was unavailable, I stepped in to sub today at Springvale. Aleysha will return for the remainder of the semester. But, I enjoyed seeing everyone again! We started out today with a game of musical conductor, keeping a consistent rhythm and having different kids guess the origin of these silly “beats.” We [...]
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Springvale, P-2, Monday, 2:45 – 3:45 (April 16)
Posted on April 16, 2012 by apothier
Hello parents! As Aleysha was unavailable, I stepped in to sub today at Springvale. Aleysha will return for the remainder of the semester. But, I enjoyed seeing everyone again! We started out today with a game of musical conductor, keeping a consistent rhythm and having different kids guess the origin of these silly “beats.” We [...]
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Algonquin Ridge – Week 3
Posted on April 15, 2012 by Angelik
Yes, this is Week 3, sorry for the mistake with last week’s post! What a great class today! We worked on finger numbers and practiced our finger dexterity to “Crazy Frog”. Everyone did a great job with their lessons and almost everyone brought their folders today… wonderful! We missed Taylor and look forward to seeing [...]
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Week 3 @ Portage View
Posted on April 12, 2012 by Rhonda Kent
Another awesome week! Today during floor time, we learned about the full name for the piano – the pianoforte. We learned that piano means soft and forte means loud, and the piano was different from the harpsichord and the organ, because it could be played soft or loud. We used the school piano to play [...]
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Week 2 @ Portage View
Posted on April 9, 2012 by Rhonda Kent
Hello everybody! Sorry for the late post. We had another very productive class this week. During our floor time, we reviewed the Musical Alphabet (A B C D E F and G) again. Brianna moved on to the Grand Staff this week so we went over the part of the Grand Staff as well (2 [...]
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Algonquin Ridge – Week 2
Posted on April 9, 2012 by Angelik
We had a great time in class today and everyone worked really hard on their lessons. I would like to remind the class to bring their booklets to each class so that I can review and assign new homework pages, and work on their songs. We missed James today and look forward to seeing him next week. During [...]
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Week 1 @ Portage View
Posted on March 29, 2012 by Rhonda Kent
Welcome back to MusIQ Club! So excited to have you back! We had a great first class today. Everyone came back ready to learn and have fun, and we did. Everyone completed their lessons, had time to play the new games they unlocked, and worked with me in their level. Level 1B (Ella) Today we [...]
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St. Catherine’s Elementary, Monday March 26, 2012 (3:00-4:00 pm)
Posted on March 27, 2012 by apothier
Hello parents! This week marked week 10 and therefore our last class of MusIQ Club for the term. As I mentioned in my email, I sadly will be unable to return for next term due to a co-op placement for school, but hope to see everyone again someday soon. If your child wishes to continue [...]
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École Beaubassin, le 22 mars, 2012, 2h30-3h30
Posted on March 25, 2012 by Christa Colpitts
Bonjour! Cette semaine nous avons créé notre propre ‘Chanson folle de printemps’, et nous l’avons chantée et jouée. Cette activité a pris la plupart de notre temps, mais elle a approfondi notre lecture de notes en chantant, notre français et la lecture des rythmes seuls. Ensuite, nous avons joué un jeu qui a fait travailler [...]
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