Hello, I am Marsha Nash. My BA is from Berea College and my MM is from EKU. I teach General Music during the school day and Chorus after school. We have an auditioned chorus made up of about 25 singers from grades 6-8. We are looking forward to a good year of singing. We will meet every Tuesday and Thursday from 3:30 - 4:30. Please refer to the calendar as I enter important chorus dates.
WHY DO WE LEARN MUSIC?
So we will be human.
So we will recognize beauty.
So we will be sensitive.
So we will be closer to an infinite beyond this world.
So we will have something to cling to.
So we will have more love, compassion, and gentleness.
OF WHAT VALUE WILL IT BE TO MAKE A PROSPEROUS LIVING UNLESS YOU KNOW HOW TO LIVE?
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6th grade
- Elements: Rhythm, Tempo, Melody, Harmony, Form, Timbre, Dynamics
- Instruments and Voices:
- Family---Brass, Woodwind, String, Percussion
- Voices---Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass
- Folk---Instruments used in folk music
- Orchestral---Instruments used in the modern orchestra
- Styles: Gospel, Broadway musicals, Blues, Popular, Marches, Ballads
- Cultures: Latin styles in the U.S., Asian (China, Japan, India, Malaysia)
- Students identify and/or explain how music fulfills a variety of purposes
- Purposes of music:
- Ceremonial---ritual, celebration, commemoration
- Recreation---for recreation, to support other recreational activities
- Artistic Expression---to express or communicate emotion, feelings, ideas, and information
7th grade
- Elements: Rhythm, Tempo, Melody, Harmony, Form, Timbre, Dynamics
- Instruments and Voices:
- Families of the Orchestra
- Voices: Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass
- Folk instruments
- Modern Orchestra
- Styles: Gospel, Broadway musicals, Blues, Popular, Marches, Ballads
- Periods: Classical Greece (Pythagoras' Music Theory) Medieval (Gregorian Chant)
- Purposes of music: Ceremonial, Recreation, Artistic Expression
8th grade
- Bullets 1-7 from 6th and 7th grades
- Early American through Civil War (the African influence in American music resulting
from the importation of slaves from West Africa, work songs, gospel and spirituals, the use of elements of music, e.g. how blending of cultural traditions can create new traditions, e.g. spirituals.
- Students compare and contrast, identify and/or explain how music fulfills a variety of purposes.
- Purposes of music.
- Choir Rehearsals:
- Tuesday, Sept. 20
- Thursday, Sept.22
- Tuesday, Sept. 27
- Thursday, Sept. 29
- Tuesday, Oct. 11
- Thursday, Oct. 13
- Tuesday, Oct.18
- Thursday, Oct. 20
- Tuesday, Oct.24
- Thursday, Oct.27
- Tuesday, Nov. 1
- Thursday, Nov. 3
- Thursday, Nov. 10
- Tuesday, Nov.15
- Thursday, Nov.17
- Tuesday, Nov. 22
- Tuesday, Nov. 29
- Thursday, Dec. 1
- Tuesday, Dec.6
- Thursday, Dec.8
- Tuesday, Dec. 13
- Thursday, Dec.15
- Christmas Program for Parents TBA
- Christmas Program for Students Tuesday, Dec. 20