Strings Konzert: Four Seasons

The primary class loves music class, especially listening, learning about, and singing along to Mr. Andrew's guitar, violin, and mandolin. They have learned the names of the parts of these instruments, as well as musical concepts including melody (the singing side of music), tempo (how fast or slow the music goes), rhythm (the heartbeat of music), dynamics (the loudness or softness of a sound or a note), and pizzicato (the method of playing a string instrument by plucking the strings with the fingers, rather than using the bow). The kids love singing with a "big Daddy voice" songs that have a steady beat and a fast tempo.

They were able to use all that they have learned with Mr. Andrew during their field trip to a strings KinderKonzert titled Four Seasons by the Portland Sympony Orchestra. The KinderKonzerts teach about the different families of orchestral instruments in a fun and interactive way. Before the Konzert we learned the song "I Love Mud". The kids did a superb job of singing "I Love Mud" during the Konzert. After I asked them to finish the following sentence: My favorite part of the Konzert was....

"... the music" - Celeste
"...when we sang mud"- Erika
"...when everyone was clapping" - Ewan
"...when we said our favorite season" - Parker and Olivia
"...getting to sing"- Ian
"...the big bass"- Owen
"...seeing the bass" - Ethan