FREMONT SINGERS
6 TH GRADE
HOUSEKEEPING
Welcome band/chorus students!
Please fill out a questionnaire
Take a stick and put your name on it too!
Class Goal
To Increase your understanding and love for music while
teaching you to become independent musicians and performers.
Communication
Website
teacherease
Remind 101 Enter the number 224 -205-7985 and text
@mrspetw
PERFORMANCE OPPORTUNITIES
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Calendar is coming
Your first performance will be in October TBD
Big concert in December
Solo and Ensemble – Third Trimester
WARM UP
 To the risers (lets see if you remember how to get on the
risers )
 Sighs
 Vowels A E I O U
 Ma Me Mi Mo Mu
 ABCDEFG
 Child of Song
FREMONT SINGERS
7 TH GRADE
HOUSEKEEPING
Welcome band/chorus students!
Please fill out a questionnaire
Take a stick and put your name on it too!
Class Goal
To Increase your understanding and love for music while
teaching you to become independent musicians and performers.
Communication
Website
teacherease
Remind 101 Enter the number 224 -205-7985 and text
@mrspetwa
PERFORMANCE OPPORTUNITIES
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Calendar is coming
Your first performance will be in October TBD
District Chorus Opportunity in November (select group)
Big concert in December
Solo and Ensemble – Second Trimester
WARM UP
 To the risers (lets see if you remember how to get on the
risers )
 Sighs
 Vowels A E I O U
 Ma Me Mi Mo Mu
 ABCDEFG
 Dodi Li
FREMONT SINGERS
8 TH GRADE
HOUSEKEEPING
Welcome band/chorus students!
Please fill out a questionnaire
Take a stick and put your name on it too!
Class Goal
To Increase your understanding and love for music while
teaching you to become independent musicians and performers.
Communication
Website
teacherease
Remind 101 Enter the number 224 -205-7985 and text
@mrspetway
PERFORMANCE OPPORTUNITIES
 Calendar is coming
 Your first performance will be Sept 21 at the Mundelein One
World Festival!
 District Chorus Opportunity in November (select group)
 Big concert in December
 Solo and Ensemble – First Trimester
WARM UP
 To the risers (lets see if you remember how to get on the
risers )
 Sighs
 Vowels A E I O U
 Ma Me Mi Mo Mu
 ABCDEFG
 Star Spangled Banner
FREMONT SINGERS
6 TH GRADE
Wednesday,
Aug 28, 2013
Thursday, Aug
29, 2013
ATTENDANCE
 Who is in band and splits chorus?
TODAY’S GOAL
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Learn some Music Theory: staf f attributes
Sing the second part of our Irish song
Sing in a round Kookabura
Sing the round part of Child of Song
MUSIC THEORY
 What is music theory? Theory of what?
 Today’s topic- measures, bar lines, time signatures, beat
 Child of song example 5/4, ¾, Irish Lullaby 6/8
CHILD OF SONG
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v= t1Jb0Voj1Hw
TO THE RISERS
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Warm up
Irish Lullaby
Kookaburra
Child of Song
Unwritten if we have time
FREMONT SINGERS
6 TH GRADE
Friday, Aug
30, 2013
FREMONT SINGERS
7 TH GRADE
Wednesday,
Aug 28, 2013
OUR GOAL TODAY
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Learn second part to Irish Lullaby
Sing Dodi Li on a neutral syllable
Sing the Harmony to Dodi Li
Put them together!
Split parts
If we have time…Sight ready Beleive
Sing Unwritten
LISTEN TO DODI LI
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v= AmCoVbOw4cQ
 Is this in major or minor?
TO THE RISERS
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Warm up
Irish Lullaby - learn harmony
Dodi Li
Believe
Unwritten
FREMONT SINGERS
8 TH GRADE
Wednesday,
Aug 28, 2013
HOUSEKEEPING
 Fill out any questionnaires and sticks that still need to be
done
 Don’t forget!
 Sign up for remind 101 224-205-7985 @mrspetway
 Our first concert is Sept 21 at the One World Festival at the Metra
Station downtown Mundelein. We need to be there at 11:30.
TODAY’S GOAL
 Hear new song – for Veteran’s Day Assembly
 Sing second part of Irish Lullaby (If we can put them together
that would be a bonus)
 Review SSB Harmony
 Sight Read Bonse Aba
 Split Parts (If we have time)
Acapella
NEW SONGS
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Homeland
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v= YxEtrULqFOA
Bonse Aba
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v= VxmpiMbnjPk
TO THE RISERS!
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Warm Up
Irish Lullaby
SSB Harmony
Read Part of Homeland
Read Bonse Aba
FREMONT SINGERS
6 TH GRADE
Friday, Aug
30, 2013
HOUSEKEEPING
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Attendance- Who is in band and splits?
Did everyone fill out the quesionare and stick?
Did you notice our new drop down screen? 
Email going home to parents this weekend
TODAY’S GOALS
Review Posture
Sing Second Part of Irish Song
Sing Kookabura
Sing Child of Song in unison, do round, and then split parts –
m. 46
 Sight read Ring out Wild Bells
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MUSIC THEORY
 Time signature, measure, bar line, beat review
 Part singing- Soprano, Alto, etc
 Reading the score- How do I follow along in the music other
than looking at the words?
FREMONT SINGERS
7 TH GRADE
Friday, Aug
30, 2013
HOUSEKEEPING
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Attendance- Who is in band and splits?
Did everyone fill out the quesionare and stick?
Did you notice our new drop down screen? 
Email going home to parents this weekend
TODAY’S GOAL
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Review Posture
Sing through Irish warm -up (unison)
Sing Dodi Li on a “do” and then add lyrics
Sight Read
 (SR, or WY TM, or DNP)
MUSIC THEORY
 Voice Parts
 Unison
 How do you read a score? How do you follow along with the
score other than looking at the words?
FREMONT SINGERS
8 TH GRADE
Friday, Aug
30, 2013
HOUSEKEEPING
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Attendance- Who is in band and splits?
Did everyone fill out the quesionare and stick?
Did you notice our new drop down screen? 
Email going home to parents this weekend
Remember your first concert is Saturday, Sept 21 – be there
at 11:30 at the metra partking lot in Mundelein.
FYI- WHO ELSE IS GOING TO BE AT THE
ONE WORLD FESTIVAL
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This is what I have for the MOWF:
12:00 Opening Ceremonies (local schools performing)
12:30 McNulty Irish Dancers
1:30 Lira Ensemble (Polish Singers)
2:30 Ho Etsu Taiko Drummers
3:30 Ballet Folklorico Nacional
4:45 Closing Ceremonies (Soorya Indian Dance School)
1:00 p.m. is an Irish/English Pub Trivia by Margeson Pub Quiz - teams of 4, $5 per person entry, cash
prize
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Ruprecht Company (Raging Kitchen) - Multicultural Food will be sold
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Origami Artwear - Japanese
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American Refugee Committee - Worldwide Refugee Assistance
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Taste of Paris - French Food will be sold
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College of Lake County - Focus on multicultural programs
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Fremont Public Library - Focus on multicultural programs
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Human Relations Commission - Displays of Mundelein's demographics and information
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Rotary Club - International Focus - Use of the One World Theme
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Lauretta's Italian Bake Shop - Italian food will be sold
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CERT - First Aid
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Tasty Vending Inc. - Hispanic-owned business that will sell Authentic Mexican Tacos
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Mixed Cultural Table - Local resident hosting the communities of Columbia, Chile, and Honduras will have crafts, jewelry, and food
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Latino Police Academy - Police Department outreach to Latino community
TODAY’S GOALS
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Review Posture
New warm up
Do second part of chorale
Review SSB harmony and put with melody
Split parts
Bonse Aba- Sing all parts on “do”
 Learn lyrics
 split into parts
MUSIC THEORY
 Bonse Aba rhyhtms There are really two difficult rhythms that make up this song - learn
those and we’ve got it made! They are on the board!
 Remember 8 th notes = ti ti
 16 th notes are tiri tiri
 A dot makes the note its value plus half its value- ex. 4+dot = 6
TO THE RISERS
 Warm up + new warm up
 Irish Song- Second Part- then whole song (without part singing
yet)
 SSB Second Part
 Split Parts- and put it together
 Sing Bonse ABA in unison
 Learn the lyrics
 Go to the Risers