Videos for 9/10 and 9/11 Music Class

First Grade 

Below are the three listening examples I'd like you to listen to. I have included the specific time markings you need to go to in the piece. 

Parental Supervision Requested for Piano Sonata 19. Please pause the video at minute 1:02.

Late Classical Piano Music:

*Please listen until minute 1:02 

Symphony No. 8 "Unfinished Symphony"

*Please watch until minute 2:40

Hark! Hark! The Lark! (text by Shakespeare)

*Please watch all of this

Return to Google Classroom to finish today's assignment!

-Ms. Widdowson

Videos for 9/10 and 9/11 Music Class

Kindergarten

Below are the three listening examples I'd like you to listen to. I have included the specific time markings you need to go to in the piece. 

Baroque Organ Music:

*Please listen to at least minute 2:55 

Almira (Handel's First Opera)

*Please watch until minute 1:31

Parental Supervision Requested for Agrippina. Please pause the video at minute 5:12 and return to Google Classroom assignment for Music. 

Agrippina (Handel's First Italian Baroque Opera)

*Please watch from 3:05-5:12

-Ms. Widdowson

Videos for 9/10 and 9/11 Music Class

Second Grade 

Below are the three listening examples I'd like you to listen to. I have included the specific time markings you need to go to in the piece. 

Sonatina in C (Typical Classical Piano piece)- Clementi

*Please listen until minute 1:15

Etude No. 1 (Gradus ad Parnassum)

*Please watch/listen to all of this

Symphony No. 1- Clementi

*Please watch until at least minute 3:10 if not longer

Return to Google Classroom to finish today's assignment! 

-Ms. Widdowson

May 25-29

Week 10 Distance Learning

Enrichment/Review

Dear Griffins, 

The end of the year is here and our time together, as strange as it has been, is coming to a close. I hope this video will remind you of just a few of the important things you learned before our world completely changed! What remains are the simple truths about Great Hearts students. We are friends who strive to be kind, honest, and trustworthy. Even when the circumstances prove to be adverse, we look for truth, goodness, and beauty in the world around us. 

To my littles, I can't wait to be back together again, learning, laughing, and making beautiful music together. We've only just begun! I'm so sorry we couldn't learn more wonderful songs and games together!

To my second graders, I know you will make Mrs. Trujillo proud because you have made me proud! It will be hard work, but you are some of the hardest working young scholars I have ever met. I will miss you, but I can't wait to hear you sing from the audience this time!

To my sixth graders, it's time to take a leap into Upper School. You will be challenged and stretched, but your tenacity has already pulled you through these unprecedented times. I know you will remember the lessons you learned in your Houses and keep the spirit of brotherhood alive as you walk the halls of your new school! 

I feel deeply honored to have learned from each one of you. Every day brought me a brand new lesson and even more love for this community. I feel a deep sense of gratitude to this years' students for teaching me how important education really is. Most of all, I'm grateful for the chance to make music together because I believe music is a time-honored way of story-telling, expression, healing, and sharing together in our humanity. Now it's time to breathe in rest and prepare for a new adventure!

Joyfully, 

Ms. Widdowson

Have a GRIFFIN summer and congratulations on a break well-earned!!! 

This links to Swivl:

Click Here if Video won't load!



This links to YouTube:

Week 10 Enrichment and Review Video

Videos for K, 1, 2, 6

Kinder Review begins at 0:25
First Grade Review begins at 1:54
Second Grade Review begins at 4:08
Sixth Grade Review begins at 6:40

If you want to watch your review and skip to see what Ms. Widdowson
learned in her first year of teaching you can go to 10:56!

~ROAR AND SOAR~

April 6-10

April 6-10, 2020

Welcome to Week 3 of Distance Learning! 

Below you'll find the resource sheets for your students organized by grade level. There is a JPEG version visible and a link to the PDF file in my Google Classroom. Either one should be printable!

Please don't hesitate to reach out if you need help understanding instructions, or if you need clarification. I am available for conferencing/tutoring by email or phone! Check the bottom of this post for more information. 

Kindergarten: 

Beat Chart

First Grade: 

Rhythm Patterns/Solfa Street

Second Grade: 

Rhythm Patterns/Solfa Street

Sixth Grade: 

Treble Clef Ledger Lines

Bass Clef Ledger Lines

I hope you are staying safe and finding joy in whatever small things you can. Music should be an escape, not a chore. If there is anything I can do to serve you and your families, please don't hesitate to reach out. My office hours for helping parents and students are from 10am-11am every day and I am always available by email!

Don't forget to bookmark the Music Blog in your browser for easy access and check back often!  

With love, 

Ms. Widdowson

kate.widdowson@greatheartsnorthernoaks.org

210-816-3809

March 30-April 3

March 30 - April 3, 2020

Welcome to the Music Blog!

You may find yourself here for the first time this year as a result of the current distance learning situation. If so, welcome! I'm glad you're here and hope you will take a moment to bookmark this page for easy access when you need a music resource. If you ever lose this page, you can visit your grade Grade Level Blog to find it again! 

Check out our first video of the Distance Learning school year here! I miss your students and hope you are enjoying your time together in as many ways as possible. Please let me know if and how I can better serve you during this time. 

Each week the blog will be updated with activities and videos to support music involvement at home. I understand that some families are able to access the online packets, and some are using paper packets, so any resources posted here are meant to support the assignments in the packet and are optional.

If you need something for your little ones to do to get up and moving, my dear colleague Mr. Brown has a wonderful warm-up to Rondo Alla Turca available here safely. 😊

Please feel free to contact me via email or by phone if you have any questions, or want your student to leave a message! 

Email: kate.widdowson@greatheartsnorthernoaks.org

Phone: 210-816-3809

Hello from Ms. Widdowson!

March 23-27

March 23-27, 2020

Distance Learning

Dear Griffin Parents, 

As we move into the realm of distance learning please know that this is new for almost all of us! I am here to answer as many questions as possible for you and to support you and your scholars through this exciting, different, challenging adventure. 

This week should be a review for everyone in music, but as we move along I hope to introduce new concepts as we discover the need. 

Kinder kiddos will need the most support with their work, but all our students are going to need a little guidance through their music work. 6th graders should be doing all their work with little to no help, but I am available for tutoring!

As you know, Specials have been made optional. I am planning and providing as if it was required, however, and want to make sure we don't lose ground with your little musicians. 

Please don't hesitate to reach out if you have any questions for me or Mrs. Trujillo!

With love, 

Ms. Widdowson

kate.widdowson@greatheartsnorthernoaks.org
210-816-3809