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8th grade.... is continuing their study of American Musical Theater and the evolution of Broadway music. We'll study George M Cohan this week and the work of Leonard Bernstein and next week. The following week we'll listen to George Gershwin and have our quiz on the music vocabulary for this term. Contemporary Music project is due May 20, and the final exam is the last music class of May. 7th Grade is continuing their study of Classical Music and the change to the Romantic style with an in depth unit on Beethoven. Particularly, the kids are learning all about the second movement of Beethoven's 7th Symphony, we're learning to hear the structure, the rhythm, the melody, the meter, and instruments and how he does his theme and variations. After vacation we'll learn about 20th century music with Peter and the Wolf, a trip to the Music Hall to hear the music of Star Wars, and a chance to create their own music compositions using the computer program Mixcraft. 6th grade.... is continuing to learn about music from around the world, our focus is now on Brazil. For the next few weeks, the students are making authentic replicas of the instruments they've learned about through the year.
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