9/29-10/3

Seventh Grade - We are working on creating our Jingle this week!!! We will be listening to jingles, discussing the process of creating jingles, and finally creating our own jingle! Each student will write their jingle and then show it to the class. We will select our favorite jingle and turn it into a commercial. History of Jazz - PowerPoint presentations are due and we will be working on them over the next 4 weeks. This week we will learn about Miles, The Duke, and Ella. Our test will be next Thursday. Music Technology - This week each student will be compiling their favorite songs into a music mash-up. Chorus Class - We will be going over our choreography, singing the Winter piece, and Reviewing the District audition piece.

September 15 - 19

Seventh Grade - We are working on FOUND SOUND. All students need to bring in a found sound instrument. Students are creating their own piece of found sound music. Later this week we are talking about genres of music and doing some listening. Music Technology - We are working on creating our pod casts using garage band. Jazz - We are finishing the genre of jazz discussion. There is a test on the genres this Thursday. Chorus - We are working on our piece of music for Winter.

September 8 - 12

Seventh Grade - This week we will be taking notes on listening terms and do a few listening examples. We will play a piece of music using the boom whackers to practice our music reading skills. We will begin our found sound unit late this week. History of Jazz - We will take our first test on Tuesday, 9/9. We will move onto the next 4 genres of Jazz music. We will also sing and work on improvisation on Friday. Music Technology - We will work on clipping songs together as well as get started with garage band. Chorus Class - We will continue to work on our county chorus music. We will be introduced to our winter song on Thursday.