4th Grade Chorus

All forth grade students are enrolled in chorus.  We meet during the school day twice a cycle.  We will have two concerts, one in winter and one in the spring.  Concert dates and times will be announced soon!  We kindly ask that students wear formal concert attire for concerts. 

Ladies: white blouse, black pants, skirt, or all black dress, black shoes

Gentlemen: white dress shirt (without graphics), black slacks, black shoes, tie (optional)

4th Grade General Music

Fourth grade music is an extension of the skills students developed in elementary school. We focus on extending our singing range, controlling the voice (dynamics) and singing with expression. We will learn songs in a variety of tonalities, meters, languages, and styles.  We work on keeping a steady beat and performing rhythmic patterns in performance on instruments as individuals and as a group. 

We begin to apply our knowledge about the elements of music: melody (tonality & meter), harmony, form, texture, timbre, and style in composition activities. Composition helps us to demonstrate our knowledge of music as well as express ourselves creatively.

We continue to develop our music reading skills through playing recorder starting in February. Students learn the connection between reading music and playing an instrument. As a learning incentive, we use our own version of Recorder Karate. As students master skills and songs, they earn a “recorder belt” to show their degree of mastery.