Orange Roots #13

NEED TO KNOW

Orange Roots #13: Thank you! You did it! All the practices, the parent days, and everything else that cropped up as we went through these last three years. You now have a musician ready to launch into whatever music experience they choose next! I am oh so grateful to you and your student for taking this path with me!

CALENDAR SUMMARY:

Saturday, April 18: 3rd-Year-Only Recital (details below)

Tuesday/Wednesday, April 21/22: Regular kid-only Lesson #14

Saturday, April 25: End-of-Year Recital (details below)

Tuesday/Wednesday, April 28/29: Celebration Day Lesson #15 with parents!

RECITAL OPTIONS:

3RD YEAR ONLY RECITAL: There will be a 3rd Year Recital on Saturday, April 18 at 3pm at the church at 5900 Castle Drive. Your 3rd Year students will wear dressy Sunday-best, and will introduce and then play their compositions. If they also want to play a piece from their songbook, they can do that as well.

END OF YOUR RECITAL: The End-of-Year Recital for all students will be on April 25 at 5:00 at the church at 5900 Castle Drive. Your 3rd Year students will wear dressy/Sunday-best, and will introduce and then play their compositions. 

You and your student are invited to participate in one or both or neither of these recital options. It's going to be great!

RECITAL PRACTICE: At the back of your student's homework booklet on pages 54-55, there is a recital practice outline. This suggests that the kids practice presenting their introduction and playing their composition at three different places. At Celebration Day on Lesson #15, I will have a bonus prize for any student who has this form filled out.

GOOD TO KNOW

YANKEE DOODLE: This familiar favorite will have your musician adding chords to a melody and learning to improvise in a varied accompanying style. 

BAGATELLE BRIDGES: This is a total show-off song! It includes an introduction, three keys, two bridges that include key changes, and a coda! Your students are great!

FUN TO KNOW

Did you notice the path of the Artemis II was a treble clef!!?

Yankee Doodle was our last choose-the-chords-that-sound-best activity. Choosing words might have been even harder! Check out a fun Kermit the Frog look at the process!