Some of Guitar Club accompanying Quinn singing “Blowin’ in the Wind” at the Remembrance Day Assembly. Gorgeous.

We’ve been jamming a lot in Music class this year. Improving improv skills and learning to listen. The students are creative and ready for any challenge!

The Grade 6s and I are part of a TDSB GarageBand composition project: We are using garageband on the iPads to compose a piece that will then be scored for the ensemble, Continuum, by composer Chris Thornborrow. We will attend a concert where the professional musicians perform OUR masterpiece. It’s still in the working stages but, as you can see, we’re pretty excited!

This year the students and I are learning and loving improv drama games – the top two favourites are Hitchhiker and Freeze Tag. Ms Smith and I are running an ‘Improv Troupe’ club made up of Grade 5 & 6 students. We’re working towards two February performances.

Doing very cool things in the Music classroom. Want to share our process over product, creative “visions”, collaborative, fun-filled Music and Drama classes with parents and friends. Stay (in) tuned…