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A change has been made to the schedule and the orchestra will now meet on Tuesdays from 3:45-4:45, beginning January 10, 2012.

I am pleased to announce that starting January 12, 2012 we will be offering the Oyster River Elementary Orchestra on Thursdays from 3:45-4:45.

 

This group is open, free of charge, to any student, ages 7-10, who already plays a string instrument (violin, viola, cello). We will meet at Moharimet, in the music room.  It is expected that members of this group will be receiving instrumental instruction on their own.  This is not a lesson program.

 

Orchestra is directed by Moharimet music teacher and 4^th grade band director, Sarah Kuhn.  We will rehearse once a week, every Thursday from 3:45-4:45. Moharimet students will go to the music room at dismissal and have a snack and recess time available to them while we wait for the Mast Way students to arrive.  Mast Way students may either be driven by a parent, or ride a bus provided for them.

 

We will hopefully perform once in March and once in May, exact dates TBD.  There is also the possibility that we may elect to attend the NH Elementary and Middle School Festival on Saturday March 31, 2012.  This year the festival is being held at ORHS.

 

To sign your student up for orchestra, please send me an email that contains the following information: Your child’s name

       The instrument your child plays (violin, viola, ‘cello)

       Your child’s lesson teacher or program

       The number of years your child has studied their instrument

 

If you have any questions or would like to sign your child up for orchestra, send me an email at skuhn@orcsd.org, or give me a call at Moharimet, 742-2900.

 

Now that band is over for the year, I will be offering an elective enrichment band. This band will meet once a week, Tuesdays at Mast Way, and Thursdays at Moharimet from May 31st-June 16th. We will then give a casual, in-school performance of the music we put together.

If your student is interested, please email me at skuhn@orcsd.org

3rd grade and 3/4 classes have finished our 6 week unit learning to play the recorder. In this unit, students learned the technical skills required to manipulate the instrument, they learned how to read and play 4 notes in various patterns to create different pieces. They learned how to apply the steps that I go through with "new song instruction" to sight read. And they performed for themselves a 3 part recorder ensemble that the entire class pulled together to make sound fantastic! Great work!

If your student would like to keep their recorder, I need written permission from a parent or guardian. In addition, Moharimet asks that you reimburse the school $5.25, the cost of a new recorder.
If you have any questions, get in touch!

Beginning January 3rd all Moharimet 3rd graders will begin a recorder unit. We will spend a portion of each music class learning the proper techniques and skills required to play the recorder. This will allow every student to apply their music literacy skills we have been developing, to a real life situation.

We will study proper posture, air control, pitch and tempo and ensemble performance during this unit as well as applying rhythmic and treble clef notation reading.